Build gstreamer from source

build-gstreamer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Set your target branch
BRANCH="1.14.2"

exec > >(tee build-gstreamer.log)
exec 2>&1

[ ! -d orc ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/orc
[ ! -d gstreamer ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gstreamer
[ ! -d gst-plugins-base ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base
[ ! -d gst-plugins-good ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good
[ ! -d gst-plugins-bad ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad
[ ! -d gst-libav ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-libav
[ ! -d gst-plugins-ugly ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-plugins-ugly
[ ! -d gst-python ] && git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/gst-python

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/

cd orc
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gstreamer
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gst-plugins-base
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gst-libav
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc --enable-orc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gst-plugins-good
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gst-plugins-bad
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc --enable-orc
make
sudo make install
cd ..

cd gst-plugins-ugly
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc --enable-orc 
make
sudo make install
cd ..

# export PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 (Specify required python version)

cd gst-python
git checkout $BRANCH
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc --noconfigure
# with-libpython-dir -> location of libpython*.so
./configure --with-libpython-dir="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
make
sudo make install
cd ..


sudo ldconfig

Thanks a ton !

How do I resolve this? (on RHEL 5.3)

orc]$ ./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc
configure.ac:69: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIBM
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

cd orc
./autogen.sh --disable-gtk-doc

I think they no longer provide ./autogen.sh. Instead, we need to use meson and ninja.

@jefflgaol do you have an example for meson/ninja commandline?

@rmsoto To use meson:

pip3 install meson
sudo apt install ninja-build
cd orc/build
meson ..
ninja
ninja install

Note that you'll need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /usr/local/lib/{arch}-linux-gnu (e.g. /usr/local/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu) otherwise orc will throw a fit when you try and run it. Make sure you can run: orcc without errors.

Hi @ALL,

The working version of orc seems to be orc-0.4.25. With this version, we can still use ./autogen.sh to build it and there will be no warning or error about mismatched version of orc while compiling the plugins.

Best regards,
Pascal.