update VLC

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by Sagemta

caf,
I didn't know what caused it but I knew it was ****ed up big time!
Do you think the posting of my experience will stop at least one?

Anything we post that is helpful is good. You never know.

[KJ44]

Originally Posted by jackred

Thanks caf, great answer.

It's an understandable answer. The VLC repository uses similar libraries to those in Packman. Similar content but not the same. What happens if you enable VLC and Packman is ... nothing ... for a while, then one day you'll find yourself in update dependency hell. Often those who ignore such good advice can't see the connection between today's mess and what they did weeks ago.

It's educational, sorting things out is good fun if you like puzzles, just don't say you weren't warned.

[KJ44]

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

Just wait until the vlc maintainer from packman will compile it. Be patient

For the impatient, I can confirm that vlc builds from source on openSUSE 11.1 x86_64. I don't have the VLC repo enabled, I do have Packman enabled. I had to install tons of libraries and headers, but I got there.

One final hurdle. It will complain when you attempt to run it after building, so do the following

vlc/vlc-1.0.0> vlc: error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[1] 8476
[1]+  Exit 127                vlc
-vlc/vlc-1.0.0> sudo /sbin/ldconfig
-vlc/vlc-1.0.0> vlc
VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
...

It's late so now the window has appeared at last I don't have time to play anymore. Bedtime.

[dmrobbin]

I've been through dependency purgatory before and would rather not go back for a visit
That's why I started this post, I'll just wait for packman to compile it

Dave

dmrobbin wrote:

>
> I've been through dependency purgatory before
and would rather not go
> back for a visit
> That's why I started this post, I'll just wait
for packman to compile
> it
>
> Dave
>
>
packman installs but does not work for me under
11.2 kde4.3
--
Suse 11.1 x64, Kde 4.2.1, Opera 10.x weekly

[Sagemta]

For all interested parties VLC 1.0 is in the Packman repos!!!
It Works too!!

[dmrobbin]

a little spooky, it updated a bunch of libs
but it seems to work fine
testing in progress
patience is a virtue

Dave