Configure

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'''configure''' (also known as '''./configure''') is a [[wikipedia:bash|BASH script]] used to gather information about your computer and select options on what to link to and how. Before running [[make]] (which compiles vlc), you should run configure.

If you are compiling source from [[CVS]], then you should run [[bootstrap]] before running configure.

You can run configure like this:
./configure

== Options ==
Below are some common options for configure:
{|
! option !! meaning
|-
| --prefix=''/home/user/vlc/'' || Sets the location of where to install vlc
|-
| --enable-flac || Turns on support for [[FLAC]] audio files
|-
| --enable-ffmpeg || Links with [[ffmpeg]]
|-
| --with-ffmpeg-tree=''/home/user/ffmpeg'' || Location of ffmpeg source code
|}

See `./configure --help' for more information.
== Examples ==

=== Linux ===
./configure --enable-x11 --enable-xvideo --disable-gtk \
--enable-sdl --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame \
--enable-mad --enable-libdvbpsi --enable-a52 --enable-dts \
--enable-libmpeg2 --enable-dvdnav --enable-faad \
--enable-vorbis --enable-ogg --enable-theora --enable-faac\
--enable-mkv --enable-freetype --enable-fribidi \
--enable-speex --enable-flac --enable-livedotcom \
--with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/lib/live --enable-caca \
--enable-skins --enable-skins2 --enable-alsa --disable-kde\
--disable-qt --enable-wxwindows --enable-ncurses \
--enable-release

=== Windows ===
''From http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/vlc/INSTALL.win32''

If you are cross-compiling from Debian, you can use something along those lines:

./bootstrap

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