Type `make` to build the packet decoder, `hairtunes`. You need the following installed: * openssl * libao (if you use homebrew, use brew install libao) * avahi (avahi-daemon running and avahi-publish-service on path, no need on Mac OSX) * Perl Debian/Ubuntu users need: libssl-dev libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl libao2 libao-dev libio-socket-inet6-perl libwww-perl avahi-utils Perl modules (install from CPAN if needed e.g. `perl -MCPAN -e 'install X'`): * HTTP::Message * Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA * IO::Socket::INET6 MacOSX: * install XCode * install [Homebrew](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew) * type: $ export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" $ brew install pkg-config libao $ make $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA' $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install IO::Socket::INET6' $ perl shairport.pl OSX 10.5 only bundles Perl 5.8, which won't work with shairport. After getting a update [here](http://www.perl.org/get.html), it worked. How to run as a daemon on Mac 10.6 ------ $ cp hairtunes shairport.pl /usr/local/bin $ vi /usr/local/bin/shairport.pl, change the path of hairtunes from ./hairtunes to /usr/local/bin/hairtunes $ mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents $ cp org.mafipulation.shairport.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ $ launchctl load org.mafipulation.shairport.plist $ launchctl unload org.mafipulation.shairport.plist (to remove)