vlc don't appears, after being installed.

lensilvan · 08-29-2014, 12:09 AM

Hi,

Encountering codecs issues with the old vlc from slackbuild.org, I found out that this was outdated and only for Slackware 14, on which I've installed this old version of vlc, before upgrading to 14.1.

I deleted vlc, then attempted to install the complete (with all codecs) version of vlc, using AlienBob's slackbuild, with the following instructions: https://wiki.videolan.org/Slackware

I did not followed the two last things about the mozilla plugin and yasm.

The building process was apparently without any significant issues. Then, I proceeded to install the package created:

Code:

# installpkg vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien.txz
Verifying package vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Installing package vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# vlc (multimedia player for various audio and video formats)
#
# VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various
# audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...)
# as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
# It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in
# IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
#
# vlc home: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
#
Executing install script for vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Generating VLC plugins cache data...
Package vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien.txz installed.

And yet...

Code:

# slackpkg search vlc

Looking for vlc in package list. Please wait... DONE

No package name matches the pattern.

willysr · 08-29-2014, 12:40 AM

slackpkg only search for official packages

lensilvan · 08-29-2014, 01:34 AM

Fine. But vlc also don't appears on my application list (I use MATE). The package was apparently installed, but I can't find vlc.

Code:

vlc
bash: vlc : not found.

willysr · 08-29-2014, 03:58 AM

Try logout and login again
I used VLC as well and it's displayed on my desktop here

lensilvan · 08-29-2014, 05:37 AM

I tried logout, reboot, then shut down. As I expected, it didn't work, since normally after a package is installed, immediately it should appear on the desktop.

audriusk · 08-29-2014, 06:20 AM

Try inspecting contents of your package, see if there are any files missing or permissions incorrect. Also check the size of the package, the one built by Eric (with MP3 encoding support) has the following:

Code:

PACKAGE NAME:     vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien
COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE:     26M
UNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE:     97M

dslackw · 08-29-2014, 06:21 PM

Make sure you installed the correct package architecture.

lensilvan · 08-29-2014, 10:08 PM

The architecture is correct.

The package is listed on /var/log/packages but when I try to see its content and size, using cat vlc-2.1.5-x86_64-1alien, the enormous contents overrides the beginning of the output and I cannot be sure if it is complete or not.

dslackw · 08-29-2014, 10:15 PM

try cat /var/log/packages/vlc* | more

frankbell · 08-29-2014, 10:51 PM

Try whereis vlc.

Code:

$ whereis vlc
vlc: /usr/bin/vlc /usr/lib/vlc /usr/X11R6/bin/vlc /usr/bin/X11/vlc /usr/X11/bin/vlc /usr/include/vlc /usr/share/vlc /usr/man/man1/vlc.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vlc.1.gz /usr/X11/man/man1/vlc.1.gz

If it returns /usr/bin/vlc, that is the item to add to your MATE menu if it does not appear automatically. If you open a terminal and try to start vlc from the command line and vlc does not run, then something went wrong with the install.