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| author | Fabian Kirsch <derFakir@web.de> | 2013-10-16 15:00:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Tim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.com> | 2013-10-26 09:41:26 +0100 |
| commit | d0dd23cf9ffc3c50165e3faca52a9861af739772 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c48c32cbef76ab95a4ca3476aa1a97c946024af | |
| parent | a6f60fcf2e7642747b53adc47f0cd453392c408c (diff) | |
docs: FAQ update to mention create-uninstalled-setup.sh
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709916
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/faq/developing.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/developing.xml b/docs/faq/developing.xml index 8472b9611..cbab8620e 100644 --- a/docs/faq/developing.xml +++ b/docs/faq/developing.xml @@ -45,27 +45,21 @@ or integrate with autoconf using the pkg.m4 macro (providing PKG_CONFIG_CHECK). <para> It is possible to develop and compile against an uninstalled copy of gstreamer and gst-plugins-* (for example, against gits checkouts). -The easiest way to do this is to use a bash script like this: -<ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/gst-uninstalled">latest version of gst-uninstalled</ulink>. -If you put this script in your path, and symlink it to gst-git (if you want -to develop against git master) or to gst-released (if you want to develop -against the lastest release of each module), it will automatically use the -uninstalled version from that directory (ie. gst-git will look for a directory -called 'git', and gst-released will expect the uninstalled modules to be in -the 'released' directory; you are free to use any name or identifier you like -here). - </para> - <para> -This requires you to have put your checkouts of gstreamer and gst-plugins -under ~/gst/git (for the master version). The program is easily modifiable -if this isn't the case. - </para> - <para> -After running this script, you'll be in an environment where the uninstalled +The easiest way too create such a setup is the +<ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/create-uninstalled-setup.sh">latest version of create-uninstalled-setup.sh</ulink> + </para> + <para> +This setup makes use of the +<ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/gst-uninstalled">latest version of gst-uninstalled</ulink>. +Running this script, you'll be in an environment where the uninstalled tools and plugins will be used by default. Also, pkg-config will detect the uninstalled copies before (and prefer them to) any installed copies. </para> + <para> +Multiple uninstalled setups can be used in parallel. Have a look at +<ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/gst-uninstalled">gst-uninstalled</ulink> to see how it determines which environment is used. + </para> </answer> </qandaentry> |