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Installing Python bindings

Instructions for installing Python bindings for Gstreamer on Mac OS/X PPC. I assume you have the following installed (using Fink for instance):

  • gstreamer
  • gettext, gettext-dev
  • glib 2.12.0

On to the instructions. Depending on your Fink setup, you may also need to add /sw/lib/pkgconfig to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variables used below.

1. Download, build and install cairo: 

wget http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.2.6.tar.gz
tar xfz cairo-1.2.6.tar.gz
cd cairo-1.2.6
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --enable-quartz
make
make install

2. Download, build and install pango: 

wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pango/1.14/pango-1.14.7.tar.gz
tar xfz pango-1.14.7.tar.gz
cd pango-1.14.7
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
make
make install

3. Download, build and install pycairo: 

wget http://cairographics.org/releases/pycairo-1.2.2.tar.gz
tar xfz pycairo-1.2.2.tar.gz
cd pycairo-1.2.2
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
make
make install

4. Download, build and install pygobject: 

wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/2.12/pygobject-2.12.2.tar.gz
tar xfz pygobject-2.12.2.tar.gz
cd pygobject-2.12.2
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
make
make install

5. Download, build and install gtk+2: 

wget ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.10/gtk+-2.10.6.tar.gz
tar xfz pgtk+-2.10.6.tar.gz
cd gtk+-2.10.6
CPPFLAGS=-I/sw/include PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --without-libtiff --without-libjpeg
make
make install

6. Download, build and install pygtk: 

wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygtk/2.10/pygtk-2.10.3.tar.gz
tar xfz pygtk-2.10.3.tar.gz
cd pygtk-2.10.3
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --without-libtiff --without-libjpeg
make
make install

7. Download, build and install gst-python: 

cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.freedesktop.org:/cvs/gstreamer co gst-python
cd gst-python
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./autogen.sh
LDFLAGS=-Wl,-m PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
make
make install