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://bugzilla.gnome.org/. On Debian/Ubuntu, the easiest way to install most build requirements is: sudo apt-get build-dep gst-plugins-good1.0 Required tools: =============== An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer from git (using autogen.sh): autoconf >= 2.68 https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ automake >= 1.11 https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ gettext >= 0.17 https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/ libtool >= 2.2.6 https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ pkgconfig >= 0.9.0 https://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/ Required libraries: =================== Package: GStreamer Version: 1.x (same 1.x version as this package) Recommended: Latest 1.x URL: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ DebianPackage: libgstreamer1.0-dev Notes: The required version is updated frequently, so the version listed in this file is often out of date. If you are compiling from git master, you will usually need GStreamer core and gst-plugins-base from git master as well. Package: GStreamer Base Plugins Version: 1.x (same 1.x version as this package) Recommended: Latest 1.x URL: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ DebianPackage: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev Notes: The required version is updated frequently, so the version listed in this file is often out of date. If you are compiling from git master, you will usually need GStreamer core and gst-plugins-base from git master as well. Optional libraries: =================== This file lists supporting libraries for which gst-plugins-good contains plugins, as well as their minimum required version. You can find the corresponding plugins in ext/(library) Package: Orc Version: >= 0.4.17 Recommended: Latest 0.4.x URL: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/src/orc/ DebianPackage: liborc-0.4-dev Notes: Used by many plugins for accelerating SIMD processing using run-time generated assembly. Not a hard requirement, but highly recommended. Packagers, please hard-depend on liborc. The git repository is http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/ (all versions on entropywave.com are outdated) Package: gdk-pixbuf Library Version: >= 2.8.0 Recommended: Latest 2.x URL: http://www.gtk.org/ DebianPackage: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev Plugins: gdkpixbuf (gdkpixbufdec, gdkpixbufoverlay) Notes: This library does not depend on Gtk+ or Gdk or any window system Package: GTK+ Version: >= 3.0 Recommended: Latest 3.x URL: http://www.gtk.org/ DebianPackage: libgtk-3-dev Plugins: None Notes: Only needed by some of the examples, not by any plugins. Package: Xlib Plugins: ximagesrc DebianPackage: libx11-dev libxv-dev libxt-dev Package: AALib Plugins: aasink URL: http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/ Package: Cairo Version: >= 1.10 DebianPackage: libcairo2-dev Plugins: cairo (cairooverlay) URL: http://cairographics.org/ Package: FLAC Version: >= 1.1.4 DebianPackage: libflac-dev Plugins: flac (flacenc, flacdec) URL: http://flac.sourceforge.net/ Package: gudev Version: >= 147 DebianPackage: libgudev-1.0-dev Plugins: v4l2 (v4l2src) URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/ Notes: This dependency is entirely optional, the video4linux plugin will work just fine without it. gudev is only required for the device probing and monitoring functionality to detect video4linux devices appearing/disappearing at run-time. Package: JPEG library Plugins: jpeg (jpegenc, jpegdec, smokeenc, smokedec) DebianPackage: libjpeg-dev URL: http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/ or http://www.ijg.org/ for the IJG version Package: Libcaca Plugins: cacasink DebianPackage: libcaca-dev URL: http://libcaca.zoy.org/ Package: Libdv Version: >= 0.100 DebianPackage: libdv4-dev Plugins: dv (dvdec) URL: http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ Package: libmpg123 Version: >= 1.3 DebianPackage: libpng12-dev Plugins: mpg123 (mpg123audiodec) URL: https://www.mpg123.de/api/ Package: Libpng Version: >= 1.2 DebianPackage: libpng12-dev Plugins: png (pngenc, pngdec) URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html Package: libraw1394 Plugins: dv1394 URL: http://www.linux1394.org/ Package: libshout Version: >= 2.0 DebianPackage: libshout3-dev plugins: shout2 (shout2send) URL: http://www.icecast.org/ Package: speex Version: >= 1.1.6 Plugins: speex (speexenc, speexdec) URL: http://www.speex.org/ Package: taglib Version: >= 1.5 DebianPackage: libtag1-dev Plugins: taglib (id3v2mux) URL: http://taglib.github.io/ Package: zlib DebianPackage: zlib1g-dev Plugins: isomp4 (qtdemux), matroska (matroskademux) URL: http://www.zlib.net/ Optional (debian) packages: =========================== gtk-doc-tools >= 1.12 -- needed to build documentation python-xml -- needed to build plugin documentation