[Ffmpeg-devel] bug installing on 64 bit systems

[Aurelien Jacobs]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:12:49 -0500
csismondo at adelphia.net wrote:

> 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.

You could check if lib64 exists and use it then, else fallback to lib.

> ---- 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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