1 GStreamer use a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are
2 optional. We have attempted to make sure that any code that depends on
3 optional libraries doesn't get built unless you have those libraries. If
4 you find this not to be the case, please, let us know by filing a bug
5 report at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1936.
8 Required libraries:
9 ===================
10 glib v1.2.0 or better
11 gtk+ v1.2.0 or better
12 libxml (also called gnome-xml, available from http://xmlsoft.org/)
13 libHermes (for gstplay)
14 http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
16 These libraries are all central parts of gnome, and are available from the
17 ftp.gnome.org or its mirrors, amongst other places.
19 Optional libraries:
20 ===================
21 gdk_pixbuf
22 libgnomeui (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests)
23 libglade (for gstplay, gsteditor)
25 libghttp (for httpsrc)
26 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/
27 libaudiofile (for afsrc/afsink)
28 http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/
29 libmad (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin)
30 http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/
31 libjpeg (for jpegenc/jpegdec)
32 http://www.ijg.org/
33 libopenquicktime (for the QT plugin)
34 http://sourceforge.net/projects/openquicktime/
35 libXv (for videosink)
36 libxaudio (for xa mp3 decoder)
37 http://www.xaudio.com/
38 libvorbis (for vorbisenc, vorbisdec)
39 http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
40 libcdparanoia (for cdparanoia ripper)
41 http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html
42 liblame (for lame mp3 encoder)
43 http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
44 libshout (for the shoutcast plugin)
45 http://www.icecast.org
46 libasound (for the alsa src/sink plugin)
47 http://alsa-project.org/
48 librtp (for the rtp sink plugin, shipped with Gnome-O-Phone)
49 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gphone
50 aalib (for the aa sink plugin)
51 http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
52 aRts (for the arts plugin wrapper, and the artsd sink)
53 http://www.arts-project.org
54 raw1394/linux1394 (for the dv plugin)
55 http://linux1394.sourceforge.net
56 libdvdread (for the dvdsrc)
57 http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
58 (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs)
59 libesound (for the esd sink
60 ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
61 gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src)
62 libgsm (for the gsm plugin)
63 http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html
64 sdl (for the sdl sink)
65 http://www.libsdl.org
66 xmms (for the xmms plugins wrapper)
67 http://www.xmms.org
68 mpeg2dec/ac3dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback)
69 http://linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec/
70 and http://linuxvideo.org/ac3dec/
71 avifile (for the avi windows decoder plugins)
72 http://avifile.sourceforge.net/
73 you might want to get the windows libraries
74 from http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files
75 in /usr/lib/win32/
76 flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format)
77 http://flac.sourceforge.net
79 An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
80 CVS (using autogen.sh):
82 Required tools:
83 ===============
84 autoconf 2.52
85 automake 1.5
86 libtool v1.4 or better
87 pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
89 Optional tools:
90 ===============
91 gtkdoc
92 db2html
93 fig2dev
95 Optional debian packages:
96 =========================
97 (This is an incomplete list, made only of problems which have been reported,
98 rather than by an audit.)
99 task-helix-gnome-dev OR libgnome-dev
101 gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation
103 Alternatively, the docbook-gnome-bin package, which is available by adding the
104 following lines to apt's sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):
106 deb ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
107 deb-src ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/