LibSDL-1.1.so.0

[Bill Eldridge]

Can this script be added to the FAQ/vlc Web page?

Jean-Paul Saman wrote:
> 
> E Smith wrote:
> > Hi i have just ecently downloaded your vlc package, whenever i try to
> > install it it is telling me that there is unresolved dependencies,
> > mainly i need to install LibSDL-1.1.so.0, i am using the redhat i386
> > rpm, i have tried looking on redhats site for this lib but i am unable
> > to find it, could you please tell me where if possible i may be able to
> > get this.
> >
> > Yours
> > E.Smith
> >
> >
> >
> 
> The RedHat only has -1.2 of the library. Here is a way to get XVideo and
>   libSDL-1.1.so.0 right for your system.
> 
> On this mailing-list there are some regular reports about missing
> SDL-1.1 and Xvideo shared libraries on RedHat 7.2 systems. Therefore I
> created this shell script to patch that system. It is only needed for
> people who like to use SDL and or Xvideo output plugins for vlc.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Patch for vlc (www.videolan.org)
> # and xine (xine.sourceforge.net)
> # ===============================
> # 3.5.2 The Xv video-out plugin fails to compile!
> #
> #      If you want to have Xv support compiled in, make sure you either
> #      have
> #      a shared Xv library on your system, e.g. ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv*
> #      should give you some .so libs, like this:
> #
> #      /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.a
> #      /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so
> #      /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1
> #
> #      Alternatively you need to have libtool 1.4 or newer installed. If
> #      not
> #      and you only got libXv.a you can create the shared versions
> #      yourself:
> #
> #       ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a
> #       ln -s libXv.so.1 libXv.so
> #       ldconfig
> #
> #      Now you should be ready to build the Xv video-out plugin on your
> #      system.
> #
> ###############################################################################
> 
> if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]
> then
>     echo "Run this script as root."
>     exit -1
> fi
> 
> echo -n "Testing if patch is needed:"
> if [ ! -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.a ]
> then
>     echo "XFree86-devel-4.1.0-3 is not installed."
>     echo "Install the packages from RedHat distribution first."
>     exit -1
> fi
> 
> if [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 ] &&
>     [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so ]
> then
>     echo "Patch is not needed.";
>     exit -1
> else
>     echo "Patch Xvideo setup."
>     cd /usr/X11R6/lib
>     /usr/bin/ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a
>     [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so ] || rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so
>     /bin/ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so
>     /sbin/ldconfig
> fi
> 
> #
> # SDL output of vlc expects libSDL-1.1, but RedHat supplies libSDL-1.2.
> #
> if [ -f /usr/lib/libSDL-1.1.so.0 ]
> then
>    echo -n "Testing if patch is needed:"
>    echo "SDL patch is not needed."
>    exit -1
> else
>    echo -n "Patch SDL setup."
>    ln -s /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 /usr/lib/libSDL-1.1.so.0
>    echo "done."
> fi
> echo "done."
> 
> # end of patch script
> 
> Kind greetings,
> 
> Jean-Paul Saman
> 
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Bill Eldridge
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