GStreamer use 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. 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. 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 libdvdread (for the dvdsrc) http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs) 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) http://avifile.sourceforge.net/ 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): Required tools: =============== autoconf v2.13 or better, 2.52 prefered automake v1.4 or better, 1.5 prefered libtool v1.4 or better pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/) Optional tools: =============== gtkdoc db2html fig2dev 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 gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation 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/