Installation Guide

Install FAAC (Encoder) and FAAD (Decoder) via macOS Homebrew, Linux package managers, or build directly from source.

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Check the version before integrating

Package versions and availability vary by operating-system release and enabled repositories. Inspect the installed CLI help and headers: newer profiles, container features, and the documented FAAC API may require a newer source build. The decoder packages below provide released FAAD2, not the FAAD3 development engine.

macOS (Homebrew)

Install using Homebrew on macOS:

# Install FAAC AAC Encoder
brew install faac

# Install FAAD AAC Decoder
brew install faad2

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Linux Package Managers

Where available in your configured repositories, install using your system package manager:

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install faac faad

Fedora / RHEL

sudo dnf install faac faad2

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S faac faad2

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Building from Source

Source code repositories and official release archives:

• FAAC Repository & Releases: github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faac
• FAAD Repository & Releases: github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faad2

Building FAAC (Meson / Ninja)

git clone https://github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faac.git
cd faac

meson setup build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Building FAAD (CMake / Make)

git clone https://github.com/FreewareAdvancedAudio/faad2.git
cd faad2

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install