# How run qgroundcontrol

**URL:** <https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753>\
**Category:** QGroundControl\
**Created:** [October 26, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753 "2025-10-26T07:03:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/khaldoun_rababah/32/20541_2.png) [@Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Khaldoun_Rababah)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753/1 "2025-10-26T07:03:53Z")

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i want to compile qground but can not because

C:\Users\thinkpad\qgroundcontrol\src\VideoManager\VideoReceiver\GStreamer\CMakeLists.txt:8: error: The following required packages were not found:

- gstreamer-1.0=1.22.12

Call stack:  
C:/Users/thinkpad/qgroundcontrol/src/VideoManager/VideoReceiver/GStreamer/CMakeLists.txt:8 (find\_package)  
C:/Users/thinkpad/qgroundcontrol/build/Desktop\_Qt\_6\_8\_3\_MSVC2022\_64bit/.qtc/package-manager/maintenance\_tool\_provider.cmake:341 (find\_package)  
C:/Users/thinkpad/qgroundcontrol/cmake/find-modules/FindGStreamer.cmake:310 (pkg\_check\_modules)  
C:/Qt/Tools/CMake\_64/share/cmake-3.30/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:873 (\_pkg\_check\_modules\_internal)  
C:/Qt/Tools/CMake\_64/share/cmake-3.30/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:645 (message)

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**Author:** ![Karl\_S](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/karl_s/32/14567_2.png) [@Karl\_S](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Karl_S)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753/2 "2025-10-27T11:40:13Z")

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Are trying to build from master or stable branch?

Are you online when building from source ?

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**Author:** ![DRT\_Jin](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/drt_jin/32/20533_2.png) [@DRT\_Jin](https://discuss.px4.io/u/DRT_Jin)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753/3 "2025-10-27T11:50:47Z")

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It looks like GStreamer is missing. Is this a Windows build? Try installing GStreamer manually and then rebuild. It should build without any issues.

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**Author:** ![Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/khaldoun_rababah/32/20541_2.png) [@Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Khaldoun_Rababah)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753/4 "2025-10-27T12:16:24Z")

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Anyone can help me in this project

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**Author:** ![Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/khaldoun_rababah/32/20541_2.png) [@Khaldoun\_Rababah](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Khaldoun_Rababah)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-run-qgroundcontrol/47753/5 "2025-10-28T04:44:11Z")

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stable branch in p

this