X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=547718c4647a5a43c290807277ad0cc0a70148e1;hb=7153b18000e2cc41aed4ab359947989b88e8c2d9;hp=a27e29d8d875baaa82bba9a78b909a7f4c4a13f9;hpb=a0c1805bd992c0ae1fa018156358d831fbaf8f93;p=vlc diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index a27e29d8d8..547718c464 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,39 +1,43 @@ -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 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 +Building VLC +============ -If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to disable optimizations: +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. - 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 +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 @@ -51,3 +55,7 @@ To build RedHat packages, use: rpm -ba vlc.spec +To build an ipkg package (iPAQ familiar Linux), use: + + ipkg-buildpackage +