-INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.24 2003/02/02 04:01:29 sam Exp $
+INSTALL file for the VLC media player
-Building VideoLAN
-=================
-A typical way to configure the vlc is :
+Configuring VLC
+===============
+
+A typical way to configure VLC is:
- ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-ppro --enable-mmx --enable-gnome
+ ./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 :
- dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
+Building VLC
+============
+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.
-To build RedHat packages, use :
-
- rpm -ba vlc.spec
+Once configured, run `make' to build VLC.
-Installing and running VideoLAN
-===============================
+Installing and running VLC
+==========================
-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
+
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