Slackware

2010-09-19T07:09:46Z

Coder: /* Building VLC from source */

==Installing VLC on Slackware==

You can find up-to-date Slackware packages for VLC in [http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ Alien's SlackBuilds] repository. These packages are built without adding software that has patent issues (like MP3, AAC and AMR encoders) but you can re-build the package to include these encoders - individuals should not be bothered with patent claims.

==Building VLC from source==

* To rebuild the VLC package and include all ''non-free'' codecs, download the build directory and then run the SlackBuild script, like this:
<pre>
mkdir -p ~/slackbuilds/vlc
cd ~/slackbuilds/vlc
lftp -c "open http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ ; mirror build"
cd build
sh vlc.SlackBuild
</pre>

(If you need MP3/AAC support and don't mind "tainting" the program with proprietary codecs, substitute this URL in the lftp command above:
http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/ )

The ''SlackBuild'' script will automatically download the missing source-code archives and builld a new VLC package. After the compilation finishes, you will find a package in the ''/tmp'' directory which you can install using the <pre>installpkg</pre> command.

* If you do not want the Mozilla plugin to be built you should start the SlackBuild script with an extra variable added in front:
<pre>
MOZPLUGIN=NO sh vlc.SlackBuild
</pre>

* If you do not have the alternative ''yasm'' assembler installed, you can not compile recent releases of the ''x264'' codec. If you start the SlackBuild script as follows:
<pre>
REQUIRE_YASM=NO sh vlc.SlackBuild
</pre>
then the script will fall-back to an older version of x264 which builds successfully with Slackware's old nasm assembler.

==Mirror sites==

You can find my VLC package on the following mirror sites:

* [http://slackware.org.uk/3rd-party/alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.org.uk] (thanks to Tadgy for the mirror!)
* [http://slackware.org.uk/3rd-party/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.org.uk] (version of the package with '''all''' codecs already built-in)

--[[User:alienbob|Eric Hameleers]] Fri Aug 15 10:15:08 UTC 2008 (CEST)

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