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General | Windows

General instructions (Linux and the like)

1. Make sure you have autoconf, automake and libtool installed.
2. cd to source dir
3. Run:
        ./bootstrap
        ./configure
        make
        make install

Windows instructions

The easiest way to compile FAAC and FAAD is to use MS Visual C++ and simply open the project files and compile them.

You can also compile Windows version of FAAC using Cygwin tools:

1. Install Cygwin
   (make sure to include autoconf, automake and libtool packages)
2. cd to FAAC source dir

To install Cygwin binary follow general instructions.

To install Mingw binary:
1. Run:
        ./bootstrap
        CC='gcc -mno-cygwin' ./configure
        make
2. Copy frontend/faac.exe to destination folder.