SlackBuild Problem: "configure.in"
 

Hey, everybody. I'm trying to resolve some dependencies to get ffmeg installed on my Slack 12 system. I have all the SlackBuild scripts for all the files I need, but when I started to run them (I started with faac), I get an error I've not seen before. I've poked around, but I'm really stumped on how to get it fixed.

When I run ./faac.SlackBuild I end up with these lines (note the error in the configure.in file):

I did a slocate for configure.in, because it looked to me like a file called by automake or something like that (I'm no nerd, sorry...). There are a lot of configure.in files in various places on my system.

This looks like a real simple fix (adding AC_PROG_LIBTOOL to configure.in), but I have no idea where to go to fix it. Could someone lend a hand?

Thanks.

Greg

Save yourself some hassle and get ffmpeg from Alien Bob's repository.

Okay... but, will that resolve all the dependecies of ffmpeg?
1. lame (this I have already installed)
2. faac
3. faad2
4. xvidcore
5. a52dec
6. x264

That's what I'm concerned about. I haven't gotten close to actually installing (or trying to install) ffmpeg because of my "laundry list" of dependencies I need to solve first, but can't because of this "configure.in" problem. And it's not just with faac, I get the error on faad2, also. Haven't tried the others.

Greg

Did you look at his SlackBuild script?
From your question I assume not ...

No I did not. Howevery, even if I had... I'd still need some help. That seems like the "laundry list" of dependencies I'm trying to resolve. Is it? Or is it a list of dependencies that Bob has already built into his package?

Sorry, like I said, though I've used Slack since 9.1, I'm no nerd and sometimes I just plain get lost in the details. Thanks for taking the time to help me out, though. It's greatly appreciated.

Greg

Those are included in his SlackBuild. Take a look at his script and
you'll see how nicely he packages it. I haven't found anyone who does
as good a job with SlackBuild scripts as Eric. Just install his ffmpeg
Slack package and you'll have all those dependencies in your system.

Great! Thanks, Bruce!

~Greg

You might want to get more packages from Eric's repository.
Also check out the "restricted packages" link.

Hope you get everything you need installed and solved.

I had to work most of the day yesterday, so I haven't gotten back to this until now. I ran the script, it downloaded all dependencies, etc. etc. After running the ffmpeg.SlackBuild script, I get much the same error as before:

I have a standard Slack 12.0 install. I don't know why my autoconf would be hosed. ??

~Greg

Three issues here ...

1 - not a programmer
2 - don't even know bash well
3 - mentally exhausted.

However, may I ask? Did you try just installing the ffmpeg package that Eric has in his repository?

P.S. There is also his restricted SlackBuilds. This is the ffmpeg I install...

Hey, Bruce. No, I didn't just try to install the package Eric had on the site. It did cross my mind, but when something breaks or doesn't work like it should, I get mildly anal about fixing it and making it work right.

I just ran Eric's SlackBuild script on another machine that has a very similar Slack 12.0 install, and it ran flawlessly. So, it made me think I've hosed something on this (my work) machine. I've removed and re-installed the following packages, but it still isn't solving my configure.in problem:

1. autoconf-2.61-noarch-1.tgz
2. automake-1.9.6-noarch-1.tgz
3. libtool-1.5.24-i486-1.tgz
4. m4-1.4.9-i486-1.tgz
5. make-3.81-i486-1.tgz

Frankly, I think it's automake that's causing the problem, and I thought reinstalling the package would take care of things, but it didn't. So, I'll keep poking around for it... I'd hate to have to upgrade to Slack 12.1 just to fix this, but it may be the excuse I need to get Slack 12.1 running.

Thanks for the help. Don't worry about knocking your brains out over this. Maybe someone else will pick up on the thread and pitch in some thoughts on how to make this work.

Greg

Oh, yeah... Let's all join together and say, "Stupid!" ... I think I found the problem. I had a file in my /tmp folder called automake-1.10.1.tar.bz2 and a directory by the name of automake-1.10.1. Apparently at some time in the past (I have no idea WHY I would have done this) I tried to "upgrade" my automake from the Slack 12 automake-1.9.6-noarch-1.tgz to this one, but I didn't use the Slack package to do it (again: I have no idea why). I dide a "make uninstall" in the automake.10 subdir and it cleaned out some junk from I don't know where. I ran Eric's SlackBuild script again, and it has apparently worked.

I tried to watch for automake errors while the script was running, but... I have no idea.

This kinda leaves me with one question for anyone who knows about this stuff: Should I re-install my automake-1.9 package?

I don't know if any aclocal stuff was hosed with my foobar of trying to install automake-1.10. If so, would a re-install of 1.9 fix things? Should I delete the /usr/share/aclocal directory and then re-install automake-1.9 to get a "clean" aclocal?

I'm kinda grasping at straws here to figure out how to clean this mess up. Or... maybe it's already cleaned up by just doing the make uninstall of the automake-1.10.

Man... what a bonehead. And I know (!) better than to do something like that...

Greg