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diff --git a/recordmydesktop/INSTALL b/recordmydesktop/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe3d120 --- /dev/null +++ b/recordmydesktop/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +To compile the program you have to go through the regular drill: + +~$ gzip -d recordmydesktop-x.y.z.tar.gz +~$ tar -x recordmydesktop-x.y.z.tar +~$ cd recordmydesktop-x.y.z +~$ ./configure +~$ make +~$ sudo make install + + +You will need the development headers for the following: +alsa (libasound) +X +libXext +libXdamage +libogg +libvorbis +libtheora + +As well the regular headers, plus the ones for pthreads +(both of which you should have if you have compiled anything else before). + +Of the above, the most likely to be missing are probably those of libXdamage and libtheora +but any recent linux distribution should offer an easy way to get them. + + + + +Compiling on *BSD or other *nix flavors is not going to work(because of the alsa dependency) +but it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to change that(at least by disabling sound capture). +Future versions might include support for OSS-based sound capture. + + |