Murray Blakeman wrote: > Stephen wrote: > >> I'm trying to compile the GStreamer ffmpeg plugin on OpenSolaris 2008.05 >> snv_86 (I don't have net access due to hardware issues, not out of >> choice :( ) and have already installed all the other plugin modules >> (base, good, bad and ugly) without any issues, but am getting the following: >> >> Leviathan% ./configure --prefix=/usr >> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c >> checking whether build environment is sane... yes >> ####All goes well for a while#### >> config.status: executing libtool commands >> === configuring in gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg >> (/export/home/stephen/Desktop/gst-ffmpeg-0.10.6/gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg) >> configure: running /bin/sh ./configure '--prefix=/usr' >> '--disable-vhook' '--disable-ffserver' '--disable-ffplay' >> '--enable-postproc' '--enable-swscale' '--enable-gpl' '--enable-static' >> '--enable-shared' '--disable-encoder=flac' '--disable-decoder=cavs' >> '--disable-protocols' '--disable-devices' '--disable-network' 'no' >> --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=. >> Unknown option "no". >> See ./configure --help for available options. >> Unknown option "--cache-file=/dev/null". >> See ./configure --help for available options. >> Unknown option "--srcdir=.". >> See ./configure --help for available options. >> ./configure[20141]: eval: line 1: 12254: Terminated >> configure: error: ./configure failed for gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg >> >> Can anyone enlighten me as to what's happening? >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> >> > > There are a few things you need to do to get gst-ffmpeg compiled on > OpenSolaris. > > I'm not certain this process is "good practice" but it has worked for me. > > Firstly "configure" for FFMPEG on Open/Solaris only appears to work if > you run it using "bash". > > I renamed /usr/bin/sh to /usr/bin/sh.solaris and created a symlink to > /usr/bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash, ie (as root) > > cd /usr/bin > mv sh sh.solaris > ln -s bash sh > > You will also need to use > > gsed instead of sed > gld instead of ld > ggrep instead of grep > > From the gst-ffmpeg source directory create symlinks to these, ie (as user) > > ln -s /usr/bin/gld ld > ln -s /usr/bin/gsed sed > ln -s /usr/bin/ggrep grep > > Also make one for ginstall (as user) > > ln -s /usr/bin/ginstall install > > Add the ffmpeg-source directory to the start of your PATH (as user) > > export PATH=<gst-ffmpeg-source-dir>:$PATH > > Now the tricky part. You need to use /usr/bin/ld when running configure > but switch to gld when running gmake. > > I did on my system anyway and I think it's related to LAME. > > To use gld instead of ld you'll need to rename /usr/bin/ld to something > like /usr/bin/ld.solaris (gcc will still use ld even if the symlink to > gld is in the path first). So before we change ld run (as user) > > ./configure ..... > > Before running gmake (as root) > > cd /usr/bin > mv ld ld.solaris > > Now build (as user) > > gmake > > During gmake, you'll get undefined symbols in libnsl (I think). Switch > back to ld by renaming /usr/bin/ld.solaris back to /usr/bin/ld and > continuing the build with gmake. It should go all the way through, ie. > (as root) > > cd /usr/bin > mv ld.solaris ld > > Then (as user) > > gmake > > This worked for me. Don't ask me why I needed to do all this, I'm still > learning too. > > Good luck. > > BTW, TOTEM segfaults when trying to view x264/h264 content (using the > gst-ffmpeg plugin). Don't know why. Might be the process I use to > build ;-) > > p.s. Don't forget to rename /usr/bin/sh and /usr/bin/ld back to normal. > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > I just tested this again to check the steps.
You can run the whole process, including configure, using gld the whole time.
