The system build

To do a system build , you should read the file README that is at the top level after you get the source.

• You need about 6.0  GB of disk storage to operate a build and you need to have git installed.

• You do not need to be root (or sudo ...) to install, except to run bld_prepare.sh which calls in the distro's package manager. However if there are problems with permissions you can try to compile as root.

• The git step has to download many files (approx 130 MB) so allow time. When decompressed this will expand to about 530 MB.

• Run the following commands (this takes awhile):

  # This is where you need the 6.0GB of disk space:
  cd /<build_path>/
  git clone --depth 1 https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cinelerra.git cinelerra
  # Change to the cloned directory:
  cd cinelerra/cinelerra-5.1
  

  NOTE: if your system has never had CINELERRA-GG Infinity installed, you will have to make sure you have all of the compilers and libraries necessary. So on the very first build you should run:

  ./blds/bld_prepare.sh <os> # where <os> represents the
                             # Operating System of
                             # centos, fedora, suse, ubuntu, ubuntu24, mint, debian, arch, debian-older, ubuntu-older.
  ./autogen.sh
  ./configure --prefix=/usr  # optional parameters can be added here
  make 2>&1 | tee log        # make and log the build
  

  You may want to review the bld_prepare.sh script before running it since the version of the Operating System you are using may require some tweaks to the list of packages to install. The script works for Arch with some additional information as shown in a README file containing many more dependencies. For Gentoo, only the README file lists the known dependencies that have to be installed manually.

  • https://download.cinelerra-gg.org/ file README.arch or README.gentoo

  Options in bld_prepare.sh of debian-older and ubuntu-older are currently for older operating system versions since before about 06/2022. The ubuntu24 option is for Ubuntu version 24 and newer ubuntu distros.

• Check for obvious build errors:

  grep "\*\*\*.*error" -ai log
  

  If this reports errors and you need assistance or you think improvements can be made to the builds, email the log which is listed below to: cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org

  /<build_path>/cinelerra/cinelerra-5.1/log
  

• If there are no build errors, finally just run:

  make install
  

  The “with-single-user” parameter makes it so. Check for errors before proceeding.

• If it all worked, you are all setup. Just click on the CINELERRA-GG desktop icon.