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Old 09-29-2008, 01:13 PM   #1
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Problem in xawtv installation


Hello....
I tried to install th "Xawtv-3.95"...when i type make install from the root i amgetting this error...

Oops: (n)curses library not found. You need this one, please install.
Note: to compile stuff just the library packages are not enougth,
you need also the *-devel packages.
make: *** [arch-i686-linux/Makefile] Error 1


can anyone help me what to do...
 
Old 09-29-2008, 02:05 PM   #2
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you need to install ncurses-devel if you tell me what distro you run i can be more specific

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Old 09-30-2008, 12:20 PM   #3
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i am using UBUNTU 7.10.....how to install that?
 
Old 10-01-2008, 09:08 AM   #4
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sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev

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Old 10-02-2008, 02:09 AM   #5
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After installing that package i am getting this error..

checking for initscr in -lncurses... yes
checking for X... no
checking for jpeg_start_compress in -ljpeg... no
Oops: jpeg library not found. You need this one, please install.
Note: to compile stuff just the library packages are not enougth,
you need also the *-devel packages.
make: *** [arch-i686-linux/Makefile] Error 1


What to do?
 
Old 10-02-2008, 02:41 AM   #6
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yes i installed the jpeg library and installed...now compilation completed...i have another problem now..when i type xawtv in terminal i getting following message...what to do?

This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.22-14-generic)
xinerama 0: 1024x768+0+0
ioctl VT_GETSTATE: Invalid argument
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
v4l: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
no video grabber device available


my webcam already connected to the system...
 
  


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