Hi Gunnar, you build things as *root user under Linux, using a terminal shell* -- typically interpreting the commands, etc. under bash is what I use. The general flow of configuring, compiling, and installing codes from tar-balls typically always work in this fasion:
your-bash-shell-prompt$./configure --<various flags that you may want to use if you don't like the defaults, which you can see what is available via the --help argument as mentioned below> ... next compile all the codes, etc.: your-bash-shell-prompt$./make .... then install all the libraries, etc., to the correct paths under your OS: your-bash-shell-prompt$./make install You might have to grab various other 'dependencies' in order to compile things correctly. In the case of transcode, the actual configure script will catch most of these and give you the link where to find the source (which you compile using the same steps above). I run Debian/Etch these days myself (as well as iMedia 5.0.4 -- an embedded linux meant to fit on flash for building media machines), and many of these dependencies can be obtained automagically with the package manager. HTH, T On Dec 18, 2007 12:40 PM, Gunnar Sjoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear forum, > > my problem is that I want to be able to burn video files to CD:s or DVD:s > and > I want to do it with Linux (Mandriva 2008 free). > My cousin does this regularly, he's using Windows and says it's a > piece > of cake. > I've tried to burn video files with K3b, but I always fail, the > text "Error" shows and if I have the audio on I can hear a sound like a > scornful laughter from the loudspeakers. This is not to my liking. > Looking for a solution, I found an article about the program ManDVD > claiming that "Let me tell you beforehand that this program is simply > amazing. The amount of tasks it can achieve is enormous........." > Well, I downloaded it but it didn't work, probably because some > support > programs were missing, among them Transcode. > Tried to download Transcode and studied the instructions in Transcode > Wiki, such as Documentation - Building Transcode - Installation > instructions > and understood absolutely nothing. > Starting with the first command in the instructions > ./configure --help > in what catalogue am I supposed to be when I write this command? > I've tried with my home catalogue but the only result is the > message "Doesn't exist such a file or folder" (my translation from the > Polish > language). > The instructions under the headers Building Transcode - Introduction > are > also very puzzling to me. > So, if anybody in this world knows how to install and use Transcode > and > knows how to tell it, please tell me. > > Newbie for ever. > > > -- > -----------=== F O R P S I ===----------- > Profesjonalne uslugi, rewelacyjne ceny > Sprawdz nas - nowa oferta !! > Twoja strona w sieci - od 2 zl > http://www.forpsi.pl > ----------------------------------------- > >
