docs/libs/compiling.sgml

   1 <refentry id="compiling" revision="17 Jan 2002">
   2 <refmeta>
   3 <refentrytitle>Compiling</refentrytitle>
   4 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
   5 <refmiscinfo>GLib Library</refmiscinfo>
   6 </refmeta>
   7
   8 <refnamediv>
   9 <refname>Compiling against the base plugins libraries</refname>
  10 <refpurpose>
  11 How to compile against the base plugins libraries
  12 </refpurpose>
  13 </refnamediv>
  14
  15 <refsect1>
  16 <title>Compiling against the base plugins libraries</title>
  17
  18 <para>
  19 To compile against these libraries, you need to tell the compiler where to
  20 find the header files and libraries. This is done with the
  21 <application>pkg-config</application> utility.
  22 </para>
  23 <para>
  24 The following interactive shell session demonstrates how
  25 <application>pkg-config</application> is used:
  26 <programlisting>
  27 $ pk-gconfig --cflags gstreamer-plugins-base-&GST_MAJORMINOR;
  28 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -pthread -I/usr/include/gstreamer-&GST_MAJORMINOR; -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libxml2
  29 $ pkg-config --libs gstreamer-plugins-base-&GST_MAJORMINOR;
  30 -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -lgstreamer-&GST_MAJORMINOR; -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lgthread-2.0 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lm -lglib-2.0
  31 </programlisting>
  32 </para>
  33
  34 <para>
  35 Note that, because of the number of libraries provided in this package,
  36 the pkg-config information <emphasis>does not add -l flags</emphasis> itself
  37 to choose the libraries to link to.  You must add these yourself to select
  38 which of the libraries you want to use.
  39 </para>
  40 </refsect1>
  41
  42 </refentry>