To compile daisy-player, be sure the following extra packages are installed: libncursesw5-dev libsox-dev libxml2-dev libcdio-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libcdio-paranoia-dev libmagic-dev Give the following commands: $ ./configure $ make As root: # make install NOTE: In the playfile() function, the typedef enum sox_option_no is used. This is for libsox versions => 14.4. To compile this package for older libSoX versions, use SOX_OPTION_NO. See /usr/include/sox.h.