-GStreamer use a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are
+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://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1936.
+report at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/.
+Required tools:
+===============
+
+An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
+CVS (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/)
+
Required libraries:
===================
-glib v1.2.0 or better
-gtk+ v1.2.0 or better
-libxml (also called gnome-xml, available from http://xmlsoft.org/)
-libHermes (for gstplay)
- http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
-These libraries are all central parts of gnome, and are available from the
-ftp.gnome.org or its mirrors, amongst other places.
+The core GStreamer libraries. See the gstreamer/ module in GStreamer cvs, or
+the version that corresponds to this plugin release.
+
+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.
+
Optional libraries:
===================
-gdk_pixbuf
-libgnomeui (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests)
-libglade (for gstplay, gsteditor)
-
-libghttp (for httpsrc)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/
-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, shipped with Gnome-O-Phone)
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/gphone
-aalib (for the aa sink plugin)
- http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
-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
-decss (for the dvdsrc)
- http://www.linuxrising.com/dvd-munitions_tar.gz
-libesound (for the esd sink
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
-gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src)
-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/ac3dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback)
- http://linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec/
- and http://linuxvideo.org/ac3dec/
-avifile (for the avi windows decoder plugins
- you might want to get the windows libraries
- from http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files
- in /usr/lib/win32/)
-flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format)
- http://flac.sourceforge.net
-An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
-CVS (using autogen.sh):
+This file lists supporting libraries for which gst-plugins-base contains
+plugins, as well as their minimum version. You can find the corresponding
+plugins in ext/(library)
-Required tools:
-===============
-autoconf
-automake v1.4 or better
-libtool v1.3.5 or better
-pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
+Package: Orc
+Version: >= 0.4.5
+Recommended: 0.4.latest
+URL: http://code.entropywave.com/orc
+DebianPackage: liborc-0.4-dev
-Optional tools:
-===============
-gtkdoc
-db2html
-fig2dev
+Package: GTK+
+Version: >= 2.0
+Recommended: >= 2.2
+URL: http://www.gtk.org/
+DebianPackage: libgtk2.0-dev
+Notes: Required by several examples
+
+Package: Xlib
+Plugins: xvimagesink, ximagesink, v4l (v4lsrc), ximagesrc
+DebianPackage: libx11-dev libxv-dev libxt-dev
+
+Package: Alsa
+Version: >= 0.9.1
+Plugins: alsa (alsasrc, alsasink)
+URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/
+DebianPackage: libasound2-dev
+
+Package: CDParanoia
+Plugins: cdparanoia
+URL: http://xiph.org/paranoia/
+DebianPackage: libcdparanoia0-dev
+
+Package: libvisual
+Version: >= 0.2.0
+Recommended: 0.4.0
+Plugins: libvisual
+URL: http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki/index.php/Main_Page
+DebianPackage: libvisual0.4-dev
+
+Package: Ogg
+Version: >= 1.0
+Plugins: ogg (oggdemux, oggmux)
+URL: http://xiph.org/ogg/
+DebianPackage: libogg-dev
+
+Package: Pango
+Plugins: pango
+DebianPackage: libpango1.0-dev
+URL: http://www.pango.org/
-Optional debian packages:
-=========================
-(This is an incomplete list, made only of problems which have been reported,
-rather than by an audit.)
-task-helix-gnome-dev OR libgnome-dev
+Package: Theora
+Plugins: theora (theoradec, theoraenc)
+URL: http://www.theora.org/
+DebianPackage: libtheora-dev
-gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation
+Package: Vorbis
+Plugins: vorbis (vorbisdec, vorbisenc)
+DebianPackage: libvorbis-dev
+URL: http://www.vorbis.com/
-Alternatively, the docbook-gnome-bin package, which is available by adding the
-following lines to apt's sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):
-deb ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
-deb-src ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
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