INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client
-Building VideoLAN
-=================
-
-A typical way to configure the vlc is :
+Configuring VideoLAN
+====================
- ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --with-sdl
+A typical way to configure vlc is:
-For a full compilation, you may try :
-
- ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --enable-fb \
- --with-glide --with-ggi --with-sdl --enable-esd --enable-alsa
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome
See `./configure --help' for more information.
-Then, run `make', and `make install' to install it.
+If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to compile with debugging
+symbols:
+ make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --enable-debug
-To build a Debian package, you may use :
+It is also possible to cross-compile for the Win32 platform using mingw32:
- dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
+ make distclean ; CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CFLAGS=-I/usr/i586-mingw32msvc \
+ RANLIB=i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib WINDRES=i586-mingw32msvc-windres \
+ ./configure --host=i386-mingw32msvc --with-directx-path=<path> \
+ --with-sdl-config-path=<path> --with-gtk-config-path=<path>
-To build RedHat packages, use :
+Building VideoLAN
+=================
- rpm -ba vlc.spec
+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 :
+You can install the vlc and its plugins by typing:
make install
-But you don't need to do it if you don't want ; vlc can be launched
-from the current directory as well :
+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
+
+To build an ipkg package (iPAQ familiar Linux), use:
+
+ ipkg-buildpackage
+