May I suggest (never tested though :-D ) to run as root a ./cinelerra from the local folder just to make sure it runs before the "make install" ? cheers E
On 25/05/10 17:20, Ichthyostega wrote: > Mike Morris schrieb: > >> Compiling is a bit scary for me, as I installed from a repo via synaptic. I >> don't understand how a manual compile & install would interact with the >> automatic install... on my last box, things got *very* messed up. >> > >> If I decide to brave the compilation, I suppose I should use synaptic to >> completely uninstall, and then compile the source? >> > Hello Mike, > > you can experiment with compiling manually, this doesn't break anything. > But the moment you *install* things, you need to be careful. > > If you need to install additional libraries to your system in order to > be able to compile, I'd always first try to do so via synaptic. (typically > you need the *-dev package of various libraries to compile). > Do you know debian-multimedia (the formal "marrilat-repository")? > this is an unofficial debian/ubuntu repository which provides a lot of > the things you need for compiling, but which can't be distributed officially > because of uncertain legal status (software patents suck) > > When you *install* your self-compiled Cinelerra, (i.e. when you invoke > "make install" as root), you should know that usually this installation > happens into /usr/local/.... > > While the programs and libraries installed via synaptics live in the > subdirectories of /usr/... > > Usually, /usr/local/... overrides /usr/... > But there can be exceptions to that rule. Thus, if you want to avoid > complications, yes, its a good idea to deinstall the Cinelerra package > via synaptics then. > > If you want to de-install your manually compiled Cinelerra later on, you > need to do this manually. Cinelerra installs some binaries at /usr/local/bin/ > plus two libraries: > /usr/local/lib/libquicktimehv* > /usr/local/lib/libmpeg3hv* > > After removing these and re-installing the synaptics package, you should be > back to the previous state again. (But usually, you often need to install > additional libraries for the compilation, sometime this is the actual > cause of problems experienced later on) > > hope that helps > Cheers, > Hermann V. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
