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Slackware

2018-02-16T21:01:41Z

Alienbob: Update the information for VLC 3.

==Installing VLC on Slackware==

You can find up-to-date Slackware packages for VLC in [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ Alien's SlackBuilds] repository. These packages are built without adding the ACC encoding libray which has patent issues. However you can easily re-build the package to include the AAC encoder - individuals should not be bothered with patent claims.

==External dependencies for VLC==

VLC 3.x and newer use Qt5 for the graphical user interface (GUI). Older versions use Qt4 which has been included in Slackware for many years. The same is not true for Qt5. Slackware versions before 15.0 do not include Qt5.

This means that in order to run VLC (and to compile it if you want) on any release of Slackware before 15.0 you'll have to install Qt5 and its dependencies first. <br />
Slackware 14.2 and -current (pre-15.0) are supported through pre-built dependency packages in Alien's repository. These are [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/libxkbcommon/ libxkbcommon], [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/qt5/ qt5] and [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/qt-webkit/ qt-webkit].<br />
Additionally, and only for Slackware 14.2, you need [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/libinput/ libinput] and [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/libwacom/ libwacom] packages. These were added to Slackware, only after the release of 14.2.

There is one optional dependency: if you want to play encrypted DVD's this requires the DeCSS library. A Slackware package can be found [http://slackware.nl/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/libdvdcss/ in Alien's 'restricted' repository].

==Building VLC from source==

* To rebuild the VLC package and include all ''non-free'' codecs, download the build directory and then run the SlackBuild script, like this:
<pre>
mkdir -p ~/slackbuilds/vlc
cd ~/slackbuilds/vlc
lftp -c "open http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ ; mirror build"
cd build
USE_PATENTS=YES sh vlc.SlackBuild
</pre>

The ''SlackBuild'' script will automatically download the missing source-code archives and build a new VLC package. After the compilation finishes, you will find a package in the ''/tmp'' directory which you can install using the <pre>installpkg</pre> command. If you already have a ''vlc'' package installed, then please use the <pre>upgradepkg</pre> command to upgrade that package with the new one.

* If you do not want the Mozilla plugin to be built you should start the SlackBuild script with an extra variable added in front:
<pre>
MOZPLUGIN=NO sh vlc.SlackBuild
</pre>

==Mirror sites==

You can find my VLC package on the following mirror sites:

* [http://slackware.org.uk/3rd-party/alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.org.uk] (thanks to Tadgy for the mirror!)
* [http://slackware.org.uk/3rd-party/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.org.uk] (version of the package with '''all''' codecs as well as the DeCSS library already built-in)

--[[User:Alienbob|Alien Bob]] ([[User talk:Alienbob|talk]]) 22:01, 16 February 2018 (CET)

[[Category:Operating systems]]

Packagers

2010-06-16T10:26:49Z

Alienbob: Add Slackware

= VLC packages / VCS URLs in Linux distros =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distribution
! Web-based viewer for repository
! What to do to fetch the repository
! Notes
|-
| ALT Linux
| [http://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git Gitweb] or [http://www.sisyphus.ru/srpm/vlc Sisyphus]
| git clone git://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git altlinux-vlc
|
|-
| Debian GNU/Linux
| [http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-multimedia/vlc.git;a=summary Gitweb] or [http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vlc.html PTS]
| git clone git://git.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/vlc.git vlc-debian
|
* The current packaging is either in the experimental or sid branch.
* For the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightlies] packaging, see the videolan branch.
|-
| Fedora
| [http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/vlc/?root=free RPM Fusion Viewvc] and [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/ Fedora Viewvc]
|
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/pkgs

export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpmfusion.org:/cvs/free

cvs co <module>
| Available at the [http://rpmfusion.org RPM Fusion] third part repository for [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora]:
* [http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org RPM Fusion bug report]
* [https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=vlc VLC bugs reported at RPM Fusion]
|-
| Gentoo
| [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/media-video/vlc/ Portage tree] and [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/vlc/ Patchsets]
| cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo/src/patchsets/vlc
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo-x86/media-video/vlc
|
* Most patches are in the patchset, patches applied are the highest version that is lower than the one you want.
* Some small and temporary patches may also be in the portage tree in the files subdirectory.
* See also the [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/video/vlc.xml packaging notes].
|-
| Mandriva Linux
| [http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/vlc/current/ Websvn]
| svn co http://svn.mandriva.com/svn/packages/cooker/vlc/current/ vlc
|
* The official build has many codecs disabled, the full build is in the third party PLF repository
|-
| Ubuntu
| [http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu/files BzrWeb] or [https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu Launchpad Code]
| bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu
|
|-
| Slackware
| [http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.com] or [http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/ UK mirror]
| lctp -c "open http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ ; mirror vlc"
rsync -av rsync://rsync.slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc .
| The "''restricted_slackbuilds''" packages are restricted for distribition: they are built with mp3/aac encoding capability. This makes them unfit for hosting in the US, hence a UK mirror is used
|-
|}

Linux

2008-09-11T10:59:12Z

Alienbob: Add Slackware link.

== Graphical User Interfaces under Linux ==

* The [[Skins|Skinnable Interface]]
* The [[WxWidgets Interface]]
* The [[Qt4 Interface]]
* The [[Gnome Interface]], ''deprecated''
* The [[Kde Interface]], ''deprecated''
* Other [[interfaces]]

== Other info ==
* [[Linux keyboard shortcuts]]
* [[Linux VLC FAQ]]
* [[Alsa | Using ALSA]]

==Command line==

* [[ZSH Autocompletion]]

==Distribution-specific stuff==

* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[Ubuntu|GNU/Linux Ubuntu]] and Ubuntu-based (Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, ...)
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[Mandriva|GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* [[SuSE|GNU/Linux SuSE]]
* [[Slackware|GNU/Linux Slackware]]
* Other [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

==General Linux Advice==
* [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-8.html Getting out of freezes]

[[Category:Operating systems]]

User:Alienbob

2008-08-15T12:27:25Z

Alienbob: Add my pic

[[Image:Slackwarelogo.png|border|Slackware logo]]

I am Eric Hameleers, member of the [http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware] core development team.

You can find my homepage here: [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/ http://www.slackware.com/~alien/]

I also maintain a small Wiki (using DokuWiki software): [http://alien.slackbook.org/ http://alien.slackbook.org/]

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[[Image:Eric_hameleers_64.png|right|Eric's pic]]

File:Eric hameleers 64.png

2008-08-15T12:17:52Z

Alienbob:

File:Eric hameleers.png

2008-08-15T10:58:02Z

Alienbob:

User:Alienbob

2008-08-15T10:56:32Z

Alienbob: Introduce myself

[[Image:Slackwarelogo.png]]

I am Eric Hameleers, member of the [http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware] core development team.

You can find my homepage here: [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/ http://www.slackware.com/~alien/]

I also maintain a small Wiki (using DokuWiki software): [http://alien.slackbook.org/ http://alien.slackbook.org/]

File:Slackwarelogo.png

2008-08-15T10:52:15Z

Alienbob: The new 'flippy' Slackware logo

The new 'flippy' Slackware logo

Slackware

2008-08-15T10:36:41Z

Alienbob: Instructions on how to build and install VLC on Slackware

VLC media player

2008-08-15T10:02:51Z

Alienbob: /* Linux */ Add Slackware

{{wikipedia|VLC media player}}
:''Download VLC from '''[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC's Homepage]''' ''
'''VLC media player''' ([[History|initially]] VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ([[MPEG]], [[DivX]]/[[Xvid]], [[Ogg]], and ''many'' more) as well as [[DVD]]s, [[VCD]]s, and various [[stream]]ing protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

It started as a student project at the French [http://www.ecp.fr/index_html_en École Centrale, Paris] but is now a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries. ([[History|more]]).

VLC is built in a modular way. This means that you can choose from a range of different [[modules]] to decide how to [[Interface|control]] VLC and how to display the [[video output]].

Check the [http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS NEWS]

== Use VLC on your OS ==
=== [[Linux]] ===
* [[GNU/Linux Debian]]
* [[Ubuntu|GNU/Linux Ubuntu]]
* [[RedHat|GNU/Linux RedHat]]
* [[Mandriva|GNU/Linux Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)]]
* [[Gentoo|GNU/Linux Gentoo]]
* [[SuSe|GNU/Linux SuSe]]
* [[Slackware|Slackware GNU/Linux]]
* [[distros |GNU/Linux distros]]

=== Other OS ===
* [[Mac OS X]]
* [[Windows]]
* [[BeOS]]
* [[FreeBSD]]
* [[Windows CE]]

== Related Links ==
* [[History|History of the project]]
* [[VLC CodeNames]]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC Home page]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC features]
* [[Main Page|VideoLAN Wiki Home]]

[[Category:Player]] [[Category:VideoLAN projects]]