The below should work out for x86_64 platform too.
Start with
sudo yum install yasm*
Go to http://supermmx.org/linux/mac , hope everything is pretty much clear to you as it was to me. (I have to heartily thank the developer from that site.) Scroll a little down and download mac-3.99-u4-b5.tar.gz to some directory and cd to it.
tar xvfz mac-3.99-u4-b5.tar.gz cd mac-3.99-u4-b5 ./configure --enable-local make sudo make install
Running mac –help should show you the following:
[user@localhost mac-3.99-u4-b5]$ mac --help --- Monkey's Audio Console Front End (v 3.99) (c) Matthew T. Ashland --- Proper Usage: [EXE] [Input File] [Output File] [Mode] Modes: Compress (fast): '-c1000' Compress (normal): '-c2000' Compress (high): '-c3000' Compress (extra high): '-c4000' Compress (insane): '-c5000' Decompress: '-d' Verify: '-v' Convert: '-nXXXX' Examples: Compress: mac.exe "Metallica - One.wav" "Metallica - One.ape" -c2000 Decompress: mac.exe "Metallica - One.ape" "Metallica - One.wav" -d Verify: mac.exe "Metallica - One.ape" -v (note: int filenames must be put inside of quotations)
Update: mac is available with yum now, just type
sudo yum install mac
We will also need Lame, Flac, Wavpack , ID3V2, Oggenc, check it with running
sudo yum -y install flac flac-devel wavpack wavpack-devel id3lib id3v2 libid3tag ogmrip
Go to http://lossless2lossy.sourceforge.net/#download and download lossless2lossy. (The script also supports ape2ape, ape2mp3, ape2ogg, ape2flac, ape2wavpack, flac2flac, flac2ape, flac2mp3, flac2ogg, flac2wavpack, wavpack2wavpack, wavpack2ape, wavpack2mp3, wavpack2ogg, wavpack2flac.)
gunzip lossless2lossy-v1.21.gz mkdir -p ~/bin cp lossless2lossy-v1.21 ~/bin/lossless2lossy.sh chmod +x ~/bin/lossless2lossy.sh lossless2lossy.sh --help
The last command should show you something like:
mac: found wvunpack: found flac: found lame: found oggenc: found id3v2: found lossless2lossy version 1.2 (http://lossless2lossy.sourceforge.net/) QUESTIONS, suggestions, found bugs or requests visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/lossless2lossy/ usage: ... [how to use lossless2lossy.sh] ...
To be continued with ape to m4a converting (or encoding to MPEG4 for ipod).