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There are always several packages required before installing an application on Linux operating system or at least, one. Since an application in Linux environment almost always never embed the dependency packages required upon its release. Take for example, installing Player/Stage. Visit this website for more information about Player/Stage.

Depending on the distribution, each Linux distribution require different packages installed before installing the same application.

I've been wandering the internet to solve the dependency issues while installing Player/Stage on my Linux machine. I've tried installing in onto Mandriva 2008 and 2009, OpenSuSE 9.3 and 10.0, and lastly onto PCLinuxOS.

I couldn't install Player/Stage on Ubuntu, since my machine cannot boot Debian-based Linux distribution. Although, most of the information available on the internet are about installing Player/Stage on Ubuntu.

Hence, I thought I need to write a more general information regarding requirements before installing Player/Stage, regardless of the distribution.
Once again, depending on your distribution, the name of the packages might differ.

gcc42-fortran, gcc-fortran, libgfortran42 (or g77 or any fortran compiler)
gcc, g++
opencv
libusb, -devel
libconfig (install the most recent version)
imagemagick, -devel, (or libmagick10, libmagick++10, libmagick10-devel)
libopenssl, -devel, openssl, -certs
libjpeg, -devel, libpng, -devel, libjasper, -devel, zlib, -devel, libtiff, -devel
libdc1394, -devel, libraw1394, -devel
sed
gsl
libtool (or libltdl3, -devel)
boost, -devel (might be one of these:
    libboost-dev
    libboost-thread1.33.1
    libboost-thread-dev
    libboost-signals1.33.1
    libboost-signals-dev)
swig
gawk
pkg-config
python
gtk, gtk2, -devel and gdk (the gtk is a must before installing stage)
freeglut, -devel (this is the OpenGL library)
cmake
fltk, -devel
geos or libgeos
statgrab
gnomecanvas (or libgnomecanvas)
xmms-config
gtk, -devel, (or gtk+2, -devel, gtk2, -devel)
howl
ffmpeg
ode (this package is a must before installing gazebo)

I've wrote them on a file and uploaded it to my Google Docs. You can read it there.

Write to me if you find an error or there is something needs correction. Happy installing Player/Stage.