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

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.

Could the script build use meson and ninja?
I thought most are steering away of make and cmake?

Rob

@SonnyWalkman see my comment above, though that was a couple of years ago.

Sorry @jveitchmichaelis Thanks..
Question, what is the purpose of orc? never been exposed to orc. Is it a helper of some kind?

Rob

Orc is a compiler

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/projects/orc.html

But see also: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.html

You should be able to build all of gstreamer with meson and ninja ^. It's officially supported it seems.

Thanks for the quick update.
I've been building my own script for building the latest gstreamer build like 1.22.1 using another script which uses wget and untaring each into folders. I use to be able to build the full list gstreamer, base, good, bad, ugly plugings however since the update to meson I continually need to change my script. I can build gstreamer 1.22.1 then we advancing through other folder to build base etc meson bombs out not finding the base build files just created. Reports something on the sorts of can't fine directory needing gstreamer 1.20.3 requires >= 1.22.1? Do you reckon I can work out what I need to do? Spent days on looking for a solution. I need to build x264enc and faac from source.

Rob