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--- a/REQUIREMENTS
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-GStreamer use a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are
+GStreamer uses a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are
optional. We have attempted to make sure that any code that depends on
optional libraries doesn't get built unless you have those libraries. If
you find this not to be the case, please, let us know by filing a bug
Required libraries:
===================
-glib v1.2.0 or better
-gtk+ v1.2.0 or better
-libxml (also called gnome-xml, available from http://xmlsoft.org/)
-libHermes (for gstplay)
- http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
+
+glib2
+libxml2 (also called gnome-xml, available from http://xmlsoft.org/)
These libraries are all central parts of gnome, and are available from the
ftp.gnome.org or its mirrors, amongst other places.
-Optional libraries:
-===================
-gdk_pixbuf
-libgnomeui (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests)
-libglade (for gstplay, gsteditor)
-
-libghttp (for httpsrc)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/
-libaudiofile (for afsrc/afsink)
- //URL FIXME
-libmad (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin)
- //URL FIXME
-libjpeg (for jpegenc/jpegdec)
- //URL FIXME
-libopenquicktime (for the QT plugin)
- //URL FIXME
-libXv (for videosink)
-libxaudio (for xa mp3 decoder)
- http://www.xaudio.com/
-libvorbis (for vorbisenc, vorbisdec)
- http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
-libcdparanoia (for cdparanoia ripper)
- http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html
-liblame (for lame mp3 encoder)
- http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
-libshout (for the shoutcast plugin)
- http://www.icecast.org
-libasound (for the alsa src/sink plugin)
- http://alsa-project.org/
-librtp (for the rtp sink plugin, shipped with Gnome-O-Phone)
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/gphone
-aalib (for the aa sink plugin)
- http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
-aRts (for the arts plugin wrapper, and the artsd sink)
- http://www.arts-project.org/
-raw1394/linux1394 (for the dv plugin)
- http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/
-decss (for the dvdsrc)
- huh, I don't know, sorry (FIXME)
-libesound (for the esd sink)
-gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src)
-libgsm (for the gsm plugin)
- http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html
-sdl (for the sdl sink)
- http://www.libsdl.org
-xmms (for the xmms plugins wrapper)
- http://www.xmms.org
-mpeg2dec/ac3dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback)
- http://linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec/
- and http://linuxvideo.org/ac3dec/
-
-for AVI playback you might want to get the windows libraries from
-http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files in /usr/lib/win32/
-An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
-CVS (using autogen.sh):
+Optional libraries for Plugins:
+==============================
+
+The vast number of optional libraries that can be used for plugins are
+listed in the REQUIREMENTS document in the gst-plugins package.
+
Required tools:
===============
-autoconf
-automake v1.4 or better
-libtool v1.3.5 or better
+
+bison >= 1.35
+flex
+
+An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
+CVS (using autogen.sh):
+
+autoconf 2.52
+automake 1.6
+libtool v1.4 or better
+pkgconfig 0.9.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
+
Optional tools:
===============
+
gtkdoc
db2html
fig2dev
+xsltproc
+
+To build pdf and ps version of docs
+===================================
+passivetex
+xmltex
+tetex-dvips
Optional debian packages:
=========================
+
(This is an incomplete list, made only of problems which have been reported,
rather than by an audit.)
task-helix-gnome-dev OR libgnome-dev
gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation
+
+Alternatively, the docbook-gnome-bin package, which is available by adding the
+following lines to apt's sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):
+
+deb ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
+deb-src ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/