dvdisaster Version 0.55
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Installation of the source code distribution

Required tools and libraries

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:

These are also included in a typical Linux distribution. The Gtk+ project offers pre-compiled Windows versions.

Compiling the source code

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

Unpack the source code archive:

user@linux> tar xzf dvdisaster-0.55.tgz

Change into the newly created directory:

user@linux> cd dvdisaster-0.55

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
dvdisaster-0.55 Copyright 2004,2005 Carsten Gnoerlich.
[... more information on using dvdisaster ...]

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.

 

Installation of the binary distribution

Unpack the binary distribution into a partition with enough space for holding a DVD image (for the following example, unpacking into C:\ is assumed).

Open the Windows command prompt and change into the unpacked directory:

C:\> doskey
C:\> cd dvdisaster-0.55

Invoking doskey is optional, but may be useful for correcting typing errors and changing program options.

Invoke the program for a quick test:

C:\dvdisaster-0.55> dvdisaster
dvdisaster-0.55 Copyright 2004,2005 Carsten Gnoerlich.
[... more information on using dvdisaster ...]

Reading in media images requires administrator privileges if no ASPI driver has been installed.
Aside from that, using dvdisaster works as described in the other examples.

 
Enjoy using dvdisaster!
Copyright 2004,2005 Carsten Gnörlich.
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