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Whaaw! Media Player installation instructions.
Written by Jeff Bailes.
Before you try to install or run Whaaw! Media Player you should check that you
have all the required dependencies, these include:
python >= 2.5
pygtk >= 2.12
gstreamer-python >= 0.10
gstreamer-base >= 0.10.17
gstreamer-good >= 0.10 (for the videobalance and goom plugins)
pyxdg
Optional dependencies include:
dbus-python >= 0.80 ? (Not too sure about the version)
gstreamer-bad >= 0.10.8 (compiled with resindvd support) for DVD menu support
I think that’s about it (well, the ones I know about), the package names may
differ depending on your distribution, you will also need other gstreamer
packages depending on the type of media you wish to play.
NOTE: Installation is not needed to use/test whaawmp. It can be run fine by
just running ‘./whaawmp.sh’. Though if you really want to install it you can
use the setup.py script, however there is no uninstall script so a package
manager is recommended. See the end of this file for a list of files which
are installed.
Now, onto the building etc etc.
-To compile & install the files use ./setup.py install
—There are —prefix and —root options (see ./setup.py —help for more
information)
-For checkinstall run: ‘checkinstall ./setup.py install’
eg. To install to /usr:
./setup.py install —prefix=/usr
To run it afterwards, use whaawmp to start Whaaw! Media Player.
A list of files installed, and should be removed if uninstall is required:
(prefix=/usr by default)
${prefix}/bin/{whaawmp, whaaw-thumbnailer}
${prefix}/lib/python-${pyver}/site-packages/whaawmp-${whaaw-ver}-py${pyver}.egg-info
${prefix}/lib/python-${pyver}/site-packages/whaawmp (entire directory)
${prefix}/share/applications/whaawmp.desktop
${prefix}/share/local/*/LC_MESSAGES/whaawmp.mo (list of languages in po dir)
${prefix}/share/pixmaps/whaawmp.svg
${prefix}/share/thumbnailers/whaaw-thumbnailer.desktop
${prefix}/share/whaawmp (entire directory)
Any queries see the FAQ: http://home.gna.org/whaawmp/faq.html
Otherwise, see me on irc: #whaawmp on irc://irc.oftc.net

