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This document explains how to compile and install smplayer.
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Compiling smplayer should be easy. It only depends on Qt. It can be compiled
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with both Qt 3 and Qt 4.
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First I'll explain how to do it in Linux. After that there's how to do it
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2) Compiling with Qt 4
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3) Differences between Qt 3 and Qt 4
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4) Compiling with Qt 3 + KDE 3 support
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5) Changing installation path
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6) How to make a rpm package
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7) How to make a deb package
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8) How to compile in Windows
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1) Compiling with Qt 3
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Be sure you have installed the Qt 3 development package. Its name maybe
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qt3-devel, libqt3-dev or something similar.
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Uncompress the source code, open a console (konsole or similar) and cd
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to the smplayer-0.5.x directory. Type "make". That's it.
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If compilation fails, be sure QTDIR points to the right path.
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To install it, type: "make install". That will install smplayer in
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You may run it without install it if you want to. It won't find the
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translation files and other required files, but you'll be able to take a
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look at it before installing.
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To uninstall it, just type "make uninstall".
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2) Compiling with Qt 4
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smplayer is being developed with Qt 3, but it's possible to compile it with
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Be sure you have installed the Qt 4 development package. Its name maybe
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qt4-devel, libqt4-dev or similar. Some distros have a separate
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qt3support package, install it too.
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Uncompress the source code, open a console (konsole or similar) and enter
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in the smplayer-0.5.x directory.
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This is an important step. Don't forget it. That command makes some changes
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in the sources so they can be compiled with Qt 4.
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Now type "make". With a little bit of lucky, that's all.
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But it may fail. Don't worry.
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If it fails it is probably because the Qt 3 qmake has been used instead of
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the Qt 4 one. It seems that some distros (ubuntu for example) have renamed that
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tool to qmake-qt4. Others may have installed in another directory.
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Look at the contents of the qt4-devel package (or whatever its name is) and
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Now type something like this (just examples):
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make QMAKE=/usr/share/qt4/bin/qmake
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Once it is compiled you can install it with "make install". That will install
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smplayer in /usr/local.
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3) Differences between Qt 3 and Qt 4
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You may be wondering if smplayer will have any difference if it is compiled
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with Qt 3 or Qt 4. smplayer is basically a Qt 3 application, so differences
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are very small but there are a few.
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smplayer compiled with Qt 4 has an option to dock the application in the
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system tray (requires Qt 4.2). Anyway it's possible to have this feature
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too with Qt 3, if compiled with KDE support.
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The way of changing key shortcuts is different (it's easier with Qt 3).
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Please read Configurable_shortcuts.txt.
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4) Compiling with Qt 3 + KDE 3 support
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smplayer only needs Qt 3 to work, but additionally you can compile it with
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KDE support. There will be two differences: the KDE open dialogs will be used
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instead of the Qt ones, and there will be an option to allow you to dock
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the application in the system tray.
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Of course you will need the KDE development package installed.
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Instead of just typing "make" you'll have to type "make KDE_SUPPORT=1". The
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Makefile will try to find the KDE include and lib directories. If it fails
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you can pass them in the command line. Example:
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make KDE_SUPPORT=1 KDE_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/kde3/include KDE_LIB_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib
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5) Changing installation path
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By default smplayer will be installed in /usr/local. You can change it by
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using PREFIX and DESTDIR.
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make PREFIX=/usr install
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That would install smplayer under /usr.
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DESTDIR will be useful for package maintainers.
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make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=/tmp/ install
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That would compile smplayer for /usr but in fact it will be installed in
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6) How to make a rpm package
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Maybe there is an easier way, but this is how I do it (SuSE 9.2):
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Copy the file smplayer-0.5.x.tar.gz to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ (or just
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Copy the file smplayer.spec from the sources to /usr/src/packages/SPECS/
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Go to /usr/src/packages/SPECS/ and type "rpmbuild -bb smplayer.spec"
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After the compilation, the *.rpm will be in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586/
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7) How to make a deb package
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First of all be sure you have the package fakeroot installed.
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Enter in smplayer-0.5.x. If the directory debian/ doesn't exists, rename
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debian-rvm to debian.
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Now type "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot".
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The deb package will be created in the parent directory.
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8) How to compile in Windows
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You need Qt for windows. Go to
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http://www.trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/windows and download
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qt-win-opensource-4.2.3-mingw.exe (about 50 MB). Install it.
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During installation it will ask you for mingw, check the option to download
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Now uncompress the package smplayer-0.5.x.tar.gz wherever you want (*.tar.gz
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files can be opened with Winrar, Winzip or 7z, for example).
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Now go to Start -> Programs -> Qt by Trolltech v4.2.3 (Opensource) and select
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Qt 4.2.3 Command Prompt.
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Now type there "cd c:\smplayer-0.5.x\src\" (or wherever you uncompressed it)
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Now type "conv2qt4.bat". That command will do some changes in the source code,
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so it can be compiled with Qt 4.
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When it finishes type "make". That will start the compilation, it should take
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a few minutes. After that you'll have a smplayer.exe under the release/
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