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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml index 21de5406bf..dd03e00377 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml @@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ answers. <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> - Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <link linkend="gui">GUI</link> - section before compiling. -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> If you want to install <application>MEncoder</application> (our great all-purpose encoder), see the <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link> section. @@ -184,27 +180,10 @@ See the <link linkend="subosd">Subtitles and OSD</link> section for details. <title>What about the GUI?</title> <para> -The GUI needs GTK 1.2.x or GTK 2.0 (it isn't fully GTK, but the panels are), -so <systemitem class="library">GTK</systemitem> (and the devel stuff, usually -called <systemitem class="library">gtk-dev</systemitem>) has to be installed. -You can build it by specifying <option>--enable-gui</option> during -<filename>./configure</filename>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you have to -execute the <command>gmplayer</command> binary. -</para> - -<para> -As <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't have a skin included, you -have to download one if you want to use the GUI. See the <ulink -url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/dload.html">download page</ulink>. -It should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory (<filename -class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer/skins</filename>), or to <filename -class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename>. -<application>MPlayer</application> by default looks in these directories -for a directory named <filename class="directory">default</filename>, but -you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>newskin</replaceable></option> -option, or the <literal>skin=newskin</literal> config file directive to use -the skin in the <filename class="directory">*/skins/newskin</filename> -directory. +MPlayer used to have an internal GUI, but it was removed because it was +buggy, unmaintained and there are much better alternatives. See <ulink +url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#mplayer_frontends">the +frontends page</ulink> for a list of existing GUIs. </para> </sect1> |