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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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