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Port details on branch 2025Q2
fluidsynth Real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications
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Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2003-12-04 11:56:07
Last Update: 2026-07-05 19:15:45
Commit Hash: 3b1f222
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License: LGPL21
WWW:
https://www.fluidsynth.org/
Description:
FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It is a "software synthesizer". FluidSynth can read MIDI events from the MIDI input device and render them to the audio device. It can also play MIDI files. Note: FluidSynth was previously called IIWU Synth.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/fluidsynth-2.5.6/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/fluidsynth-2.5.6/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/fluidsynth-2.5.6/LGPL21
  5. bin/fluidsynth
  6. include/fluidsynth.h
  7. include/fluidsynth/audio.h
  8. include/fluidsynth/event.h
  9. include/fluidsynth/gen.h
  10. include/fluidsynth/ladspa.h
  11. include/fluidsynth/log.h
  12. include/fluidsynth/midi.h
  13. include/fluidsynth/misc.h
  14. include/fluidsynth/mod.h
  15. include/fluidsynth/seq.h
  16. include/fluidsynth/seqbind.h
  17. include/fluidsynth/settings.h
  18. include/fluidsynth/sfont.h
  19. include/fluidsynth/shell.h
  20. include/fluidsynth/synth.h
  21. include/fluidsynth/types.h
  22. include/fluidsynth/version.h
  23. include/fluidsynth/voice.h
  24. lib/cmake/fluidsynth/FluidSynth-shared-targets-release.cmake
  25. lib/cmake/fluidsynth/FluidSynth-shared-targets.cmake
  26. lib/cmake/fluidsynth/FluidSynthConfig.cmake
  27. lib/cmake/fluidsynth/FluidSynthConfigVersion.cmake
  28. lib/libfluidsynth.so
  29. lib/libfluidsynth.so.3
  30. lib/libfluidsynth.so.3.5.5
  31. libdata/pkgconfig/fluidsynth.pc
  32. share/man/man1/fluidsynth.1.gz
  33. @owner
  34. @group
  35. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • fluidsynth>0:audio/fluidsynth
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/audio/fluidsynth/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install audio/fluidsynth
  • pkg install fluidsynth
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: fluidsynth
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1783261099 SHA256 (FluidSynth-fluidsynth-v2.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 0825f024c9cf7a18073739b83612d46542ecbfb349ae9147a1e9f08e2d524407 SIZE (FluidSynth-fluidsynth-v2.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 2115879
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
fluidsynth
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest2.5.32.5.32.1.62.4.72.5.3n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.5.32.5.3-2.4.62.5.3n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest2.5.52.5.5-2.4.72.5.62.3.2_1-2.3.2_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.5.32.5.3-2.4.62.5.32.3.42.3.42.3.4
FreeBSD:15:latest2.5.52.5.6n/a2.4.7n/an/a2.3.42.3.4
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.5.32.5.3n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest2.5.52.5.6n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. gcem>0 : devel/gcem
  2. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  3. ninja : devel/ninja
  4. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Library dependencies:
  1. libjack.so : audio/jack
  2. libreadline.so.8 : devel/readline
This port is required by:
for Libraries
  1. audio/bristol
  2. audio/calf-lv2
  3. audio/carla
  4. audio/denemo
  5. audio/drumstick
  6. audio/fluida-lv2
  7. audio/fluidplug-lv2
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  2. audio/fluidsynth-dssi
  3. audio/mamba
  4. audio/muse-sequencer
  5. audio/pianobooster
  6. audio/qsynth
  7. audio/sdl2_mixer
  8. audio/sdl_audiolib
  9. audio/zmusic
  10. audio/zrythm
  11. emulators/86Box
  12. emulators/dosbox-staging
  13. emulators/dosbox-x
  14. games/Doom64EX
  15. games/chocolate-doom
  16. games/crispy-doom
  17. games/doomsday
  18. games/easyrpg-player
  19. games/jfsw
  20. games/prboom-plus
  21. games/qtads
  22. games/scummvm
  23. games/shockolate
  24. games/simutrans
  25. games/slade
  26. games/zdoom
  27. misc/minuet
  28. multimedia/audacious-plugins
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Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 6 deleted ports
  1. audio/calf*
  2. audio/csound6*
  3. audio/lmms*
  4. audio/tuxguitar*
  5. devel/zmusic*
  6. multimedia/gstreamer-plugins-buzztard*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for fluidsynth-2.5.6: ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support DBUS=off: D-Bus IPC system support JACK=on: JACK audio server support LADSPA=off: LADSPA audio plugins support PIPEWIRE=off: PipeWire multimedia server support PORTAUDIO=off: PortAudio library support PULSEAUDIO=off: PulseAudio sound server support READLINE=on: Command line editing via libreadline SDL=off: Simple Direct Media Layer support SNDFILE=off: Support for SF3 files via libsndfile ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
audio_fluidsynth
USES:
cmake compiler:c++17-lang cpe pathfix pkgconfig readline
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/tar.gz/v2.5.6?dummy=/
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