"Krister Lagerstrom" wrote: >> Krister Lagerstrom wrote: >>> Dirk Meyer wrote: > >> OK, next try: please run: >> lynx http://freevo.sf.net/install.sh -dump | bash -e > > Great work Dischi! > >> This should install Freevo and the runtime into /usr/local/freevo if you >> have write permissions or ~/freevo if not. Please let me know if this >> works. > > It seems to work with a couple of problems: > > * I don't have wget or lynx installed on my SuSE 8.0. I downloaded and > installed wget and used that instead of lynx ()
I had problems with 'wget -O -' so I switched to lynx. I guess we need to have some requirements outside the stuff: bash, lynx, wget and stat. > * /usr/bin/env is /bin/env on RedHat 9.0 Was this a problem? Since it's piped into bash it shouldn't matter. > * Running the install, seems to work but "stat" is missing: > """ > . > . > . > installing freevo to /home/klage/freevo > unpacking freevo-1.4rc4.tar.gz > ../freevo: stat: command not found > """ > > * Running freevo from outside the freevo folder, stat missing again: > """ > /home/klage> /home/klage/freevo/freevo setup > /home/klage/freevo/freevo: stat: command not found > /home/klage/freevo/freevo: stat: command not found > """ I guess stat is needed for Freevo to run. It's needed for Freevo to find out if we use a runtime or not. What distro did you use? > Maybe the first stage of the installer can be a "tar.gz" that contains a > statically linked "curl" or similar? But wouldn't you still have problems > with http proxies etc? Don't know. It was a quick and easy hack. > I'm not saying that you or anyone else should work on the runtime. But > what is the problem with offering a big (~20MB) download as an option > besides RPMs, source etc? It is not hosted on our personal machines, and I > know I prefer a single download myself for Mozilla, Open Office etc. If > the user disagrees, the other methods are still available. Maybe. But I guess two files (freevo + runtime) isn't too much to ask for. And the installer should fix this, even if there are hundret packages. >> If someone know an easy way to install mplayer, please tell me. > > The legal issues have been discussed over and over again. I'd prefer to > include the binaries, but I have full respect for people not wanting to > take any legal risks just by being involved in the project. A problem with > letting the users compile MPlayer themselves is that it has a bunch of > dependencies, so I'm not sure how that would be easily automated. You'd > almost end up with a mini-Gentoo system. If someone could provide us with a mplayer or xine installation script, that would be great. But IIRC xine is much easier to install. When future version of Freevo could work without mplayer, that should be the easiest way. > Maybe there should be a completely separate "standalone freevo / freevo > linux distro" project? It would include the Freevo source and everything > else, but it would be really clear that the Freevo project does not > offer/include anything that is restricted/illegal in any country (patents, > DMCA, etc)? The runtime project could just be pointed to from the freevo > website etc, but there would not be direct download links from the freevo > website. If someone what's to do that, that would be great. For the installer: if the user doesn't want to compile everything, the installer should be able to install eveything needed. I also added a gentoo detection to make the installer use the portage tree and not the runtime. Aubin: zou could add some Debian stuff. For rpms: if noone makes an easy run-me-and-everything-works script for rpm, Redhat users should use the runtime. Calling the installer should be the prefered way to install Freevo. Dischi -- If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
