This software requires for compiling: - gtk >= 2.6 - devel of gtk - ruby - ruby-gettext >= 0.8.0 - ruby-gtk2 >= 0.12 - devel of ruby-gnome2 (mkmf-gnome2.rb, rbgobject.h) - devel of libexiv2 (and thus, g++) Note: theoretically, gtk and ruby-gtk2 are not needed if you're gonna use only the backend script (the only lost functionality is white balance correction which uses gdk_pixbuf). However, the GUI is an important part of this software and its use is encouraged (it helps a lot). And for runtime: - convert (from ImageMagick) - for photos thumbnails generation - identify (from ImageMagick) - for photos captions - exif - to show full formatted EXIF information from photos - mplayer - for videos thumbnails generation - gimp - for photos editing Compiling and Installing Quick Start Type this as normal user: # ruby setup.rb config # ruby setup.rb setup # cd ext # ./build.sh And type this as superuser: $ ruby setup.rb install $ cd ext $ make install If you want to package as normal user to another root: $ ruby_archdir=`ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['sitearchdir']"` $ libdir=`ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['sitelibdir']"` $ rm -rf ${buildroot} $ ruby setup.rb install --prefix=${buildroot} $ cd ext $ make install DESTDIR=${buildroot} libdir=${buildroot}${libdir} archdir=${buildroot}${ruby_archdir} Note: it will install things in traditional directories plus ruby_archdir and ruby_libdir. Change FPATH in ${buildroot}/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/booh/config.rb to suit your $buildroot Find icons for you menu system in the icons/ subdir.