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I'm trying to build ffmpeg from Slackbuilds.org but the script fails with the following error:

Code:

find: `/tmp/SBo/package-ffmpeg/usr/man': No such file or directory

any ideas why?

The SlackBuilds.org Hotwo tells you why:

Quote:

Note that for many builds, you will need to have a true login shell in order to have a correctly populated environment.
Among other things, /usr/share/texmf/bin will not be in your PATH if you simply do "su" -- therefore,
you will need to either use "su -" when switching to root, or source the /etc/profile script after doing "su",
or perhaps modifying /root/.bashrc to include necessary PATH elements.

If you become root using the "su" command instead of "su -" you will not have a full root shell environment. The texi2html program will not be found, which means the man pages will not be generated, which means there will not be a "/tmp/SBo/package-ffmpeg/usr/man" directory and the SlackBuild script will fail.

Eric

Thank you! I read that but missed the -

I learn something new every time I try installing a new package. I did not know that about the su command.

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Originally Posted by interndan (Post 4186420)

I learn something new every time I try installing a new package. I did not know that about the su command.

me 2. .. :study: