[CentOS] New VLC (0.8.6) packages?

Thu Dec 14 15:42:08 UTC 2006
Michael Watters <wattersm at liquidweb.com>

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?
>
> Cheers,
>
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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.