gst-rtsp-server configure fails: requested gstreamer-1.0 >= 1.9.0.1

[Victor Weinstein]

I cloned the gst-rtsp-server project from https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-rtsp-server/ and tried to run the configure script in the destination directory, gst-rtsp-server.  I'm seeing the following output and error.  I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on an x86 PC Intel Core i7-4790

checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether UID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking whether GID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking nano version... 1
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for VALGRIND... no
configure: Using GStreamer RTSP Server Library git as package name
configure: Using Unknown package origin as package origin
configure: Using GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $(top_builddir)/pkgconfig
configure: Setting GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME to 2016-04-15T21:51Z
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO Standard C... (cached) -std=gnu99
checking dependency style of gcc -std=gnu99... gcc3
checking for valgrind... no
checking for gobject-introspection... no
checking for gtkdoc-check... no
checking for gtkdoc-rebase... no
checking for gtkdoc-mkpdf... no
checking whether to build gtk-doc documentation... no
checking for GLIB... yes
checking for glib-genmarshal... glib-genmarshal (from pkg-config path)
checking for glib-mkenums... glib-mkenums
checking for GIO... yes
checking for GST... no
configure: Requested 'gstreamer-1.0 >= 1.9.0.1' but version of GStreamer is 1.2.4
configure: error: no gstreamer-1.0 >= 1.9.0.1 (GStreamer) found

Where do I get a gstreamer version greater than 1.2.4?  Reading through the archives of this mailing list, I saw reference to cloning gstreamer-1.0 development code from git (see http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/error-installing-gst-rtsp-server-td971084.html)  but I am leery of doing this because I might adversely affect existing gstreamer functionality that I depend upon.  

If cloning gstreamer-1.0 is the required step that I need to take, can I get some information on how to install the development version in parallel so that I don't risk breaking existing gstreamer functionality?  Could there be another error in how I'm trying to run configure?  It would be helpful to have some additional info in the README for installation and compiling the test cases.

Thanks,
Victor

[Tim Müller]

On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 14:33 -0700, Victor Weinstein wrote:

Hi,

> I cloned the gst-rtsp-server project from
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-rtsp-server/ and tried to
> run the
> configure script in the destination directory, gst-rtsp-server.  I'm
> seeing
> the following output and error.
>
> checking for GST... no
> configure: Requested 'gstreamer-1.0 >= 1.9.0.1' but version of
> GStreamer is
> 1.2.4
> configure: error: no gstreamer-1.0 >= 1.9.0.1 (GStreamer) found
>
> Where do I get a gstreamer version greater than 1.2.4?  Reading
> through the
> archives of this mailing list, I saw reference to cloning gstreamer-
> 1.0
> development code from git (see
> http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/error-installing-gst-rtsp
> -server-td971084.html) 
> but I am leery of doing this because I might adversely affect
> existing
> gstreamer functionality that I depend upon.  
>
> If cloning gstreamer-1.0 is the required step that I need to take,
> can I get
> some information on how to install the development version in
> parallel so
> that I don't risk breaking existing gstreamer functionality?  Could
> there be
> another error in how I'm trying to run configure?  It would be
> helpful to
> have some additional info in the README for installation and
> compiling the
> test cases.

No, you're not doing anything wrong. gst-rtsp-server from git master
requires gstreamer core from git master (and gst-plugins-base from git
master etc.).

You appear to have GStreamer 1.2, which is quite old.

You can build a GStreamer stack with the latest version (or any other
version you like) using a so-called 'uninstalled' setup. This means
it's built in your home directory and doesn't affect your system
GStreamer installation.

See Arun's blog post here for details:

http://arunraghavan.net/2014/07/quick-start-guide-to-gst-uninstalled-1-
x/

You can use this for the 1.8 branch as well if you prefer to track the
stable release series.

It's also possible to create an installed setup in your home directory
or some other non-system directory, but we don't provide scripts for
that.

 Cheers
  -Tim

--
Tim Müller, Centricular Ltd - http://www.centricular.com


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[Victor Weinstein]

Tim,

thank you very much.  When running from the gst-uninstalled environment, I was able to successfully run the configure program and make built the targets.  The link to the gst-uninstalled setup procedure was very helpful.  It would be nice if the gst-uninstall process could be documented within the gst-rtsp-server git project and supported more directly.

I greatly appreciate your help, hopefully this thread will assist others.

Thanks,
Victor