I've removed mplayer to be able to install newest build. But I've run into a few problems...

I've only recently started using BSD....


Here's probably the most relevant information... please ask for more details if you need it.
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tiger# make

...

cc -c -I../libvo/ -I../../libvo -O -pipe -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/gtk12 -I/usr/local/include/glib12 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -Inative -I.. -I../libmpdemux -I../loader -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/gtk12 -I/usr/local/include/glib12 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -o vd_odivx.o vd_odivx.c
vd_odivx.c: In function `init':
vd_odivx.c:190: structure has no member named `output_format'
vd_odivx.c:190: `DEC_USER' undeclared (first use in this function)
vd_odivx.c:190: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
vd_odivx.c:190: for each function it appears in.)
vd_odivx.c:197: structure has no member named `codec_version'
vd_odivx.c:200: structure has no member named `codec_version'
vd_odivx.c:204: structure has no member named `codec_version'
vd_odivx.c:206: structure has no member named `build_number'
vd_odivx.c: In function `decode':
vd_odivx.c:241: syntax error before `dec_pic'
vd_odivx.c:256: `dec_pic' undeclared (first use in this function)
vd_odivx.c:259: `DEC_OPT_FRAME' undeclared (first use in this function)
gmake[1]: *** [vd_odivx.o] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer/work/MPlayer-1.0pre4/libmpcodecs'
gmake: *** [libmpcodecs/libmpcodecs.a] Error 2
*** Error code 2



List over installed packages:
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tiger# pkg_info
Hermes-1.3.3 Fast pixel formats conversion library
ImageMagick-6.0.2.6 Image processing tools
Mesa-3.4.2_2 A graphics library similar to SGI's OpenGL
ORBit2-2.10.2 High-performance CORBA ORB with support for the C language
XFree86-4.3.0,1 X11/XFree86 core distribution (complete, using mini/meta-po
XFree86-FontServer-4.3.0_2 XFree86-4 font server
XFree86-Server-4.3.0_10 XFree86-4 X server and related programs
XFree86-clients-4.3.0_3 XFree86-4 client programs and related files
XFree86-documents-4.3.0 XFree86-4 documentation
XFree86-font100dpi-4.3.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts
XFree86-font75dpi-4.3.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts
XFree86-fontCyrillic-4.3.0 XFree86-4 Cyrillic fonts
XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.3.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts
XFree86-fontEncodings-4.3.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files
XFree86-fontScalable-4.3.0 XFree86-4 scalable fonts
XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 XFree86-4 libraries and headers
Xft-2.1.2 A client-sided font API for X applications
aalib-1.4.r5_1 An ascii art library
acme-2.4.0 Tool to make multimedia keys work on laptops
apache-1.3.31_1 The extremely popular Apache http server. Very fast, very
arts-1.1.4,1 Audio system for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
aspell-0.50.3_1 Spelling checker with better suggestion logic than ispell
at-spi-1.3.7 An Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
atk-1.6.1 A GNOME accessibility toolkit (ATK)
autoconf-2.53_1 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
automake-1.5,1 GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator
autorespond-2.0.5 Simple autoresponder for qmail
bash-2.05b.007 The GNU Bourne Again Shell
bison-1.75_2 A parser generator from FSF, (mostly) compatible with Yacc
bitstream-vera-1.10 Bitstream Vera TrueType font collection
bugbuddy2-2.4.0 A bug reporting tool for GNOME 2
cclient-2004,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
cdparanoia-3.9.8_5 A CDDA extraction tool (also known as ripper)
cdrtools-2.0.3 Cdrecord, mkisofs and several other programs to record CD-R
cronolog-1.6.2 A web log rotation utility that provides datestamp filename
cups-base-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: headers, libs, & daemons
cvsup-16.1h General network file distribution system optimized for CVS
daemontools-0.76_3 "Service monitoring and logging utilities by djb"
docbook-sk-4.1.2 XML version of the DocBook DTD version controlled for Scrol
docbook-sk-4.1.2_3 XML version of the DocBook DTD version controlled for Scrol
docbook-xml-4.2_1 XML version of the DocBook DTD
docbook-xsl-1.61.3_1 XSL DocBook stylesheets
eel2-2.4.0 Generally useful classes and extensions to GNOME
eog2-2.4.0 The Eye Of Gnome image viewer
epiphany-1.0 An extremely lightweight and simple web browser for GNOME 2
esound-0.2.32 A sound library for enlightenment package
expat-1.95.6_1 XML 1.0 parser written in C
expat-1.95.7 XML 1.0 parser written in C
expect-5.38.0_3 A sophisticated scripter based on tcl/tk
ezmlm-idx-0.40_3 Improved version of the ezmlm mailing list manager
fam-2.6.9_3 A file alteration monitor
fastest_cvsup-0.2.8 Finds fastest CVSup server
fileroller-2.4.0.1,1 An archive manager for zip files, tar, etc
fontconfig-2.2.90_3 An XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
freetype2-2.1.4_1 A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
gail-1.4.0 An implementation of the ATK interfaces for GTK+ widgets
gcalctool-4.3.3_1 A GNOME 2 calculator tool based on the old calctool for Ope
gcc-3.3.4_20040505 GNU Compiler Collection 3.3
gconf-editor-2.4.0,1 A gconf database editor for the GNOME 2 environment
gconf2-2.4.0.1 A configuration database system for GNOME
gdbm-1.8.3 The GNU database manager
gdm2-2.4.4.1_1 GNOME 2 version of xdm display manager
gedit2-2.4.0 A small but powerful text editor for Gnome 2 Desktop Enviro
gengetopt-2.11 A tool for generating a C function which parses command lin
gettext-0.13.1_1 GNU gettext package
ggv2-2.4.0.1 GNOME 2 ghostscript viewer
ghostscript-gnu-7.07_3 GNU Postscript interpreter
gle-3.0.3 A GL Tubing and Extrusion Library
glib-1.2.10_10 Some useful routines of C programming (previous stable vers
glib-2.4.2 Some useful routines of C programming (current stable versi
gmake-3.80_2 GNU version of 'make' utility
gnome-icon-theme-1.0.9 A collection of icons for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnome-themes-2.4.0 A collection of themes and icons for GNOME 2 designed for a
gnomeapplets2-2.4.1_1 Applets components for the Gnome 2 Desktop Environment
gnomeaudio2-2.0.0 Sound files for use with GNOME 2
gnomecontrolcenter2-2.4.0 Control center for GNOME 2 project
gnomedesktop-2.4.0 Additional UI API for GNOME 2
gnomegames2-2.4.0 The game applications package for the Gnome 2 Desktop Envir
gnomehier-1.0_8 An utility port, installing hierarchy of common GNOME direc
gnomemag-0.10.3 GNOME screen magnifier
gnomemedia2-2.4.0 Multimedia applications for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnomemimedata-2.4.1_2 A MIME and Application database for GNOME
gnomepanel-2.4.0_1 Panel component for the GNOME 2 Desktop
gnomevfs2-2.4.0 GNOME Virtual File System
gnupg-1.2.4_1 The GNU Privacy Guard
gphoto2-2.1.4_1 A command-line frontend to libgphoto2
gstreamer-0.6.3 Development framework for creating media applications
gstreamer-plugins-0.6.3 GStreamer written collection of plugins handling several me
gtk-1.2.10_12 Gimp Toolkit for X11 GUI (previous stable version)
gtk-2.2.4 Gimp Toolkit for X11 GUI (current stable version)
gtk-engines2-2.2.0 Theme engine for the gtk+-2.0 toolkit
gtksourceview-0.6.0 A text widget that adds syntax highlighting to the GtkTextV
guile-1.6.4_2 GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension
help2man-1.33.1 Automatically generating simple manual pages from program o
imake-4.3.0_1 Imake and other utilities from XFree86
intltool-0.27.2 Xml internationalization support for GNOME, and others
ispell-3.2.06_9 An interactive spelling checker for multiple languages
jasper-1.701.0 An implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 s
javavmwrapper-1.4 Wrapper script for various Java Virtual Machines
jbigkit-1.5 Lossless compression for bi-level images such as scanned pa
jpeg-6b_3 IJG's jpeg compression utilities
kde-3.1.4 The "meta-port" for KDE
kdeaddons-3.1.4 Additional plugins and scripts for some KDE applications
kdeadmin-3.1.4 KDE applications related to system administration
kdeartwork-3.1.4 Additional themes, sounds, wallpapers and window styles for
kdebase-3.1.4 This package provides the basic applications for the KDE sy
kdegames-3.1.4 Games for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdegraphics-3.1.4 Graphics utilities for the KDE3 integrated X11 desktop
kdelibs-3.1.4 This is the base set of libraries needed by KDE programs
kdemultimedia-3.1.4 Multimedia utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdenetwork-3.1.4 Network-related programs and modules for KDE
kdepim-3.1.4 Personal Information Management tools for KDE
kdetoys-3.1.4 Small applications for KDE
kdeutils-3.1.4 Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
koffice-1.2.1_1,1 Office Suite for KDE3
lame-3.93.1 ISO code based fast MP3 encoder kit
lcms-1.09,1 Light Color Management System -- a color management library
lha-1.14i_1 Archive files using LZW compression (.lzh files)
libIDL-0.8.3_2 A library for creating trees of CORBA Interface Definition
liba52-0.7.4_1 A free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams, aka AC-3
libao-esound-0.8.4_1 Portable audio output library
libart_lgpl2-2.3.16 Library for high-performance 2D graphics
libaudiofile-0.2.3 A sound library for SGI audio file
libbonobo-2.4.0 A component and compound document system for GNOME2
libbonoboui-2.4.0 GUI frontend to the libbonobo component of GNOME 2
libdivxdecore-0.4.7_1 OpenDivX decoding engine from Project Mayo
libdivxencore-devel-0.4.0.50 OpenDivX encoding engine from Project Mayo
libdvdcss-1.2.8_1 Portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
libdvdread-0.9.4 This is needed by ogle, which is a DVD player that supports
libexif-0.5.12_2 Library to read digital camera file meta-data
libfpx-1.2.0.9 Library routines for working with Flashpix images
libglade2-2.0.1_1 GNOME glade library
libgnome-2.4.0 Libraries for GNOME, a GNU desktop environment
libgnomecanvas-2.4.0 A graphics library for GNOME
libgnomeprint-2.3.1 Gnome print support library
libgnomeprintui-2.3.1 Gnome print support library
libgnomeui-2.4.0.1_1 Libraries for the GNOME GUI, a GNU desktop environment
libgnugetopt-1.2 GNU getopt library
libgphoto2-2.1.4_1 A universal digital camera picture control tool
libgsf-1.8.1 An extensible i/o abstraction for dealing with structured f
libgtop2-2.6.0 GNOME 2 top library
libiconv-1.9.1_1 A character set conversion library
libidn-0.4.6 Internationalized Domain Names command line tool
libltdl-1.5 System independent dlopen wrapper
libmng-1.0.5_1 Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) reference library
libogg-1.1,3 Ogg bitstream library
librsvg2-2.4.0 Library for parsing and rendering SVG vector-graphic files
librsync-0.9.6_1 Library for delta compression of streams
libslang-1.4.9 Routines for rapid alpha-numeric terminal applications deve
libtool-1.3.5_1 Generic shared library support script
libusb-0.1.7 Library giving userland programs access to USB devices
libvorbis-1.0_1,3 Audio compression codec library
libwmf-0.2.8.3 Tools and library for converting Microsoft WMF (windows met
libwnck-2.4.0.1 Library used for writing pagers and taskslists
libxml2-2.5.11 Xml parser library for GNOME
libxslt-1.0.33 The XSLT C library for GNOME
linc-1.0.3_2 A library for writing networked servers & clients
linux_base-7.1_7 The base set of packages needed in Linux mode
lynx-2.8.4.1d A non-graphical, text-based World-Wide Web client
lzo-1.08_1 Portable speedy, lossless data compression library
lzop-1.01 Fast file compressor similar to gzip, using the LZO library
m4-1.4_1 GNU m4
maildrop-1.6.3 Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering abilities
mc-4.6.0_9 Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander Clone
mctoolame-decoder-0.1.a_2 A LayerII MPEG Audio decoder which supports multi-channel e
metacity-2.6.1 A window manager for the adult in you
mm-1.3.0 Shared memory allocation library for pre-forked process mod
mod_php4-4.3.7_1,1 PHP Apache Module
mozilla-gtk2-1.4 The open source, standards compliant web browser
mpeg2codec-1.2_1 An MPEG-2 Encoder and Decoder
mplayer-fonts-0.50 A font pack for the mplayer OSD and SUB
mplayer-skins-1.1.0 Skins for MPlayer's Graphical User Interface (GUI)
mysql-client-4.0.20 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
mysql-server-4.0.20 Multithreaded SQL database (server)
nasm-0.98.38_1,1 General-purpose multi-platform x86 assembler
nautilus2-2.4.0_1 GNOME file manager and graphical shell developed by Eazel
nspr-4.3_2 A platform-neutral API for system level and libc like funct
openldap-client-2.1.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
openssl-0.9.7d SSL and crypto library
p5-Authen-SASL-2.07 Perl5 module for SASL authentication
p5-Compress-Zlib-1.33 Perl5 interface to zlib compression library
p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA-0.11_1 Perl5 module to DSA signature verification using OpenSSL
p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA-0.19 Perl5 module to RSA encode and decode strings using OpenSSL
p5-Crypt-OpenSSL-Random-0.03 Perl5 interface to the OpenSSL pseudo-random number generat
p5-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.3 Perl module that provides interoperable MD5-based crypt() f
p5-DBD-mysql-2.9003 MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
p5-DBI-1.42_1 The perl5 Database Interface. Required for DBD::* modules
p5-Digest-1.08 Modules that calculate message digests
p5-Digest-HMAC-1.01 Perl5 interface to HMAC Message-Digest Algorithms
p5-Digest-MD5-2.33 Perl5 interface to the MD5 algorithm
p5-Digest-SHA1-2.10 Perl interface to the SHA-1 Algorithm
p5-HTML-Parser-3.35 Perl5 module for parse HTML tag
p5-HTML-Tagset-3.03 Some useful data table in parsing HTML
p5-HTML-Template-2.6 Perl module to use HTML Templates from CGI scripts
p5-MIME-Base64-3.01 Perl5 module for Base64 and Quoted-Printable encodings
p5-Net-1.18,1 Perl5 modules to access and use network protocols
p5-Net-DNS-0.47 Perl5 interface to the DNS resolver, and dynamic updates
p5-Time-HiRes-1.55,1 A perl5 module implementing High resolution time, sleep, an
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p5-URI-1.30 Perl5 interface to Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) refere
p5-gettext-1.01_4 Message handling functions
p5-libwww-5.76 Perl5 library for WWW access
pango-1.4.0_1 An open-source framework for the layout and rendering of i1
pcre-4.3 Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
perl-5.6.1_15 Practical Extraction and Report Language
phpMyAdmin-2.5.7 A set of PHP-scripts to administer MySQL over the web
pilot-link-0.11.7_2 PalmPilot communications utilities (backup/restore/install/
pine-4.58 PINE(tm) -- a Program for Internet News & Email
pkgconfig-0.15.0 A utility used to retrieve information about installed libr
png-1.2.5_2 Library for manipulating PNG images
popt-1.6.4_2 A getopt(3) like library with a number of enhancements, fro
portupgrade-20040529 FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool s
py23-expat-2.3_2 Python interface to the Expat XML parser
python-2.1.3_5 An interpreted object-oriented programming language
python-2.3_1 An interpreted object-oriented programming language
qmail-1.03_3 A secure, reliable, efficient, simple, and fast MTA
qmailanalog-0.70_1 A collection of tools to analyze qmail-send's activity
qt-3.2.1 A C++ X GUI toolkit
quanta-3.1.4,2 Comprehensive html/website development environment
rc_subr-1.16 Common startup and shutdown subroutines used by scripts
rdiff-backup-0.12.7 Local/remote mirroring+incremental backup
ruby-1.6.8.2003.04.19 An object-oriented interpreted scripting language
ruby-1.8.1.2004.05.02 An object-oriented interpreted scripting language
ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2 Ruby interface to Berkeley DB revision 1.8x with full featu
ruby18-gdbm-1.8.1.2004.05.02 A Ruby extension to GDBM library
samba-libsmbclient-3.0.0.r4 The shared lib from the samba packges
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sqwebmail-4.0.5 CGI Webmail client for Maildirs
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t1lib-5.0.1,1 A Type 1 Rasterizer Library for UNIX/X11
tcl-8.3.5_2 Tool Command Language
tcl-8.4.6,1 Tool Command Language
teamspeak_server-2.0.19.40_1 Server side of the TeamSpeak group voice chat system
tiff-3.5.7_1 Tools and library routines for working with TIFF images
tk-8.3.5_2 Graphical toolkit for TCL
transcode-0.6.12_1 A text-console utility for video stream processing
unzip-5.50_2 List, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
urwfonts-1.0 Another font package for X
uulib-0.5.18 A library for uu/xx/Base64/BinHex/yEnc de-/encoding
wget-1.8.2_6 Retrieve files from the Net via HTTP and FTP
win32-codecs-2.0.90_1,1 Huge compilation of Win32 binary codecs, including MPEG-4(D
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xanim-2.92.0 Play most popular animation formats and show pictures
xmlcatmgr-0.2_1 SGML/XML catalog manager
zoo-2.10.1 Manipulate archives of files in compressed form
zope-2.6.1_1 An object-based web application platform
zope-coreblog-0.61b A Zope Blog/Weblog/Web Nikki Product

AFAIK mplayer has very bad written code,
and is very hard to get compiled.
You nedd axactly the right gcc and libtool versions.

Waiting for the binary package is way easier.

Are you using the mplayer port? If so what version of the port is it?

I've tried installing from ports collection, MPlayer 1.0pre4. I've also downloaded and tried MPlayer 1.0pre5.

>You nedd axactly the right gcc and libtool versions.

tiger# gcc -v
Using builtin specs.
gcc version 2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]

Libtool13 maybe ??


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My problem now is that I can't get ANY MPlayer to work.....

Just curious but when was the last time you synched your ports tree to cvs and portupgrade all the stale ports? My money is on never If that is the case you need to seriously look into cvsup and portupgrade.

Read this: http://openbsdforums.org/forums/show...threadid=10467

PS: Mplayer compiles and works fine on an up to date system so... It's really not a question of "crappy" code.

To throw my $.02 in, I recently installed mplayer on 5.2.x. No problems. The ports system did its thing and also included the win32 codecs.

Thanks for your advice. And sorry Stack, hope not _all_ your money is on "never". It's rather about two months ago, maybe. But still, I guess that's more than enough, as Dexter (your cvsup link) recommends updating every week. BTW nice scripts, saves a lot of time! I've seriously looked into portupgrade, installing and deinstalling xvid (guessing that this is related to opendivx) and other single ports.

My "story"
Some (many) earlier compilation error-messages has been solved by linking some files to other filenames, I understand this is a common way, but it sounds scary. (something.so.4 to something.so.5 or whatever). Also, I've updated FreeBSD from 4.9 to 4.10, it was scary to do as a BSD-newbie, and I feel I didn't quite know what I was doing.

But I guess a full maintenance might do the trick. Why didn't I try that before? Downside is that it takes a lot of time, but at least I can write a progress report here then.... ;-)



OK, I came this far, any clues??

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tiger# /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu

Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.."Makefile", line 23: Malformed conditional (${XFREE86_VERSION} == 4)
"Makefile", line 23: Need an operator
"Makefile", line 25: if-less elif
"Makefile", line 25: Need an operator
"Makefile", line 27: if-less endif
"Makefile", line 27: Need an operator
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
===> arabic/ae_fonts_mono failed
*** Error code 1
1 error

********************************************************************
Before reporting this error, verify that you are running a supported
version of FreeBSD (see http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/) and that you
have a complete and up-to-date ports collection. (INDEX builds are
not supported with partial or out-of-date ports collections -- in
particular, if you are using cvsup, you must cvsup the "ports-all"
collection, and have no "refuse" files.) If that is the case, then
report the failure to ports@FreeBSD.org together with relevant
details of your ports configuration (including FreeBSD version,
your architecture, your environment, and your /etc/make.conf
settings, especially compiler flags and WITH/WITHOUT settings).

Note: the latest pre-generated version of INDEX may be fetched
automatically with "make fetchindex".
********************************************************************

*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports.
failed to generate INDEX!
portsdb: index generation error

What files do you have in your refuse file? You might have to remove the arabic entry from it...

Well, I removed my refuse-file (bad move?), and it obviously went past the previous problem. But there's more.......

And when I fix this problem, there's another problem?


Updating INDEX and databases...
Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..fr-mozilla-flp-1.7.2: "/usr/ports/www/mozilla-gtk2" non-existent -- dependency list incomplete
===> french/mozilla-flp failed
*** Error code 1
1 error

********************************************************************
Before reporting this error, verify that you are running a supported
version of FreeBSD (see http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/) and that you
have a complete and up-to-date ports collection. (INDEX builds are
not supported with partial or out-of-date ports collections -- in
particular, if you are using cvsup, you must cvsup the "ports-all"
collection, and have no "refuse" files.) If that is the case, then
report the failure to ports@FreeBSD.org together with relevant
details of your ports configuration (including FreeBSD version,
your architecture, your environment, and your /etc/make.conf
settings, especially compiler flags and WITH/WITHOUT settings).

Note: the latest pre-generated version of INDEX may be fetched
automatically with "make fetchindex".
********************************************************************

*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports.
failed to generate INDEX!
portsdb: index generation error