Installing dependencies on Ubuntu
The following instructions are for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat and 26.04 Resolute Racoon.
Basic requirements to run commands:
- sudo (for normal user accounts)
Dependencies:
- autoconf
- automake
- build-essential
- cmake
- git
- libass-dev
- libbz2-dev
- libfontconfig-dev
- libfreetype-dev
- libfribidi-dev
- libharfbuzz-dev
- libjansson-dev
- liblzma-dev
- libmp3lame-dev
- libnuma-dev
- libogg-dev
- libopus-dev
- libsamplerate0-dev
- libspeex-dev
- libssl-dev
- libtheora-dev
- libtool
- libtool-bin
- libturbojpeg0-dev
- libvorbis-dev
- libvpx-dev
- libx11-dev
- libx264-dev
- libxml2-dev
- m4
- make
- meson
- nasm
- ninja-build
- patch
- pkg-config
- zlib1g-dev
Dolby Vision dependencies (optional):
- rustup
Intel Quick Sync Video and VAAPI dependencies (optional):
- libva-dev
- libdrm-dev
Nvidia NVENC/NVDEC dependencies (optional):
- clang
- llvm
Graphical interface dependencies:
- appstream
- desktop-file-utils
- gettext
- gstreamer1.0-libav
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
- libgtk-4-dev
Install dependencies.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install autoconf automake build-essential cmake git libass-dev libbz2-dev libfontconfig-dev libfreetype-dev libfribidi-dev libharfbuzz-dev libjansson-dev liblzma-dev libmp3lame-dev libnuma-dev libogg-dev libopus-dev libsamplerate0-dev libspeex-dev libssl-dev libtheora-dev libtool libtool-bin libturbojpeg0-dev libvorbis-dev libvpx-dev libx11-dev libx264-dev libxml2-dev m4 make meson nasm ninja-build patch pkg-config zlib1g-dev
To build with Dolby Vision support, install the Rust dependencies.
sudo apt-get install rustup
rustup toolchain install "stable-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu"
rustup default "stable-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu"
cargo install cargo-c
To build with Intel Quick Sync Video and VAAPI support, install the VAAPI dependencies.
sudo apt-get install libva-dev libdrm-dev
To build with Nvidia NVENC/NVDEC support, install the CUDA LLVM toolchain dependencies.
sudo apt-get install clang llvm
To build the GTK GUI, install the graphical interface dependencies.
sudo apt-get install appstream desktop-file-utils gettext gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-good libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgtk-4-dev
Ubuntu is now prepared to build HandBrake. See Building HandBrake for Linux for further instructions, or if you intend to cross-compile HandBrake for Windows, see Building HandBrake for Windows.