On 04/20/2010 10:37 AM, Ananda Samaddar wrote:
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:40:27 +0200 Thomas Haider <t.haider@vcnc.org> wrote:
Am Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:34:21 +0100 schrieb Ananda Samaddar <ananda@samaddar.co.uk>:
Is there some reason that the gstreamer good plugins set needs a whole load of GNOME crap?
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins/
I've recently switched to XFCE and I'd like to avoid GNOME dependencies. Is it possible to recompile from abs without all these dependencies?
thanks,
Ananda
This is of course possible, the gstreamer ./configure script allows to disable most of the dependency-heavy features. ./configure --help list all possibilities. This for example is the configuration i use:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \ --disable-static --enable-experimental \ --disable-schemas-install \ --disable-gconf \ --disable-hal \ --disable-dv1394 \ --disable-pulse \ --disable-esd \ --disable-esdtest \ --disable-sunaudio \ --disable-osx_audio \ --disable-osx_video \ --disable-flac \ --disable-gst_v4l2 \ --with-package-name="GStreamer Good Plugins (Archlinux)" \ --with-package-origin="http://www.archlinux.org/" || return 1
Thanks for that, I'm created a custom PKGBUILD that removes all the GNOME crap, I'm going to upload it to the AUR when it's done.
Ananda
You know, It still amazes me how people will take the position that all associated with Gnome must be 'crap'. No don't get me wrong, I have no arguments with your basic complaint that unnecessary dependencies need not be included with the gstreamer packages. In fact, I agree. However, that notwithstanding, the general premise asserted in the comment "GNOME crap" is just flat wrong. Now I was a KDE guy, did a lot of beta work with KDE4 and also enjoy enlightenment, the 'boxtops', windowmaker and recently Gnome. From first-hand experience, I can tell you gnome is not crap. It is a solid desktop built on the metacity wm that does a great many things right and a handful of things I would do differently if I wrote desktops and wm's, but on balance is an excellent desktop. Not to mention, it is just down right gorgeous: (152k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/gnome/BlueNightII.scaled.jpg Oh well, at least the gstreamer packages stripped of unnecessary dependencies will be a great addition to AUR. Thank you for that. But no need to deride a desktop just because whoever packaged it last included a few unneeded dependencies :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com