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
+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 out of
-CVS (using autogen.sh):
+An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer
+from git (using autogen.sh):
-autoconf 2.52 or better
-automake 1.5
-gettext 0.11.5
-libtool v1.4 or better
-pkgconfig 0.9.0 or better (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
+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:
===================
-The core GStreamer libraries. See the gstreamer/ module in GStreamer cvs, or
-the version that corresponds to this plugin release.
+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+ listed in this file is often out of date.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+ listed in this file is often out of date.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 contains plugins,
-as well as their minimum version. You can find the corresponding plugins in
-ext/(library)
-
-dirac (Dirac video codec)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/index.shtml
-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/
-librtp (for the rtp sink plugin)
- http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
-aalib (for the aa sink plugin)
- http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
-libcaca (for the color aa sink plugin)
- http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/
-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)
-libdvdnav (for the dvdnavsrc)
- http://dvd.sourceforge.net/
- (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs)
- >= 0.1.9
-libesound (for the esd sink
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
-gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src)
- >= 2.4.0
-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/
- >= v0.3.1/v0.7.2
-swfdec (for the swfdec (flash) plugin)
- http://www.schleef.org/swfdec/
-liboil (for the liboil optimization library)
- http://www.schleef.org/liboil/
- >= 0.2.0
-flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format)
- http://flac.sourceforge.net
- >= 1.0.3 preferred, 1.0.2 should work
-gtk (for the gdk_pixbuf plugin)
- http://www.gtk.org/
- >= 2.2.1 preferred, 2.0 ok
-pango (for the textoverlay plugins)
- http://www.pango.org/
-libHermes (for colorspace conversion;most use ffcolorspace instead)
- http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
-librfb (for capturing of VNC output into a videostream)
- http://www.schleef.org/
-libHermes (for colorspace conversions (should not be needed anymore))
- http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
-dtsdec (for DTS audio decoding)
- http://www.videolan.org/libdca.html
-divx (for divx decoding)
- http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/
-libmng (for mng animated image format encoding/decoding)
- http://gjuyn.xs4all.nl/libmng
-libvisual (for audio visualisations)
- http://libvisual.sourceforge.net/v2/
-musepack (for musepack audio codec/format)
- (http://www.musepack.net/)
-nas (for the NAS sound server sink)
- (http://radscan.com/nas.html)
-libtheora (for Ogg Theora video support)
- (http://www.theora.org)
-libmms (for MMS protocol support)
- (http://www.sf.net/projects/libmms)
-
-
-Optional debian packages:
-=========================
-
-gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation
+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: libjpeg62-turbo-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: liblame
+Version: >= 3.98
+DebianPackage: libmp3lame-dev
+Plugins: lame (lamemp3enc)
+URL: http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
+
+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: twolame
+Version: >= 0.3.13
+DebianPackage: libtwolame-dev
+Plugins: twolame (twolamemp2enc)
+URL: http://www.twolame.org
+
+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
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