REQUIREMENTS

   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.
   6
   7
   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/
  15
  16 These libraries are all central parts of gnome, and are available from the
  17 ftp.gnome.org or its mirrors, amongst other places.
  18
  19 Optional libraries:
  20 ===================
  21 gdk_pixbuf
  22 libgnomeui      (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests)
  23 libglade        (for gstplay, gsteditor)
  24
  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
  78
  79 An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
  80 CVS (using autogen.sh):
  81
  82 Required tools:
  83 ===============
  84 autoconf v2.13 or better, 2.52 prefered
  85 automake v1.4 or better, 1.5 prefered
  86 libtool v1.4 or better
  87 pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
  88
  89 Optional tools:
  90 ===============
  91 gtkdoc
  92 db2html
  93 fig2dev
  94
  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
 100
 101 gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2  -- needed to build documentation
 102
 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):
 105
 106 deb ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
 107 deb-src ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/