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There are two ways of installing XOSD: using pre-built packages (if you use the Debian™ or Mandrake®) or from source.
Debian™ (as of the Sid distribution, thanks to the work of Martijn van de Streek) and Mandrake® (thanks to Goetz Waschk) have pre-compiled packages available. Installing XOSD is fairly strait-forward if you are lucky enough to use one of these fine Linux distributions.
Debian™ splits XOSD into four packages:
libxosd contains the base library,
libxosd-dev contains the header-file and man pages;
xosd-bin contains the osd_cat binary; and
xmms-osd-plugin contains the original XMMS plugin.
Use apt-get to install these packages.
XOSD has been available in the cotrib section of Mandrake® since version 8.0. XOSD is split into three packages:
libxosd2 contains the base library;
libxosd2-devel contains the header file and man pages; and
xosd contains the XMMS plugin.
Use URPMI to install these packages.