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Installation of the source code distributionRequired tools and librariesdvdisaster 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:
Change into the newly created directory:
Call 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:
Invoke the program for a quick test:
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:
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 distributionUnpack 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:
Invoking doskey is optional, but may be useful for correcting typing errors and changing program options. Invoke the program for a quick test:
Reading in media images requires administrator privileges
if no ASPI driver has been installed. Enjoy using dvdisaster! |
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