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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 70322cc..371c57b 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ Here's an idea for future work: switch to Python and use the official GStreamer Disclaimer: the script has only been tested in my local installation of Ubuntu 13.04 and on Arch Linux. I think it should work on most recent Debian-based distributions as well (and Debian, of course). If you need any help, please create an issue on this project. Note: the v4l2loopback-dkms package seems to be broken in Saucy (13.10), as it refers to an old v4l2loopback release (0.7.0) and not to the latest version as of date (0.8.0). Please install v4l2loopback from its official Github repo. + +Note: You can install this script from AUR in Arch Linux. It will resolve all dependencies automatically. diff --git a/prepare-videochat.sh b/prepare-videochat.sh index 5bc66e0..9a057d9 100644 --- a/prepare-videochat.sh +++ b/prepare-videochat.sh @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ # the last message dialog: that's our GStreamer graph processing the # audio and video from IP Webcam. # +# INSTALLATION +# +# In Arch Linux +# install ipwebcam-gst package from AUR +# # TROUBLESHOOTING # # 1. Does v4l2loopback work properly? @@ -263,25 +268,25 @@ if ! has_kernel_module v4l2loopback; then info "Installation failed. Please install v4l2loopback manually from github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback." fi elif [ $DIST = "Arch" ]; then - yaourt -S v4l2loopback-dkms + error "Plesae install v4l2loopback-dkms package (available in AUR)" fi if has_kernel_module v4l2loopback; then info "The v4l2loopback kernel module was installed successfully." else - error "Could not install the v4l2loopback kernel module through apt-get or yaourt." + error "Could not install the v4l2loopback kernel module through apt-get." fi fi # check if the user has the pulse gst plugin installed -if find "/usr/lib/gstreamer-$GST_VER/libgstpulse.so" | egrep -q '.*'; then # lc +if find "/usr/lib/gstreamer-$GST_VER/libgstpulse.so" | egrep -q '.*'; then # plugin installed, do nothing info "Found the pulse gst plugin" else if [ $DIST = "Debian" ] || [ $DIST = "Ubuntu" ]; then sudo apt-get install -y gstreamer${GST_VER}-pulseaudio - elif can_run yaourt; then - error "we should figure out what package supplies this" + elif [ $DIST = "Arch" ]; then + error "Please install gst-plugins-good package" fi fi @@ -291,8 +296,8 @@ fi if ! can_run v4l2-ctl; then if can_run apt-get; then sudo apt-get install -y v4l-utils - elif can_run pacman; then - sudo pacman -S v4l-utils + elif [ $DIST = "Arch" ]; then + error "Please install v4l-utils package" fi fi if can_run v4l2-ctl; then @@ -362,21 +367,18 @@ pactl set-default-source $SINK_NAME.monitor # Check for gst-launch GSTLAUNCH=gst-launch-${GST_VER} if [ $DIST = "Debian" ]; then - # Debian if ! can_run "$GSTLAUNCH"; then info "You don't have gst-launch. I'll try to install its Debian/Ubuntu package." sudo apt-get install -y gstreamer${GST_VER}-tools fi -elif can_run pacman; then - # Arch +elif [ $DIST = "Arch" ]; then if ! can_run "$GSTLAUNCH"; then - info "You don't have gst-launch. I'll try to install its Arch package." - sudo pacman -S gstreamer${GST_VER} gstreamer${GST_VER}-good-plugins + error "You don't have gst-launch. Please install gstreamer and gst-plugins-good packages." fi fi if ! can_run "$GSTLAUNCH"; then error "Could not find gst-launch. Exiting." - exit 1 + # exit 1 # you have already exited after error function. fi # Start the GStreamer graph needed to grab the video and audio |