macOS
brew install openal-softlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install openal-softMacPorts ports tree · audio/openal-soft/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
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Installation
brew install openal-softlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install openal-softMacPorts ports tree · audio/openal-soft/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add openal-softAlpine Linux edge package indexes · openal-soft · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install openal-softFedora Rawhide package metadata · openal-soft · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#openal-softnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/openal-soft/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apt install libopenal-dataDebian stable package indexes · libopenal-data · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo zypper install libopenal0openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libopenal0 · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API
Verlauf
OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform, LGPL-licensed software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It provides spatial audio features such as distance attenuation, Doppler shift, directional sound emitters, environmental effects, streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture.
The project traces its lineage to the open-sourced Windows implementation of OpenAL once hosted at openal.org's Subversion repository. OpenAL Soft forked that codebase and developed into a maintained software renderer after the original OpenAL sample implementation became deprecated and less central to the ecosystem.
The GitHub repository dates to August 24, 2014, but the OpenAL Soft release archive contains earlier 1.x tarballs, showing that the project predates its GitHub-hosted development. Its official documentation and README emphasize portability, CMake-based builds, and selectable audio backends such as PipeWire, PulseAudio, ALSA, CoreAudio, and WASAPI.
OpenAL Soft became the practical free-software answer for applications and games that wanted the OpenAL API without relying on vendor-specific or proprietary implementations. It is packaged across many Unix-like systems and C/C++ dependency managers, including Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Debian/Ubuntu-family packages, Fedora-family packages, Alpine, openSUSE, vcpkg, Conan, and FreeBSD ports.
Language bindings helped keep the API useful outside C and C++. The upstream README points to OpenTK for C#, LWJGL and JOAL for Java, Kotlin/Native bindings, PyOpenAL for Python, and other wrappers that build on the same OpenAL API surface.
Applications link against OpenAL Soft as an OpenAL-compatible library, then create buffers, sources, and a listener to render positional audio. Operators and users can tune behavior through system-wide or per-user configuration files such as `alsoft.conf` and environment-directed configuration.
The package also installs `openal-info`, a diagnostic utility that reports devices, versions, extensions, and ALC/AL subsystem details. That small executable is useful for debugging backend detection, missing devices, and extension support.
OpenAL Soft is the kind of library that quietly keeps old and portable multimedia software buildable. Package maintainers care about it because it sits below games, emulators, engines, and language bindings, while abstracting the messy per-platform audio backends.
Its value is not just OpenAL compatibility; it is an active, redistributable implementation with configuration knobs and modern audio features that can be shipped on systems where the original vendor lineage is not enough.
Sicherheitslage
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/openal/alsoft.conf$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/alsoft.conf~/.alsoftrc$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alsoft.conf~/.config/alsoft.conf$ALSOFT_CONF%APPDATA%\alsoft.ini%ALSOFT_CONF%Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
openal-info | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:openal-soft |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.25.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openal-soft |
| Homepage | https://openal-soft.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/wiki/Programmer%27s-Guide |
| Lizenz | LGPL-2.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://openal-soft.org/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.25.2.tar.bz2 |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-05-12T11:50:33Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | cmake, pkgconf |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | openal-soft |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | yes |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
libopenal-data 1:1.24.2-1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (data files)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal-datalibopenal-dev 1:1.24.2-1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (development files)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal-devlibopenal1 1:1.24.2-1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (shared library)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal1openal-tools 1:1.24.2-1
Utilities for the OpenAL audio API
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install openal-toolsopenal-soft
nix profile install nixpkgs#openal-softlibopenal-data 1:1.23.1-4build1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (data files)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal-datalibopenal-dev 1:1.23.1-4build1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (development files)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal-devlibopenal1 1:1.23.1-4build1
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (shared library)
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install libopenal1openal-tools 1:1.23.1-4build1
Utilities for the OpenAL audio API
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft
sudo apt install openal-toolsopenal-soft 1.25.2-r0
software implementation of OpenAL API
sudo apk add openal-softopenal-soft-dev 1.25.2-r0
software implementation of OpenAL API (development files)
sudo apk add openal-soft-devopenal-soft-libs 1.25.2-r0
software implementation of OpenAL API (libraries)
sudo apk add openal-soft-libsopenal-soft 1.24.2-6.fc44
Software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API
sudo dnf install openal-softopenal-soft-devel 1.24.2-6.fc44
Development files for openal-soft
sudo dnf install openal-soft-developenal-soft-examples 1.24.2-6.fc44
Sample applications for OpenAl Soft
sudo dnf install openal-soft-examplesopenal-soft-qt 1.24.2-6.fc44
Qt frontend for configuring OpenAL Soft
sudo dnf install openal-soft-qtQuellspur
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