GstQtOverlay plugin dependencies

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GstQtOverlay requires Qt, OpenGL, and GStreamer packages to run properly. Depending on your platform, you can use a package manager to install the dependencies or you will need to include the dependencies in the image baked by Yocto. We recommend using the package manager for installing the GstQtOverlay dependencies for PC (x86/x64) and NVIDIA Jetson boards. In this section you will find the instructions to install the dependencies with the package manager and with Yocto.

Linux Package Manager

This is the recommended method for PC (x86/x64) and NVIDIA Jetson boards.

Step 1: Install Qt packages

sudo apt-get install \
qtdeclarative5-dev \
qtbase5-dev-tools \
qml-module-qtquick-dialogs \
qml-module-qtquick2 \
qml-module-qtquick-controls \
qt5-default

Step 2: Install OpenGL packages

sudo apt-get install \
libx11-dev \
xorg-dev \
libglu1-mesa-dev \
freeglut3-dev \
libglew1.5 \
libglew1.5-dev \
libglu1-mesa \
libglu1-mesa-dev \
libgl1-mesa-glx \
libgl1-mesa-dev

Step 3: Install GStreamer packages

sudo apt-get install \
gstreamer1.0-x \
libgstreamer1.0-dev \
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev

Step 4: Install Autotools

You can skip this step if you are evaluating GstQtOverlay. This step is required only if you need to build GstQtOverlay.

sudo apt install \
autotools-dev \
autoconf

Step 5: Install Linux for Tegra Multimedia API

This step is required only for NVIDIA Jetson platforms. If you are not using a NVIDIA Jetson board, you can skip this step.

sudo apt install nvidia-l4t-jetson-multimedia-api

Yocto

If you use Yocto to build a custom Linux distribution for your platform, you will need to include the dependencies in your image. You can add the packages to your image by adding the line below to your YOCTO_DIR/BUILD_DIR/conf/local.conf file:

IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad qtbase qtbase-native qtdeclarative imx-gpu-viv libffi gstreamer1.0-plugins-imx"

After this, you will need to rebuild your image and re-flash it.