diff --git a/libraries/libshout/README b/libraries/libshout/README
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+Libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an
+icecast server.  It handles the socket connection, the timing of the
+data, and prevents bad data from getting to the icecast server.
+
+With just a few lines of code, a programmer can easily turn any application
+into a streaming source for an icecast server.  Libshout also allows 
+developers who want a specific feature set (database access, request taking)
+to concentrate on that feature set, instead of worrying about how server
+communication works.
+
+Libshout is an optional dependency for mpd and has an optional requirement 
+for speex, both of which are available at SlackBuilds.org.
diff --git a/libraries/libshout/libshout.SlackBuild b/libraries/libshout/libshout.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for libshout
+
+# Written by Rodney Cobb (rdc@ktabic.co.uk)
+# Modified by Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
+
+PRGNAM=libshout	
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.2}
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+fi
+
+set -e # Exit on most errors
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --disable-static \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --disable-static \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+make install docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+( cd $PKG
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+)
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a doc/libshout.xml doc/spec-html.xsl $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/libraries/libshout/libshout.info b/libraries/libshout/libshout.info
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+PRGNAM="libshout"
+VERSION="2.2.2"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.icecast.org"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libshout/libshout-2.2.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4f75fc9901c724b712c371c9a1e782d3"
+MAINTAINER="Rodney Cobb"
+EMAIL="rdc@ktabic.co.uk"
+APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/libraries/libshout/slack-desc b/libraries/libshout/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package libshout, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+        |-----handy-ruler-----------------------------------------------------|
+libshout: libshout (icecast server library)
+libshout:
+libshout: Libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an
+libshout: icecast server.  It handles the socket connection, the timing of the
+libshout: data, and prevents bad data from getting to the icecast server.
+libshout: 
+libshout:
+libshout:
+libshout:
+libshout:
+libshout: