HandBrake Documentation

Installing dependencies on Gentoo

The following instructions are for Gentoo profile default/linux/amd64/17.1 with Portage snapshot 20190915 (HandBrake CLI only).

Basic requirements to run commands:

• sudo (for normal user accounts)

Dependencies¹:

• fribidi
• dev-vcs/git
• harfbuzz
• jansson
• lame
• libass
• libjpeg-turbo
• libogg
• libsamplerate
• libtheora
• libvorbis
• libvpx
• app-arch/lzma
• meson
• nasm
• ninja
• numactl
• opus
• speex
• x264

Install dependencies.

sudo emerge --ask fribidi dev-vcs/git harfbuzz jansson lame libass libjpeg-turbo libogg libsamplerate libtheora libvorbis libvpx app-arch/lzma meson nasm ninja numactl opus speex x264

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