HandBrake Documentation

Installing dependencies on Clear

The following instructions are for Clear 35470 and later.

Basic requirements to run commands:

• curl
• sudo (for normal user accounts)

Dependencies:

• dev-utils
• dev-utils-dev
• devpkg-fribidi
• devpkg-jansson
• devpkg-libass
• devpkg-libjpeg-turbo
• devpkg-libogg
• devpkg-libsamplerate
• devpkg-libtheora
• devpkg-libvorbis
• devpkg-libvpx
• devpkg-opus
• devpkg-speex

Additional dependencies not available in the base repository:

• lame
• x264

Intel Quick Sync Video dependencies (optional):

• devpkg-libva
• devpkg-libdrm

Graphical interface dependencies:

• desktop-dev

Install dependencies.

sudo swupd update
sudo swupd bundle-add dev-utils dev-utils-dev devpkg-fribidi devpkg-jansson devpkg-libass devpkg-libjpeg-turbo devpkg-libogg devpkg-libsamplerate devpkg-libtheora devpkg-libvorbis devpkg-libvpx devpkg-opus devpkg-speex

Build and install the dependencies not available in the base repository.

# lame
curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.100/lame-3.100.tar.gz
tar -xf lame-3.100.tar.gz
cd lame-3.100
./configure --enable-shared --enable-static --enable-nasm
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install-strip
cd ..

# x264
curl -LO https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/archive/master/x264-master.tar.bz2
tar -xf x264-master.tar.bz2
cd x264-master
./configure --enable-shared --enable-static --enable-lto --enable-pic --enable-strip
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
cd ..

# make shared libraries findable
if ! grep '\/usr\/local\/lib' /etc/ld.so.conf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-} -I/usr/local/include"
    export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-} -L/usr/local/lib"
    echo 'export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-} -I/usr/local/include"' >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
    echo 'export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-} -L/usr/local/lib"' >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
    echo '/usr/local/lib' | sudo tee --append /etc/ld.so.conf
    sudo ldconfig
fi

To build with Intel Quick Sync Video support, install the QSV dependencies.

sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libva devpkg-libdrm

To build the GTK GUI, install the graphical interface dependencies.

sudo swupd bundle-add desktop-dev

Clear is now prepared to build HandBrake. See Building HandBrake for Linux for further instructions.