2.1. Install VLC
There are VLC binaries available for the many OSes, but not for
all supported OSes. If there are no binaries for your OS or if you want
to change the default settings, you can compile VLC from sources.
2.1.1. Windows
VLC works under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.
Download the self-extracting file from the VLC Windows
download page. Launch the .exe to install
VLC.
2.1.2. BeOS
Download the Zip file from the VLC BeOS download
page. Unzip the file in a directory to install VLC.
2.1.3. Mac OS X
Download the Mac OS X package from the VLC
MacOS X download page . Double-click on the icon of the
package : an icon will appear on your Desktop, right beside your
drive(s). Open it and drag the VLC application from the resulting
window to the place where you want to install it (it should be
/Applications).
2.1.4. Debian GNU/Linux
2.1.4.1. Debian stable (woody)
Add the following lines to your
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian $(ARCH)/
deb-src http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sources/
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Then, for a normal install, do:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install gnome-vlc libdvdcss2
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2.1.4.2. Debian unstable (sid)
Add the following lines to your
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian $(ARCH)/
deb-src http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sources/
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Then, for a normal install, do:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install wxvlc libdvdcss2
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2.1.4.3. Debian testing (sarge)
You should not be using Debian testing unless you perfectly know
what you are doing. It is almost impossible to support Debian testing
and there are no plans to do it.
For more informations on Debian testing, please look:
testing page
2.1.5. Linux Mandrake
There are VLC packages for Mandrake 9.1 and cooker.
To install them, add the following
sources for either Mandrake 9.1 or Cooker (you can use Easy urpmi for that):
contrib from the core distribution and
plf (Penguin Liberation Front) from the external
add-ons.
Then install the required packages with
urpmi:
# urpmi libdvdcss2 libdvdplay0 wxvlc vlc-plugin-a52 vlc-plugin-ogg vlc-plugin-mad
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2.1.6. Linux Redhat
Download the RPM package vlc and the packages
listed in the required libraries and codecs
section (the other packages are just optional) from the VLC Red Hat
download page and put them all into the same directory.
Then install the RPM packages you have downloaded:
If you have not installed all the RPM packages included with your
distribution, you may be asked to install a few of them first.
2.1.7. Compile the sources by yourself (for every other OS)
The method below is for any Unix system supported by VLC, for
which there is no packages available. It explains how to compile and
install VLC and the needed libraries from their source code.
You can also compile VLC under Linux this way if you want to
modify the default supported modules.
2.1.7.1. Install the libraries
Many libraries are needed :
libdvbpsi
(compulsory)
,
mpeg2dec
(compulsory)
,
libdvdcss
if you want to be able to read encrypted DVDs
,
libdvdplay
if you want to have DVD menu navigation
,
a52dec
if you want to be able to decode the AC3 (i.e. A52)
sound format often used in DVDs
,
ffmpeg, libmad,
faad2
if you want to read MPEG 4 / DivX files
,
libogg &
libvorbis
if you want to read Ogg Vorbis files
.
Download the libraries from the VLC sources
download page.
For each library :
uncompress :
% tar xvzf library.tar.gz
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or
% tar xvjf library.tar.bz2
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configure :
% cd library
% ./configure
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compile and install :
Check that the configuration file /etc/ld.so.conf
contains the following line :
If the line is not present, add-it and then run (as root):
2.1.7.2. Install VLC
Download the sources of the lastest release : get the
file vlc-version.tar.gz from the VLC sources
download page. Uncompress-it :
% tar xvzf vlc-version.tar.gz
% cd vlc-version
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To get the list of configuration options, do :
Please note that all the modules are described in
the Modules section of the VLC User
Guide
.
Examples of very simple configurations:
if you want a basic VLC, do
:
if you want the Gnome interface instead of the GTK
interface (you will need the developement packages of Gnome) :
% ./configure --enable-gnome
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Then, compile and install :
% make
% su
Password: [Root Password]
# make install
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Please note that the installation (make install
command) is not mandatory. You can execute VLC from where you compiled
it.