Hi Kenny, When I tried the "fakroot" shortcut, I had a missing component there too, with no clue how to find it. The script stopped with a message about "dh_testdir" not being found. I agree with you about the merits of local compiling, but the apt-get convenience is compelling. I have evidently overlooked some critical -dev files and have to figure out what. Chuck On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi. > > Here's how I built mplayer from source. > I ran the script in the debian subdir of the mplay source instead of > just running ./configure. This script told me the packages needed to be > installed when it couldn't find things. > In case it doesn't, install the apt-file package. You will need to > run > > apt-file update > > before it will be useful. > > After that, when the configure process doesn't find something, use > apt-file search filename > > to find the package containing the file. I like using the script > instead of getting someone's pre-built package because I ended up with a > mplayer Debian package built specific to my system. For example, it is > built for my AMD cpu instead of auto detecting the cpu each time it starts. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (66% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
