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faq: dependencies: turn questions into sub-sections

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# Dependencies
> Why are there so many dependencies ?
## Why are there so many dependencies ?
Making a full-featured media framework is a huge undertaking in
itself. By using the work done by others, we both reduce the amount of
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However, do realize that in no way you are forced to have all
dependencies installed. None of the core developers has all of them
installed. GStreamer has only a few obligate dependencies : GLib 2.0,
installed. GStreamer has only a few mandatory dependencies : GLib 2.0,
liborc, and very common stuff like glibc, a C compiler, and so on. All
of the other dependencies are optional.
other dependencies are optional.
So, in closing, let's rephrase the question to “Why are you giving me so
In closing, let's rephrase the question to “Why are you giving me so
many choices and such a rich environment ?”
> Is GStreamer X11 independent? Can it be used headless?
## Is GStreamer X11 independent? Can it be used headless?
Yes, we have no hard dependency on X11 or any other windowing system in
any of our modules. There are many GStreamer applications that run fine
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applications that don't output any video. Other applications output
video to a framebuffer, custom-made hardware sinks, or via wayland.
> What is GStreamer's position on efforts such as LADSPA or LV2?
## What is GStreamer's position on efforts such as LADSPA or LV2?
GStreamer actively supports such efforts, and in the case of [LADSPA][ladspa]
or [LV2][lv2] we already have wrapper plugins. These wrapper plug-ins detect
the LADSPA/LV2 plugins present on your system at run time and make them
the LADSPA/LV2 plugins present on your system at run-time and make them
available as GStreamer elements.
[ladspa]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LADSPA
[lv2]: http://lv2plug.in/
> Does GStreamer support MIDI ?
## Does GStreamer support MIDI ?
There is some rudimentary MIDI support in GStreamer, but it's not complete yet.
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[alsamidisrc]: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-alsamidisrc.html
> Does GStreamer depend on GNOME or GTK+ ?
## Does GStreamer depend on GNOME or GTK+ ?
No, it's just that many of the applications developed for GStreamer happen to
be GNOME or GTK+ applications, including some of our sample applications. There