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# Getting GStreamer
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## How do I get GStreamer?
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Generally speaking, you have three options, ranging from easy to hard :
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- [binary packages for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android](#getting-binary-sdk)
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- [distribution-specific packages](#getting-gstreamer-packages)
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- [source tarballs](#getting-gstreamer-source)
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- [git](#getting-gstreamer-packages)
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## What is the difference between versions 0.10 and 1.0?
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*There seem to be different GStreamer versions, like 0.10 and 1.0? What's up with that?*
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GStreamer-0.10 and GStreamer-1.0 are the main version 'series'
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currently in use. For all practical purposes you should think of them as
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two completely different libraries which just happen to have a similar
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name. They can be installed in parallel and are completely independent.
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GStreamer 1.x has been the main stable series since 2012. GStreamer 0.10 is
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no longer maintained.
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For the 0.10 version you will need the 0.10 plugins and bindings
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(gst-plugins 0.10.x, gst-ffmpeg 0.10.x, gst-python 0.10.x etc.), while
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for the 1.0 version you will need the 1.0 plugins and bindings (ie.
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gst-plugins-base 1.0.x, gst-plugins-good 1.0.x, gst-plugins-ugly 1.0.x,
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gst-plugins-bad 1.0.x, gst-ffmpeg 1.0.x, gst-python 1.0.x). The micro
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version for each main version does not have to match exactly, only the
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major versions needs to be the same (ie. it may be that the current
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gst-plugins-good version is 1.0.6 and the current GStreamer core version
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is 1.0.13). GStreamer-1.0 will not see or use any of the GStreamer-0.10
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plugins and vice versa.
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All GStreamer command line tools are suffixed with their main version,
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e.g. `gst-launch-1.0` and `gst-inspect-1.0`.
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Applications will use either GStreamer-1.0 or GStreamer-0.10, since the
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1.0 and 0.10 API/ABI are not compatible.
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Odd-numbered versions such as 0.9.x, 0.11.x, 1.3.x, 1.5.x, 1.7.x etc. are
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unstable developer releases that should generally not be used.
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### So which GStreamer version should I get?
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You should download GStreamer 1.x. GStreamer-0.10 is no longer maintained.
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## How can I install GStreamer from source?
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We provide tarballs of our releases on our own site, at
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<http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/>
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When compiling from source, make sure you set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH`
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environment variable correctly to the pkgconfig subdir of your install
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prefix's libdir, to make sure your newly-installed GStreamer versions are
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picked up when building against GStreamer. For example, if you
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configured GStreamer with the default prefix (which is `/usr/local`), then
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you need to:
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```
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export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
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```
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before building GStreamer plugin modules. After installing GStreamer from
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source on Linux, run `sudo ldconfig` to make sure your new libs will be found.
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Please note that GStreamer is not an easy thing to build from source, since it
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has so many interconnected pieces from multiple modules, which must all be
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installed just right and must all find each other in the right versions.
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If you have GStreamer already installed from packages, it is strongly
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recommended that you find newer packages instead of installing from source, or
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upgrade to a distro version that ships newer packages. Installing from source
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into one prefix with distro packages in another prefix can cause problems if
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it's not done right, and it is very difficult for anyone to provide help with
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such a setup.
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## Are there premade binaries available?
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Yes, we currently provide [precompiled packages for Windows, OS/X,
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Android and iOS](http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/pkg/).
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We currently do not provide packages for Linux distributions, but rather
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rely on the distributions for that. GStreamer packages should be
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available for all major (and minor) distributions.
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## Why don't you provide premade binaries for distribution XY?
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GStreamer is run on a volunteer basis. The packages that are
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provided are made by non-paid people who do this on their own time. The
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distributions we support with binaries are the distributions that we
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have people who have volunteered to make binaries for. If you are
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interested in maintaining GStreamer binaries for other distributions or
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Unices we would be happy to hear from you. Contact us through the
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GStreamer [Discourse][discourse] or [Matrix][matrix].
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## I am having trouble compiling GStreamer on my LFS installation, why?
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If you are running LFS our basic opinion is that you should be
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knowledgeable enough to solve any build issues you get on your own.
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Being volunteered based we can't promise support to anyone of course,
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but are you using LFS consider yourself extra unsupported. We neither
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can or want to know enough, about how your unique system is configured,
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to be able to help you. That said, if you come to the [Matrix rooms][matrix]
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we might of course be able to give you some general hints and pointers.
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## How do I get GStreamer through git?
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See this page : <http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/dev/> for git
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access (anonymous and developer).
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[matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#gstreamer:gstreamer.org
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[discourse]: https://discourse.gstreamer.org/
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