Vlc 0.85 on opensuse 10.1 instalation guide

[Under]

HI!
I had some problems with the installation, and since i was asked by a friend a mine to help her with this, i thought it could be useful for others too.

So, i installed from rpms, since i couldn't do it from source. And because installation from PackManager fails (and because i rather have on the hard disk the software i'm using) i chose to do it in the manner that i did. So... this should work for x86.

From http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=377 i downloaded vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.i586.rpm and all the other 13 dependencies that i found on that page.

Then i installed in this order:

sudo rpm -ivh a52dec-0.7.4-3.pm.1.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libmp4v2-1.4.1-2.i586.rpm – you'll find it at http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/i586/

sudo rpm -ivh faad2-2.0-0.pm.8.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh faac-1.24-0.pm.3.i586.rpm

I skipped “imlib2-1.2.2-0.pm.0.i586.rpm” since it was installed from the dvd

sudo rpm -ivh lame-3.96.1-2.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libdca-0.0.2-1.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libdvbpsi4-0.1.5-1.pm.1.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libmpcdec-1.2.2-1.pm.2.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh mad-0.15.1b-1.pm.3.i586.rpm

I skipped “speex-1.1.12-0.pm.0.i586.rpm” siince it was installed from the dvd

sudo rpm -ivh x264-0.0svn20060425-1.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh xvid-1.1.0-0.pm.4.i586.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libffmpeg0-0.4.9-5.pm.cvs20060409.i586.rpm

sudo rpm -ivh libdvdread-0.9.6-0.pm.0.i686.rpm – you'll find it at http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/i686/

sudo rpm -ivh libebml-0.7.7-0.pm.0.i586.rpm – you'll find it at http://packman.links2linux.de/index.php ... n=779&vn=2

sudo rpm -ivh libmatroska-0.8.0-0.pm.0.i586.rpm – you'll find it at http://packman.links2linux.de/index.php ... n=830&vn=2

sudo rpm -ivh libmpeg2-0.4.0b-22.pm.0.i686.rpm – you'll find it at http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/i686/

wxGTK – is on the dvd
xosd – is on the dvd
libdvdnav – is on the dvd

sudo rpm -ivh vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.i586.rpm


It should work now. If you still need some dependencies try http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/ or a search at http://packman.links2linux.de/

Enjoy vlc! I know i do

[dionoea]

At last a nice howto I've added a link to this forum post on the suse download page on http://videolan.org/

(you might also want to write a wiki page so people can edit/comment/...)

[Guest]

linux noob but i did manage to install VLC correctly without your guide.. although your guide would've saved me alot of time.... but i did have a question.. its completely installed.. however... i have no clue how to run the darn thing. where is it.. how do i turn it into a short cut.. and how do i put a link/shortcut on my applications menu. thanks.

[Guest]

This is by far the best and most accurtae Linux How-to I've came across in some time. In the past I've never been able to install VLC as it was always insturctions like: "Here's the big whack of RPMs to download - install them". End of tutorial.

I'm an intermediate Linux user and can usually work through most things on my own but the VLC install was always far too frustrating for me to deal with so I would eventually give up .... Very nice work under!

[Guest]

after I install like this I get the message' no installable providers of 'libdns_sd.so.1<versionnumber>' when installing with yast.

If I install with the terminal I get this...

Code:

David@CC134286-A:~/Desktop/Videolan stuff> rpm -ivh vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64.rpm
warning: vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3ab2ce5e
error: Failed dependencies:
libavcodec.so.51()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libavformat.so.50()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libavutil.so.49()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libpostproc.so.51()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64


brrrrrrr, frustration... help plz.

[Guest]

Ok, cool howto if you want VLC by hand. However, there is a much much easier way to do this.

Google: suse 10.1 yast packman

Use the results to find a packman mirror close to you

Once you have a mirror picked out, add it as an installation source in Yast. There are plenty of tutorials on how to add a yast source so I won't go into that detail

Once it's installed, you'll get a popup warning that it's not digitally signed blah blah blah, click on Yes to use it anyway

Once it's installed as an Installation Source and Enabled with Refresh also ON, go back to Software Installation, search for VLC, check box it, and away you go with dependencies and the whole process.

This also works for MPlayer, W32codecs, etc......

[Under]

after I install like this I get the message' no installable providers of 'libdns_sd.so.1<versionnumber>' when installing with yast.

If I install with the terminal I get this...

Code:

David@CC134286-A:~/Desktop/Videolan stuff> rpm -ivh vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64.rpm
warning: vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3ab2ce5e
error: Failed dependencies:
libavcodec.so.51()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libavformat.so.50()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libavutil.so.49()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64
libpostproc.so.51()(64bit) is needed by vlc-0.8.5-2.pm.3.x86_64


brrrrrrr, frustration... help plz.

My dear David, the solution was for 32 bit machines, but i still think that your problem should have found the answer in the mini-howto posted. This is what i found about libffmpeg0 on http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/ ... 4.rpm.html (after i searched "libavcodec.so.51" on google)
[It] Provides :
libffmpeg
libpostproc
libavcodec.so.51()(64bit)
libavformat.so.50()(64bit)
libavutil.so.49()(64bit)
libpostproc.so.51()(64bit)
libffmpeg0

So i guess you'll find a solution for your problem here. Maybe you should have been more careful, from where i stand it seems that the answer was in front of your eyes. Anyway, glad if i could help.

[Under]

Ok, cool howto if you want VLC by hand. However, there is a much much easier way to do this.

Google: suse 10.1 yast packman

Use the results to find a packman mirror close to you

Once you have a mirror picked out, add it as an installation source in Yast. There are plenty of tutorials on how to add a yast source so I won't go into that detail

Once it's installed, you'll get a popup warning that it's not digitally signed blah blah blah, click on Yes to use it anyway

Once it's installed as an Installation Source and Enabled with Refresh also ON, go back to Software Installation, search for VLC, check box it, and away you go with dependencies and the whole process.

This also works for MPlayer, W32codecs, etc......

The main reason i wrote this was because, at least at that time, the installation with yast failed. That was because it couldnt find libmatroska and libebml (and some other package). ( I use http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/ as an installation source)
This solution is much simpler and works for other packages as well. Thank you for mention it explicitly!

[lemmy]

I also had these problems so I added http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0/ to Yast installation sources as well .

However, I had problems with libdbus, as it seems vlc needs libdbus-1.so.1, while I only have libdbus-1.so.2... A simple symbolic link resolved that, i.e.,

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ln -s /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.1

Best,
Gregor

[Jupis]

Great howto! I am now a happy user of VLC.

I followed this how to using slightly newer packages available and had no problems at all. However, during the installation I had to remove several older packages. One of them was libx264-0.svn536-1.i586.rpm. I replaced it with x264-0.0svn20060728-1.i586.rpm. After this replacement, Mplayer and Avidemux2 didn't work anymore since they needed a library libx264.so.47 and the package I had installed provided library libx264.so.48. I installed back the package I had, i.e., libx264-0.svn536-1.i586.rpm and made a symbolic link as Gregor suggested:

ln -s /usr/lib/libx264.so.47 /usr/lib/libx264.so.48

This resolved the dependencies and I could use all the three wonderful video programs in the same computer.

- Juho