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:
===================
-Package: GStreamer
-Version: 0.10.11.2
-Recommended: 0.10.latest
-URL: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-DebianPackage: libgstreamer0.10-dev
-Notes: The required version is updated frequently, so the version
- listed in this file is often wrong. If you are compiling from CVS,
- the required version is often the latest GStreamer CVS.
-
-Package: GStreamer Base Plugins
-Version: 0.10.11.2
-Recommended: 0.10.latest
-URL: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-DebianPackage: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
-Notes: The required version is updated frequently, so the version
- listed in this file is often wrong. If you are compiling from CVS,
- the required version is often the latest GStreamer Base Plugins CVS.
-
+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+ listed in this file is often out of date.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)
+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: >= 0.4.5
-Recommended: 0.4.latest
-URL: http://code.entropywave.com/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 processing
-
-Package: GTK+
-Version: >= 2.0
-Recommended: >= 2.2
-URL: http://www.gtk.org/
-DebianPackage: libgtk2.0-dev
-Plugins: gdkpixbuf (gdkpixbufdec, gdkpixbufscale)
-Notes: Also required by several examples. Plugin require >= 2.2.
-
-Package: Check
-DebianPackage: check
-URL: http://check.sourceforge.net/
-
-Package: Xlib
-Plugins: ximagesrc, v4l2
-DebianPackage: libx11-dev libxv-dev libxt-dev
-
-Package: AALib
-Plugins: aasink
-URL: http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
-
-Package: LibXML
-Version: >= 2.4.9
-Plugins: annodex (cmmlenc, cmmldec)
-URL: http://xmlsoft.org/
-
-Package: Cairo
-Version: >= 1.0
-Plugins: cairo (cairotextoverlay, cairotimeoverlay)
-URL: http://cairographics.org/
-
-Package: CDIO
-Version: >= 0.71
-Plugins: cdio (cdiocddasrc)
-URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/
-
-Package: FLAC
-Version: == 1.1.2
-Plugins: flac (flacenc, flacdec)
-URL: http://flac.sourceforge.net/
-
-Package: HAL
-Version: >= 0.5.6
-Plugins: halelements (halaudiosink, halaudiosrc)
-URL: http://hal.freedesktop.org/
-
-Package: IJG JPEG library
-Plugins: jpeg (jpegenc, jpegdec, smokeenc, smokedec)
-URL: http://www.ijg.org/
-
-Package: LADSPA
-Plugins: ladspa
-URL: http://www.ladspa.org/
-
-Package: Libcaca
-Plugins: cacasink
-URL: http://libcaca.zoy.org/
-
-Package: Libdv
-Version: >= 0.100
-Plugins: dv (dvdec)
-URL: http://libdv.sourceforge.net/
-
-Package: Libpng
-Version: >= 1.2
-Plugins: png (pngenc, pngdec)
-URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
-
-Package: libraw1394
-Plugins: dv1394
-URL: http://www.linux1394.org/
-
-Package: libiec61883
-Plugins: dv1394
-URL: http://www.linux1394.org/
-
-Package: libshout
-Version: >= 2.0
-URL: http://www.icecast.org/
-
-Package: speex
-Version: >= 1.0.4 or >= 1.1.5
-Plugins: speex (speexenc, speexdec)
-URL: http://www.speex.org/
-
-Package: taglib
-Version: >= 1.4
-DebianPackage: libtag1-dev
-URL: http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
-
-Package: zlib
-Plugins: id3demux
-URL: http://www.zlib.net/
-
+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: 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 1.6 -- needed to build documentation
+gtk-doc-tools >= 1.12 -- needed to build documentation
python-xml -- needed to build plugin documentation
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