Installation dependencies

The official installers for Windows and OSX should already come with/install the necessary dependencies for base functionality to work.

Note

Plugin dependencies should be listed in their description

Core dependencies

Essential:

• python3 >= 3.6

• python3-bsddb3

• gtk+ >= 3.22

• gstreamer (>= 1.14)

• gstreamer-plugins-base (>= 1.14)

• gstreamer-plugins-good (>= 1.14)

• python3-mutagen (>= 1.38)

• python3-dbus

• GI typelib files for GTK+, GStreamer (including gstreamer-plugins-base) and cairo and their python bindings * Packages on Debian and Ubuntu:

  • python3-gi >= 3.22
  • python3-gi-cairo
  • gir1.2-gtk-3.0
  • gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
  • gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0

  • Packages on Fedora: * python3-cairo * python3-gobject >= 3.22 * python3-gstreamer1

Optional dependencies

Translation:

• gettext

Documentation:

• sphinx
• sphinx_rtd_theme
• help2man

Device detection:

• udisks2

CD info: (TODO: This is currently broken on python3, see #608 and #652)

• cddb (python2), from http://cddb-py.sourceforge.net/

DAAP plugins (daapserver and daapclient):

• spydaap (python3), e.g. from https://github.com/exaile/spydaap or https://pypi.org/project/spydaap/
• python-zeroconf is an optional dependency of daapclient to enable share auto-discovery

Last.FM integration:

• pylast (python3)

Lyrics from lyricsmania.com (lyricsmania):

• lxml (python3)

Lyrics from lyrics.wikia.com (lyricwiki):

• Beautifulsoup4 (python3)
• lxml (python3)

Musicbrainz covers:

• musicbrainzngs (python3)

Podcast plugin:

• feedparser (python3)

Wikipedia info:

• webkit2gtk3 + its GI typelib

Xlib-based hotkeys:

• keybinder3 + its GI typelib

Scalable icons:

• librsvg2

Native Notifications:

• libnotify

Recording streams:

• streamripper

Moodbar plugin:

• moodbar from https://github.com/exaile/moodbar

BPM Counter plugin:

• bpmdetect from gstreamer1-plugins-bad

Test dependencies:

• mox3 (python3)
• pytest (python3)