# Installing on Linux ## Prerequisites To develop applications using the GStreamer SDK on Linux you will need one of the following supported distributions: - Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) - Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal (12.10) - Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04) - Debian Squeeze (6.0) - Debian Wheezy (7.0) - Fedora 17 - Fedora 18 Other distributions or version might work, but they have not been tested. If you want to try, do it at your own risk\! All the commands given in this section are intended to be typed in from a terminal.
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Make sure you have superuser (root) access rights to install the GStreamer SDK. |
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You have also the option to embed the SDK's path into your binaries so they do not need to be executed from within the
In case you are using libtool, it will automatically add the |
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Depending on the GStreamer libraries you need to use, you will have to add more packages to the At the bottom of each tutorial's source code you will find the command for that specific tutorial, including the required libraries, in the required order. When developing your own applications, the GStreamer documentation will tell you what library a function belongs to. |