INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client


Building VideoLAN
=================

A typical way to configure vlc is:

   ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --with-sdl

See `./configure --help' for more information.

Then, run `make' to build vlc.

Here is a shortcut to copy-paste for a complete build:

   make distclean 2>/dev/null ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome \
      --enable-fb --with-glide --with-ggi --with-sdl --enable-esd \
      --enable-alsa --enable-mga --enable-gtk --enable-qt && make

If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to disable optimizations:

   make distclean 2>/dev/null ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome \
      --enable-fb --with-glide --with-ggi --with-sdl --enable-esd \
      --enable-alsa --enable-mga --enable-gtk --enable-qt \
      --disable-optimizatons && make


Installing and running VideoLAN
===============================

You can install the vlc and its plugins by typing:

   make install

But you don't need to install it if you don't want to; vlc can be launched
from the current directory as well:

   ./vlc


Building packages
=================

To build a Debian package, you may use:

   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc


To build RedHat packages, use:

   rpm -ba vlc.spec