

To more easly grab audio from your system pulseaudio, alsa, sndio or portaudio dev files are recommended (depending on what audio system you are using).

Only FFTW and the other build tools are actually required for CAVA to compile, but this will only give you the ability to read from fifo files. ncursesw dev files (bundled in ncurses in arch).autoconf-archive (needed for setting up OpenGL).Installing From Source Installing Build Requirements It's written to look responsive and aesthetic when used to visualize music. This program is not intended for scientific use. Cava is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for terminal (ncurses) or desktop (SDL).
