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openal-soft

brew install openal-soft v1.25.2 LGPL-2.0-or-later keg-only

Implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API

680
30-day installs · #1535
2.1k
90-day · #1568
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365-day · #1547

Build dependencies

cmake pkgconf

Links

Keg-only reason

:shadowed_by_macos — macOS provides OpenAL.framework

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