How can GStreamer 1.22 or newer be installed on Ubuntu 22.04?

Application Development Build issues
1

I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and would like to use GStreamer plugins with Qt 6. However, Qt 6 GStreamer plugins are available starting from GStreamer 1.22.0 and later. On Ubuntu 22.04, the default GStreamer version provided by the distribution is 1.20.x, which is not sufficient for my use case.

For this reason, I am trying to install GStreamer 1.22 or newer on Ubuntu 22.04. Unfortunately, when building GStreamer from source, I encounter configuration/build (config) errors, and I am unable to complete the build process successfully.

In this context:

  • Is there a recommended and stable way to install GStreamer 1.22+ on Ubuntu 22.04?

  • Is there any official or well-maintained documentation or guide covering this setup?

  • Are there any additional steps required to ensure proper compatibility between Qt 6 and GStreamer (e.g., required packages, build options, environment variables)?

Any guidance or shared experience would be greatly appreciated.

2

Hi serkan,

I’ve built multiple versions of Gstreamer just by following the instructions on the README:
install pip + meson/ninja → meson setup → meson build

Generally if GStreamer fails to find a dependency it will just not build the plugins that depend on it and move on with the rest of the build. What kind of configuration errores are you seeing?

For Qt Integration you probably want x11 integration so make sure that you have -Dgst-plugins-base:x11=enabled.