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* [[ARMCompileOldPDA|How to cross-compile for old ARM-based PDAs]] (outdated)
 
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== Other help ==
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== Other compile guides ==
 
* [[OutOfTreeCompile|How to compile a module outside of VLC source tree]]
 
* [[OutOfTreeCompile|How to compile a module outside of VLC source tree]]
 
* [[DirectFB_Compile|Compile DirectFB plugin]]
 
* [[DirectFB_Compile|Compile DirectFB plugin]]

Revision as of 19:41, 6 November 2013

This guide will help you compile VLC for your platform. This guide is intended for developers.

Generic Steps

These are the main steps to follow to Compile VLC :

  1. Prepare your compile environment,
  2. Get the source of VLC media player,
  3. bootstrap, using the ./bootstrap, if you took the code from repository,
  4. Prepare the extras libraries needed for VLC media player, read the list,
  5. Configure,
  6. and build, using make

Operating Systems

But there are the special HowTos for the OS you want VLC in.

Other compile guides


Warning: Do not put non-released test binaries or git-compiles on software sites or on user-forums. We have had bad experiences with this before and we do not appreciate it.

See also Category:Operating systems.