X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=4b052d80776dccff368e97cdf212301b21d3fe6b;hb=115261e50283aadb28173295c70b7ac91905db44;hp=3b6408caed7830fdd7d282ae0c7d38405793673d;hpb=07197c19811c30155bba6ae4529fe063ddb8f58e;p=vlc diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 3b6408caed..4b052d8077 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,39 +1,49 @@ -INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client +$Id$ +INSTALL file for the VLC media player -Configuring VideoLAN -==================== +More extensive information for *nix, Windows, Mac OS X and BeOS users can be found here: +http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/ -A typical way to configure vlc is: +Bootstrapping VLC +================= + +If you retrieved VLC from the SVN server and do not have a "configure" +script, please refer to the HACKING file. + +Configuring VLC +=============== - ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome +A typical way to configure VLC is: + + ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-wxwindows See `./configure --help' for more information. If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to compile with debugging symbols: - make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --enable-debug + make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-wxwindows --enable-debug -Building VideoLAN -================= +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. -Once configured, run `make' to build vlc. +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 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