Re: configure: ffmpeg troubles

On 3/06/2009 11:25 AM, ted morris wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm trying to build transcode 1.10 on Lenny. (starting with out of box
> ./configure)
>  I always get the following error:
> 
> <snip>
> ERROR: requirement failed: cannot link against libavformat
> libavformat can be found in the following packages:
>   libavformat  http://www.ffmpeg.org/
> <snip>
> 
> I have tried two appropaches:
> 
> #1:  I've built ffmpeg from source (#define FFMPEG_VERSION "SVN-r16504").
> I made sure paths are set correctly for libavformat, and then set config
> flags
> as in:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>   *libavcodec* (FFmpeg) >= 0.4.9-pre1  http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/
> 
>     /related options:/
>       --with-libavcodec-prefix=PFX (/usr)
>           prefix where libavcodec is installed
>       --with-libavcodec-includes=DIR (/usr/include)
>           prefix where libavcodec headers are installed
> 
>       --with-libavcodec-libs=PFX (/usr/lib)
>           directory where libavcodec libraries are installed
>       --enable-libavcodec-static (disabled)
>           link binaries and modules statically to libavcodec
> 
> <snip>
> 
> and the libavformat library is found here (as a static build):
> 
> itslab@roadstripe:/usr/local/lib$ ls libav*
> libavcodec.a  libavdevice.a  libavformat.a  libavutil.a
> itslab@roadstripe:/usr/local/lib$
> 
> 
> #2: I utilized the Debian packages (as found with apt-cache search libav)
> 
> <snip>
> itslab@roadstripe:/usr/local/lib$ ls /usr/lib/libavform*
> /usr/lib/libavformat.a   /usr/lib/libavformat.so.52
> /usr/lib/libavformat.so  /usr/lib/libavformat.so.52.7.0
> itslab@roadstripe:/usr/local/lib$
> <snip>


You need to have be development packages with the include files. On
Fedora we have a ffmpg-XXX-devel.rpm, you will have to find the
equivalent on debian or point --with-libavcodec-includes= to the source
code.

Let me know if you still have problems.

Vini