Category:Building

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This guide will help you compile VLC media player for your platform.

This guide is intended for developers and power users.

You should come on IRC to assist you during this phase.

--tareeq alaqeili 14:53, 7 January 2014 (CET)--tareeq alaqeili 14:53, 7 January 2014 (CET)== 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.