Advanced Installation on Windows - Compilation From Source#

The instructions below are intended for building Deep Learning Streamer Pipeline Framework from the source code provided in

Open Edge Platform repository.

Step 1: Clone Deep Learning Streamer repository#

git clone --recursive https://github.com/open-edge-platform/dlstreamer.git
cd dlstreamer
git submodule update --init --recursive

Step 2: Run installation script#

Open PowerShell as administrator and run the build_dlstreamer_dlls.ps1 script.

.\scripts\build_dlstreamer_dlls.ps1

Script parameters#

Parameter

Description

-useInternalProxy

Configures HTTP/HTTPS proxy for Intel internal network

-buildInstaller

Builds NSIS installer package

-installerSkipCompression

Skip NSIS installer compression, speeds up packaging

-installerCodeSignScript <path>

Path to code signing script to sign the binaries

-setEnv

Sets user-level environment variables after a successful build (PATH, GST_PLUGIN_PATH) for running DL Streamer from the build tree

Details of the build script#

  • The script will install the following dependencies:

    Required dependency

    Path

    Temporary downloaded files

    %TEMP%\dlstreamer_tmp

    WinGet PowerShell module from PSGallery

    %programfiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.WinGet.Client

    Visual Studio 2026 BuildTools

    %programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio

    vcpkg

    Included with Visual Studio BuildTools

    Microsoft Windows SDK

    %programfiles(x86)%\Windows Kits

    GStreamer

    %programfiles%\gstreamer\1.0\msvc_x86_64

    OpenVINO GenAI

    %localappdata%\Programs\openvino

    NSIS

    %programfiles(x86)%\NSIS

    Git

    Installed via WinGet

    CMake

    Installed via WinGet

    Python

    Installed via official installer

    If Visual Studio IDE is already installed, the script will skip installing BuildTools but will check for required workloads and components, and install any missing ones.

  • The script will set the following environment variables:

    • PKG_CONFIG_PATH — points to GStreamer pkg-config directory

  • When -setEnv is specified, the following user-level environment variables are also set:

    • PATH — adds DL Streamer build output, OpenVINO runtime, and TBB directories

    • GST_PLUGIN_PATH — points to the DL Streamer build output directory

  • Build output is placed in dlstreamer\build

  • The NSIS installer package is generated in dlstreamer\build

  • The script assumes that the proxy is properly configured

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