Prerequisites
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MonkeyMedia requires the following packages:

 - A working GNOME 2 platform (more specifically, you need glib-2.0, gtk+-2.0,
   gnome-vfs-2.0, libgnome-2.0, gconf-2.0 and libglade-2.0.)
   For more information, see:

    http://www.gnome.org/

 - The GStreamer multimedia framework, available from:

    http://www.gstreamer.net/
    
 - The Ogg Vorbis libraries, available from:

    http://www.vorbis.com/

 - The libid3tag library from the MAD distribution, available from:

    http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/

 - The musicbrainz library, available from:

    http://www.musicbrainz.org/

 - The following GStreamer plugins (you can check their availability with
   gst-inspect <name-of-plugin>):

    * spider (From the GStreamer main distribution)
    * tee (From the GStreamer main distribution)
    * volume (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-audio-effects
      package)
    * adder (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-audio-effects
      package)
    * gnomevfssrc (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-gnomevfs
      package. Requires gnome-vfs to be installed.)
    * mad (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-mad package.
      Requires mad to be installed (see above for URL). MP3 playback
      will be disabled if this plugin is not available.)
    * vorbis (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-vorbis package.
      Requires the vorbis libraries to be installed (see above for URL).
      Ogg Vorbis playback will be disabled if this plugin is not
      available.)
    * colorspace (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-colorspace
      package. Requires Hermes to be installed.)
    * stereo2mono (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or
      gstreamer-audio-effects package.)
    * any audiosink (osssink, alsasink, esdsink, to name a few)
    * any videosink (xvideosink, sdlvideosink, to name a few)
    * any visualization plugins

    Please note that you probably need to run gst-register after having
    installed the plugins.

Simple install procedure
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  % gzip -cd monkey-media-0.5.tar.gz | tar xvf - # unpack the sources
  % cd monkey-media-0.5                          # change to the directory
  % ./configure                                  # run the 'configure' script
  % make                                         # build MonkeyMedia
  [ Become root if necessary ]
  % make install                                 # install MonkeyMedia

The Details
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More detailed installation instructions can be found in INSTALL.GNU.
