---
name: "gst-install"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sessioninstaller"
version: "0.20-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gst-install"
---

# gst-install(1)

installs missing GStreamer plugins

## NAME

gst-install - installs missing GStreamer plugins

## SYNOPSIS

**gst-install** \[*OPTIONS*\] plugin **...**

## DESCRIPTION

**Gst-install** makes use of the PackageKit session D-Bus interface to install missing GStreamer plugins, e.g. encoders, decoders or URI handlers. It isn't supposed to be executed directly but instead by the  **gst\_install\_plugins\_async** and **gst\_install\_plugins** functions of the GStreamer base library **gstpbutilsinstallplugins**.

PackageKit or the alternative session-installer implementation will handle the complete installation process with confirmation, progress and error dialogs.

See the documentation of  **gstpbutilsinstallplugins** for the argument construction and exit states.

## OPTIONS

- \--transient-for

  The X Window ID of the window which should be used as parents for the dialogs

## DIAGNOSTICS

None yet.

## HOMEPAGE

https://launchpad.net/sessioninstaller

## BUGS

You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sessioninstaller/+filebug

## AUTHOR

Sebastian Heinlein \<devel at glatzor dot de\>

## SEE ALSO

[**aptd**(1)](/aptd/1.md) **session-installer**(1)