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Old 03-20-2007, 03:14 AM   #1
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libx264 problem


When I try to run mplayer I get:
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mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libx264.so.50: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The problem is that I already installed package x264 and I have library libx264.so.54.
This packages are downloaded from the same site slackware-current.net.

ps My os - slackware 11, I download slackware-current packages. Is that ok?
 
Old 03-20-2007, 09:11 AM   #2
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You may need to symlink: libx264.so.54 -> libx264.so.50
 
Old 11-04-2007, 09:03 PM   #3
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You may need to symlink: libx264.so.54 -> libx264.so.50
I'm having the exact same problem. So, how do you symlink this? I'm new at this so any help would be appreciated.
 
Old 11-05-2007, 12:15 AM   #4
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You should ask the packager to support his packages.
If he's going to pick a domain name that sounds like it's officially sanctioned by Slackware, then he should offer better support (and not to mention unbroken packages).
 
Old 11-05-2007, 03:03 AM   #5
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As root:
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ln -s /usr/lib/libx264.so.54 /usr/lib/libx264.so.50
In general:
ln -s source destination
 
Old 11-05-2007, 09:09 PM   #6
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As root:
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ln -s /usr/lib/libx264.so.54 /usr/lib/libx264.so.50
In general:
ln -s source destination
Thanks so much! That did it!
 
Old 11-06-2007, 03:22 AM   #7
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That's good to hear. Now, this isn't the best solution, because I'm assuming the two versions of the library are compatible ... and hopefully they are. Typically if they are .so.50 with .so.54 then it's likely that they will be compatible. But if the numbers are .so.50 with .so.41, then it is much less likely to be compatible. But, it also depends on what the version numbers actually mean.
 
  


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