Devede cant find mplayer?

michaelinux · 06-29-2009, 11:42 PM

I tried to run devede and this is what i get:

can't find the following programs:
mplayer
mencoder

Devede needs them in order to work.

So i check with pkgtool and mplayer is actually installed, even though i upgraded mplayer from a package i found on slacky.eu but it still doesn't work.

So please if anyone can help me would be great.

Simon Bridge · 06-30-2009, 12:15 AM

The message means that devede is not looking in the right place.
Find out where the right place is, and put a link there.

rylan76 · 06-30-2009, 04:51 AM

Most likely devede is looking for mplayer in /usr/bin, but you probably have them in /usr/local/bin ?

To find the mplayer and mencoder binaries, as root, do

Code:

find / -name mplayer

find / -name gmplayer

At least once you've found them you know how to locate them. Most likely you found them in /usr/local/bin right? You can then make links in /usr/bin to make the binaries accessible "from" there, even though they are located in /usr/local/bin. Use the ln command:

Code:

cd /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/local/bin/mplayer mplayer
ln -s /usr/local/bin/mencoder mencoder

If devede still cannot find the files, you can try putting /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin in your path. In a terminal do

Code:

set PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

Then try devede again.

Simon Bridge · 06-30-2009, 09:37 AM

echo $PATH first, those directories are usually there.

michaelinux · 07-02-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rylan76

Most likely devede is looking for mplayer in /usr/bin, but you probably have them in /usr/local/bin ?

To find the mplayer and mencoder binaries, as root, do

Code:

find / -name mplayer

find / -name gmplayer

At least once you've found them you know how to locate them. Most likely you found them in /usr/local/bin right? You can then make links in /usr/bin to make the binaries accessible "from" there, even though they are located in /usr/local/bin. Use the ln command:

Code:

cd /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/local/bin/mplayer mplayer
ln -s /usr/local/bin/mencoder mencoder

If devede still cannot find the files, you can try putting /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin in your path. In a terminal do

Code:

set PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

Then try devede again.

I did it and this is what i get:
root@Slackware:/home/miguel# find / -name mplayer
/usr/share/mplayer
/usr/bin/mplayer
/etc/mplayer

root@Slackware:/home/miguel# clear
root@Slackware:/home/miguel# find / -name gmplayer
/usr/bin/gmplayer

root@Slackware:/home/miguel# find / -name mencoder
/usr/bin/mencoder

fillipor · 07-26-2009, 01:33 AM

Hi. I tried to install DeVeDe 3.14.0 on kubuntu 8.04 , but in the Package Installer window appear "Status: Error Dependency is not satisfiable: mencorder". What could i do?

Simon Bridge · 07-26-2009, 02:11 AM

Read above.

It cannot find mencoder.
either, a. install it, or b. find out where the executable is and add that to your path.

ies27ramon · 11-27-2009, 06:23 AM

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg2theora
sudo apt-get install libavcodec52
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-video

Now install DEVEDE from .deb source
you can download it from author's web
on rastersoft with the www and .com

P.D. Maybe you need to add medibuntu repositories