Installation of the source code distribution

dvdisaster requires the usual GNU development tools for compiling C programs. Most Linux distributions contain suitable packages on their installation media.

For Windows, the respective tools are available in the Mingw framework. Building under Cygwin is currently not possible.

Depending on your operating system you will also need:

• The gettext library
• The iconv library (only for Windows)
• The pkgconfig tool
• The GTK+ library version 2.2 or better including all auxiliary libraries

Compiling the source code

Please open a command prompt window and go through the following steps.

Unpack the source code archive:

user@linux> tar xjf dvdisaster-0.64.2.tar.bz2

Change into the newly created directory:

user@linux> cd dvdisaster-0.64.2

Call the configuration script:

user@linux> ./configure [... lots of output from the configuration script ...]

The script will possibly give some hints about missing libraries. Type "configure --help" to learn about pointing configure to the correct path of already installed libraries.

When the configuration script finishes without error messages, compile the source code into the executable program:

user@linux> make [... lots of output from the compilation process ...]

Invoke the program for a quick test:

user@linux> ./dvdisaster [... after a moment the main window will open ...]

Working with the program from the current directory is okay. A copy of the dvdisaster home page is included in the sub directory documentation/en.

It is also possible to have the program and documentation installed permanently on your system:

user@linux> make install [... Output of the installation process ...]

Before doing the install, please review the output of the "configure" script or type "make show" to learn about the target directories of the installation.

Enter "./configure --help" to get information on changing the installation paths.