Hi Guys
I have compiled the XINE library but there is no executable and therefore I cannot execute the program - I did not have any problems with the compiling stage - and also have run ldconfig

I am running Mandrake 8.1

Any ideas?

Regards
Shelton.

Xine-lib is just a shared library. Have you tried compiling a front end graphical user interface? http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases Yuo can use xine-ui, totem , kaffine...there's loads

Thanks for you quick response - I am pretty sure xine lib should produce an executable

Compiling an UI says that it cannot find xine executable

checking for XINE-LIB version >= 1.0.0... ./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
./configure: /usr/share/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: No such file or directory
no
*** Could not run XINE test program, checking why...
*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means
*** that the run-time linker is not finding XINE or finding the wrong
*** version of XINE. If it is not finding XINE, you'll need to set your
*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point
*** to the installed location Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that
*** is required on your system
***
*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although
*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH
***
configure: error: *** You should install xine-lib first ***


Regards

No xine-lib does not produce an executable as mentioned, it's just a library. To be able to play video or audio, you need to download a frontend from the website mentioned above. I prefer xine-ui or totem when I am working in GNOME and for KDE there are various frontends available from Kde-apps.org .

You need to add this line to /etc/ld.so.conf:
Then save the file, and run as root: ldconfig.

Yves.

yes u should edit /etc/ld.so.conf: as above.kaffeine is preffered in kde

Yes I have done lconfig but I still get the error message as discribed above when trying to configure XINE UI

Regards