Slackware 8 Hell

[Robert J. Hansen]

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> has anyone successfully gotten vlc 0.2.81 to run on slackware 8 ? im at
> a loss i have it running on one machine and the other does nothing, ive
> edited the Makefile.opts
> and gnome craps out during compilation. ive edited it and added the

First, the default source tree works -just fine-.  :)  Don't hand-hack unless 
you absolutely need to.

Second, make sure you have the proper libraries installed.  I'm having a hell 
of a time getting a proper Qt- or KDE-based VLC, but GNOME works just fine.

Third, by default, configure looks for gtk-config in /usr/bin.  Make a 
symlink [*] from /opt/gnome/bin/gtk-config to /usr/bin/gtk-config.  I've also 
got a symlink from /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-config to /usr/bin/gnome-config, but 
I don't know if that's strictly necessary.

Fourth, run ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome

Fifth, run `make vlc'.

Sixth, run `make vlc plugins'.

Seventh, type `./vlc --intf gnome' and see if you get a menu or not.

Good luck!

... And yes, it really DOES work on Slack 8.  I've spent today watching DVDs 
on my Slack 8 box, quite happily, might I add.  :)



[*[ Type: "ln -s /opt/gnome/bin/gtk-config /usr/bin/gtk-config"

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