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,