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author | Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org> | 2002-07-09 10:45:37 +0000 |
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committer | Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org> | 2002-07-09 10:45:37 +0000 |
commit | c02f0b607ddc86354ad4b22d4dc719e074a43c87 (patch) | |
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merge from release branch
Original commit message from CVS:
merge from release branch
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diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS index 6cc1e9fb..0ad20d8b 100644 --- a/REQUIREMENTS +++ b/REQUIREMENTS @@ -1,7 +1,125 @@ +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 +report at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1936. + + +Required libraries: +=================== + +The core GStreamer libraries are required which depend on the following: + +the latest glib2, currently at v2.0.4 +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: +=================== + This file lists supporting libraries for which gst-plugins contains plugins, as well as their minimum version. You can find the corresponding plugins in ext/(library) -a52dec 0.7.3 -avifile >= 0.6.0 (cvs) +gdk_pixbuf +libgnomeui (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests) +libglade (for gstplay, gsteditor) +libHermes (for colorspace conversions; you need this for any video work) + http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/ +libghttp (for httpsrc) + http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/ +libaudiofile (for afsrc/afsink) + http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/ +libmad (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin) + http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ +libjpeg (for jpegenc/jpegdec) + http://www.ijg.org/ +libopenquicktime (for the QT plugin) + http://sourceforge.net/projects/openquicktime/ +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/ +ortp (for the rtp sink plugin) + http://www.linphone.org/ortp/ +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 +libdvdread (for the dvdsrc) + http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ + (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs) +libesound (for the esd sink + ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound) +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/a52dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback) + http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/ + and http://liba52.sourceforge.net/ + >= v0.2.1/v0.7.2 +avifile (for the avi windows decoder plugins) + http://avifile.sourceforge.net/ + you might want to get the windows libraries + from http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files + in /usr/lib/win32/ + >= 0.6.0 (cvs) + + +flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format) + http://flac.sourceforge.net + + +Required tools: +=============== + +An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of +CVS (using autogen.sh): + +autoconf 2.52 +automake 1.5 +libtool v1.4 or better +pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/) + + +Optional tools: +=============== + +gtkdoc +db2html +fig2dev +xsltproc + + +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/ |