[Ffmpeg-devel] bug installing on 64 bit systems

csismondo at adelphia.net csismondo
Fri Jan 6 00:12:49 CET 2006


Let me know what info (and how to get it if you have a prefernece) you want on the system and I'll forward it on, I'd love to see the fix so I don't ahve to alter config each time.

-Charles


---- matthieu castet <castet.matthieu at free.fr> wrote: 
> Aurelien Jacobs wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 13:40:50 -0500
> > csismondo at adelphia.net wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I had to alter configure to force:
> >>libdir="/usr/lib64"
> >>instead of 
> >>libdir=""
> >>
> >>for x86_64 systems, otherwise extra libraries (like the amr codec and such) isntall in /usr/local/lib.  For some reason trying to use configure to force prefix and lib dirs made more problems than solved.
> >>
> >>Thought you'd like to know, I think you can just alter configure to:
> >>case "$cpu" in
> >>  i386|i486|i586|i686|i86pc|BePC)
> >>    cpu="x86"
> >>  ;;
> >>  x86_64|amd64)
> >>    cpu="x86"
> >>   #ADDED THE LINE BELOW TO FIX 64 bit LIB DIR
> >>   libdir="/usr/lib64"
> > 
> > 
> > This is wrong !
> > 64 bits systems uses /usr/lib as any other systems.
> > /usr/lib64 is only used on some 32/64 bits mixed systems.
> > 
> > For example, debian amd64 is a 64 bits only system, and it uses /usr/lib.
> IIRC debian is a 32/64 bits mixed system...
> 
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