Davinci-resolve wont install due an gst-plugins-base error

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I have a problem on installing davinci-resolve on Manjaro GNOME.

When I run yay -S davinci-resolve, I get this Error

CMake Error at Source/cmake/OptionsQt.cmake:816 (message):
  WebAudio requires the audio and fft GStreamer libraries.  Please check your
  gst-plugins-base installation.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  Source/cmake/WebKitCommon.cmake:51 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:137 (include)

I tried gst-inspect-1.0 and there were audio and fft missing, but how do I download these?

I tried to update gst-plugins-base and checked if gst-libav gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly are installed.

Or is somewhere other an error?

How to solve this problem? Thank you!

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Your issue is the building of qt5-webkit package which fails due to mismatched versions.

  1. First check if you are using stable or unstable branch.

    pacman-mirrors -G

  2. If using stable → switch to unstable

    pacman-mirrors -aS unstable

  3. Visit https://nonfree.eu and configure your system to use nonfree mesa

  4. Do a full system sync

    pacman -Syyu

  5. Build using pamac

     $ pamac build davinci-resolve
[...]
==> Finished making: davinci-resolve 18.1.4-1 (lør 10 jun 2023 18:49:02 CEST)
==> Cleaning up...
[...]
Transaction successfully finished.

After system update you may need to rebuild davinci-resolve - if it fails you know you need to rebuild.

3

Hello @linux-aarhus I did what you provided but I still got the qt5 error when using trizen or pamac

CMake Error at Source/cmake/OptionsQt.cmake:816 (message):
  WebAudio requires the audio and fft GStreamer libraries.  Please check your
  gst-plugins-base installation.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  Source/cmake/WebKitCommon.cmake:51 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:137 (include)
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Clean the CMake cache: It’s possible that there might be a conflict or outdated information in the CMake cache. Try cleaning the cache and then attempt to install Davinci Resolve again. Run the following commands in the terminal:

cd path/to/davinci/resolve/source/directory
rm -rf build
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

Replace path/to/davinci/resolve/source/directory with the actual path to the source directory of Davinci Resolve on your system.

Verify GStreamer installation: Double-check that the GStreamer libraries are installed correctly and can be detected by CMake. You can do this by running the following command:

pkg-config --list-all | grep gstreamer

This command will list all the GStreamer packages available on your system. Make sure that the necessary plugins like gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0 and gstreamer-plugins-good-1.0 are listed.

If none of the above steps resolves the issue, it’s possible that there may be a compatibility issue or a specific configuration required for Davinci Resolve on Manjaro. In such cases, it is recommended to consult the Davinci Resolve documentation or reach out to their support for further assistance.

I can confirm I have had Davinci Resolve running on my system on Manjaro however did not like the free versions’ limitations to file compatibility for importing video.

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For the story.
I was used to gnome before (using arch since at least 8 years).
I changed laptop and wanted to try manjaro (mainly because I have way less time to configure arch than before but i love it so…) and kde (because its been a very long time since I was using it).
Love the manjaro experience but hated the kde one, so Reinstall with gnome version of manjaro.

And there, no issue installing DVR. So my issue is kind of resolved and if that can help someone (even if I don’t think reinstalling everything for this kind of issue is a solution).

Thanks for your help :slight_smile: