# Requirements

&amarok; requires the installation of some software packages. The required packages are listed below along with several other packages to enhance your &amarok; experience.

## Required:

- KDELIBS 3.2

- TagLib 1.3.1

## Recommended:

- GStreamer-0.8.1 and Gst-Plugins-0.8.1

## Optional:

- aRts 1.2

- K3B 0.11

- KDE-Base 3.2 (needed for Konqueror Sidebar)

- KDEMULTIMEDIA 3.2

- libtunepimp 0.3

- Libvisual 0.2.0 and Libvisual plugins

- MAS 0.6.3

- NMM 0.4.4

- OpenGL accelerated X-Server

- SDL 1.2

- xine 1.0.0

- XMMS 1.2 and XMMS visualization plugins

If you obtain these dependencies via a packaging system, you must also install the devel versions of these packages!