Re: (no subject)

I demand that rustam limbuvala may or may not have written...

> I am trying to install xine.
> Some feedback for you, the install instructions are very, very poor.
[snip]
> I have downloaded xine-ui-0.99.5.tar, xine-ui-0.99.5.tar,
> xine-lib-1.1.16.2.tar.bz2, libxine-java-0.7.0.tar.bz2.

> I have followed the install instructions:
> =========================================
> How do I compile xine?
[snip]
> =========================================

> The above has been completed ok.

In which case you (probably) shouldn't have any problems...

> I have a problem with the following, perhaps someone could explain these in
> a better way.

... and maybe submit a patch?

> =========================================
> Complete build instructions
[snip detail]

> Error messages I am receiving:

> ****************************************************************
> WARNING! No X11 output plugins will be built.

> For some reason, the requirements for building the X11 video
> output plugins are not met. That means, that you will NOT be
> able to use the resulting xine-lib to watch videos in a window
> on any X11-based display (e.g. your desktop).
> 
> If this is not what you want, provide the necessary X11 build
> dependencies (usually done by installing a package called
> XFree86-devel or similar) and run configure again.
> ****************************************************************

(Hmm, that message is *old*. I mean, XFree86...)

Install the necessary -dev (or -devel) packages and try again. Exactly what
you need is system- or distribution-dependent.

[snip]
> xine-check
> Please be patient, this script may take a while to run...
> [OUCH!!] You're running me with root permissions?

Doing so can affect the results of some tests. Best to run that as a normal
user.

[snip]
> [OUCH!!] There is no 'xine' executable in your PATH
[snip]
> [ good ] found /usr/local/bin/xine-config in your PATH
> /usr/local/bin/xine-check: line 983: [: : unary operator expected

Now *that's* interesting: there's a shell quoting issue there.

You need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH such that pkg-config looks in
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig (assuming that xine-lib was installed in
/usr/local).

[snip]
> [OUCH!!] no skin directory (/skins)

Harmless, or at least it should be.

[snip]
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