2.3. Linux

You should have a little bit of experience with Linux for this to be easy.

  1. Install MPlayer with MEncoder with XviD and DVD support. If your distribution does not have a package for this then you will have to build it yourself. Refer to the MPlayer documentation for instructions on how to do that.

  2. Install a Java runtime environment 1.4 or higher. Check to see if your distribution has packages for this.

  3. Install SWT. Use your distribution's utilities if possible.

  4. Open a terminal and run

    $ tar -xvjf iriverter-VER.tar.bz2
    $ cd iriverter-VER
    $ ./configure --with-swt=/path/to/swt.jar
    $ make
    # make install
  5. Start iriverter by clicking the menu item in your Sound & Video menu or by running iriverter on the command line.

If you'd rather use GCJ than Java to build iriverter, append --with-gcj to your configure command. The rest of the instructions are the same.