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mplayer cannot find a library

I am using slackware. I installed mplayer. After installation mpayer gave an error like this :

Code:

mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: 

libdv.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Which library i have forgetten to install or which one i have to install?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharapchi

I am using slackware. I installed mplayer. After installation mpayer gave an error like this :

Code:

mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: 

libdv.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Which library i have forgetten to install or which one i have to install?

On Debian you would need libdv4 so look for similar in Slackware.

Code:

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-file search libdv.so.4

libdv4: usr/lib/libdv.so.4

libdv4: usr/lib/libdv.so.4.0.1