[CentOS] New VLC (0.8.6) packages?
chrism at imntv.com
chrism at imntv.com
Thu Dec 14 16:02:59 UTC 2006
Tom Lichti wrote:
> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
>> Michael Watters wrote:
>>> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
>>>> Anyone know where I could find this package for Centos 4.4 x86_64?
>>>> I've googled all over and haven't been able to find anything more
>>>> current the 0.8.4a.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not much of a programmer, but if someone could point me at a
>>>> "packaging for dummies" perhaps I could have a go at creating a
>>>> package if one doesn't already exist?
>>>>
>>> If you want to build your own the checkinstall program is great.
>>> Just compile the source like your normally would and run
>>> checkinstall instead of make install, it builds an RPM for you.
>>
>> If I even get that far. It seems to require a LOT of external libs
>> for various video/audio codecs that are proving to be a PITA to track
>> down and then get to play well together, especially if you've already
>> got other tools like ffmpeg installed. I guess now I know why the
>> available versions in various repos are so stale. :(
>
> Yep. I spent the better part of a day downloading, compiling, and
> installing the various components. It did eventually work though. This
> was with 0.8.5. I got all of the components from the VLC download,
> since I figured using the same versions that the VLC team did should
> save me further headaches.
>
> The whole reason I did this was because the 0.8.4 RPM version that
> will install on Centos 4.4 does not work. It complains about
> 'wxwidgets' missing. I found numerous posts from people with the same
> problem, but no-one who managed to make it work.
Exactly. It installs via YUM without a whimper and then segfaults if
you try to run the binary. I'll *try* to get 0.8.6 working, but I'm
more of a digital plumber than a programmer....so I'm not terribly
optimistic.
Cheers,
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