Jacob
Hmm. I see what you mean.
the installation directory can be set at compile time for most
software. /usr exists on almost all systems. optional packages
can be installed into /usr/local, /usr/pkg, /opt, /whatever. I
don't see the point in checking these other locations. besides,
it's not that hard to set CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS as in my other
email.
Yes, I suppose it can, but I was trying to go 'vanilla' with the
installs of the add-on packages.
This is what I finally used to get mine to compile under Mandriva 2006:
./configure \
--with-libavcodec-includes=/usr/local/include/ffmpeg \
really? you have /usr/local/include/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/avcodec.h? or
is it /usr/local/include/ffmpeg/avcodec.h? in the later case, you
want --with-libavcodec-includes=/usr/local/include.
Ok. You're right, it's the latter. Why the former works is beyond me. I
spent hours trying to get the configure to run clean with many different
configure options. I stopped when the the error messages stopped.
I'm no c programmer (I'm a COBOL programmer) so I have a real hard time
when it comes to figuring out the process and what goes where. I always
thought /usr/local was for add-ons that don't come with the standard
distribution. With me it's mostly trial and error; a LOT of trial and
error. I do so like rpm's.
Thank you for pointing out my mistake.
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