Re: [Gtkpod-questions] GTKpod dependencies

[Jorg S. <Jor...@gm...>]

> I think it'd be sufficient to start with gtk+.  If that's not
> installed by someone's distro, then they should be prepared to go out
> and get it and deal with it's dependencies.
> 
> Base dependencies from looking at configure.in in CVS are:
> 
>     pkgconfig
>     gtk+ >= 2.4
>     libglade >= 2.4
>     libgpod >= 0.3.3
>     libid3tag >= 0.15
>     
> Optional deps:
> 
>     gettext (for I18N [internationalization] support)

Is required by gtk+, I think, anyway.

>     libmp4v2 (for AAC [.m4a] support)
> 
> Have I missed any big ones?  I don't know what version of libmp4v2 is
> required for proper function.  There are versions supplied in the
> FAAD2 package that work for some folks and not others I believe.  I've
> been using the lib supplied via the mpeg4ip package for a while now
> and it works fine for the few AAC files I've been given.

YMMV...

> It'd probably be good to generate this automatically via
> autoconf/automake so that the versions don't have to be updated
> manually whenever they change.  I can probably do that and supply a
> patch once the list is done.  Any preferences for how and where it
> should appear in the INSTALL file?

Just before the outdated "Version of libraries used by jcsjcs at users 
dot sourceforge dot net to compile gtkpod-0.80:"?

JCS.