On Monday 24 May 2004 03:54 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 24 May 2004 05:01, g2 wrote: > SNIP > > > Thanks derek for the info. > > Could you provide additional direction? > > What am I looking at in the urpmf results? "libfaad2_0" is the file I > > am finding out about and the results say this file is in all these > > diferent packages on my system? So the same file is in all those > > packages, or all those packages somehow depended on one single copy of > > the file on my HD? It seems to me like I have lots of faab! > > The results of urpmf libfaad are below. > > I am still confused about how to located the missing package. > > I do believe I have a plf sourse entered in "software media manager" > > (urpmi?) my plf entry is: > > ftp://mandrakeusers.org/pub/PLF/mandrake/10.0 > > > > Result of urpmf libfaad: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] aacplugin-1.1.4]# urpmf libfaad > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libfaad.a > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libfaad.la > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4ff.a > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4ff.la > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4v2.a > > libfaad2_0-static-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4v2.la > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libfaad.so.0 > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libfaad.so.0.0.0 > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libmp4ff.so.0 > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libmp4ff.so.0.0.0 > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libmp4v2.so.0 > > libfaad2_0:/usr/lib/libmp4v2.so.0.0.0 > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/include/faad.h > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/include/mp4.h > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/include/mp4ff.h > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/include/mpeg4ip.h > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/include/systems.h > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/lib/libfaad.so > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4ff.so > > libfaad2_0-devel:/usr/lib/libmp4v2.so > > vlc-plugin-faad:/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libfaad_plugin.so > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] aacplugin-1.1.4]# > > > > Thanks so much for your time. > > You probably didn't figure I was quite THIS confused ! :) > > > > Gideon > > urpmf libfaad will list all packages containing files with that string in > them. As you see that are four different packages. > libfaad2_0-static-devel, libfaad2_0, libfaad2_0-devel and vlc-plugin-faad > > libfaad2_0 is the actual library. We know this because it contains the file > libfaad.so.0 The 'so' means 'shared object' i.e. a library. You need this > installed to use any application involving libfaad. > > The two 'devel' packages contain the header files of the libfaad library > and are necessary if you want to compile any application that requires > libfaad. The 'static' devel package is used when you want to integrate > libfaad inside the application you are compiling so it is not necessary to > separately install the libfaad package. This is known as 'static' linking. > The other 'devel' package is used to compile dynamically linked > applications where the libfaad package has to be separately installed. > Dynamic linked applications are smaller in size than static ones because > they do not need to contain all the dependency libraries. > > When compiling apps we normally use dynamic linking, so in order to compile > your application install just libfaad2_0-devel. You will also need to > install libfaad2_0 in order to actually run your application. > > The last package vlc-plugin-faad contains a library to use faad with the > Vlc media player (available from plf) > > The fact that urpmq lists these packages at all means that your plf source > is correctly set up. You can install them either using the software install > GUI or from the command line (as root) > urpmi libfaad2_0-devel libfaad2_0 > > If the install fails, then it may be your database for plf is out of date. > Refresh it with > urpmi.update plf > > If you want to try out the Vlc player (which supports aac), then :- > urpmi vlc vlc-plugin-alsa vlc-plugin-faad kvlc > > > derek
Great, Thanks for the clear explanations. I appreciate the primer. > The fact that urpmq lists these packages at all means that your plf source > is correctly set up. Doesn't it show that those files are already installed on my HD? I did do a refresh of urpmi. and Installed the Vlc player, which is working fine. I tried installing faad from the command line: [EMAIL PROTECTED] g]# urpmi libfaad2_0-devel libfaad2_0 Everything already installed Yet when I ./configure I still get: ... checking for main in -lfaad... no configure: error: *** FAAD library (libfaad) not installed - please install first *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] aacplugin-1.1.4]# Now when I do the ./configure I am ussing the same folder that I tar(ed) before installing a bunch of these packages. Thats fine, right? Its the ./configure command which is rechecking my system to see if i have everything needed, and STILL NOT FINDING FAAD ! In addition, neither "libfaad2_0-devel" or "libfaad2_0" finds anything when searching from rpmdrake. I tried each of the three search methods, by name, file name, and descritpion. Is it not finding anything because I already have them installed? Gideon
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