How to compile LAME in Mac OS X?

I tried, but Terminal gave me me this error:

cd "/Users/karipu/Desktop/lame-20040526"
Welcome to Darwin!
cs188160:~ karipu$ cd "/Users/karipu/Desktop/lame-20040526"
cs188160:~/Desktop/lame-20040526 karipu$ ./configure
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.0
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Kari

You either didn't install the BSD subsystem or developer tools.

Find your 10.3 install discs and the Xcode install disc. Do some installing.

Or, check Rarewares, and look under the MP3 section . Roberto was so kind as to upload a compile of 3.96 a few weeks ago for me, and I plan on compiling new versions as they become available.

Also, www.blacktree.com has a free app. called iTunes LAME that can be downloaded with 3.90.3 or 3.95.1. If you aren't interested in using LAME w/ iTunes, you can grab a copy of the LAME executable by CTRL-clicking on the package (library/itunes/scripts/itunes lame), then navigate: show package contents->contents->resources->LAME.

(Edit: added URL)

Well, I have instaled BSD, but do I also need to install Developer tools...

Cygnus X1,

Is this the right file: http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lame3.96.zip ?
Can't find any other, but that .zip ending makes me think that it is for Windows...

http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lame_3.96_OSX.zip

.zip is as multiplatform compression format as you can get.

My guess:
http://rarewares.soniccompression.com/file...me_3.96_OSX.zip

Ok, I found it and updated iTunes-LAME.
Thanks everybody for the help!

Kari

You're welcome.

No one seemed to clarify that you do have to either install the developer tools or download and install the gcc c++ binaries to compile any program

I've just dloaded the new lame 3.96 for macosX. How can i upgrade the lame-script for itunes? thank you very much.

If you have lame installed into your system then iTunes-LAME automatically uses it instead of the built-in LAME. Try sticking the binary in /usr/local/bin. Check the script about box to see which version is being used.

When you install the Developer tools you get the gcc compiler as one of the additions, as well as AppleScript Studios and a few other cool utilities that are a great asset to the OS