-INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.25 2003/03/19 15:44:44 hartman Exp $
+INSTALL file for the VLC media player
-Building VideoLAN
-=================
+Mac OS X and BeOS users should read the documentation available at:
+http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
+
+Configuring VLC
+===============
-A typical way to configure vlc is:
+A typical way to configure VLC is:
- ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --with-sdl
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome
See `./configure --help' for more information.
-Then, run `make' to build vlc.
+If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to compile with debugging
+symbols:
+
+ make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --enable-debug
+
-Here is a shortcut to copy-paste for a clean build:
+Building VLC
+============
- 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 && make
+Have a look at the generated Makefile.opts file, you may want to choose
+which modules will be compiled as plugins, and which ones will remain in
+the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
+Once configured, run `make' to build VLC.
-Installing and running VideoLAN
-===============================
-You can install the vlc and its plugins by typing:
+Installing and running VLC
+==========================
+
+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
+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
rpm -ba vlc.spec
+To build an ipkg package (iPAQ familiar Linux), use:
+
+ ipkg-buildpackage
+