xine player installation problem

[anas.eee]

I am using FC4 (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) in my intel pentium-3 machine. I have downloaded the xine-ui-0.99.5 and xine-lib-1.1.7. I have installed the xine-lib package mentioned above.

But when I am going to install xine-ui by typing
./configure

the installation aborts saying.............

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... no
checking for CFLocaleCopyCurrent... no
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking whether to use NLS... yes
checking where the gettext function comes from... libc
checking for plural forms in GNU msgfmt... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for off_t... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for XINE... Package libxine was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libxine.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libxine' found
configure: error: Package requirements (libxine >= 1.1.0) were not met:



Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XINE_CFLAGS
and XINE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

Now friends can you help me. Please give detailed instructions.

Thanks.

[fingal]

The first thing to do is find out where libxine.pc is installed. To do this you need the find command, so log into your terminal as root then try:

find / -name libxine.pc -print

This is asking your system to search through your entire directory tree for the missing file. Let's say you find the file in /usr/local/bin . If so you would configure Xine like this:

./configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/bin"

You're passing the path of the file to ./configure, and notice the double quotation marks (""). Once you've got the path correct Xine should compile with few problems.

Once Xine is installed it's worth running xine-check to get some idea of how things went. Xine is a very stable program which I admire, but there are some minor things which will cause it to fail! It's a very good idea to read the documentation here.

[anas.eee]

Thanks but the problem still continues.

I followed your advice and the response is like that

[root@localhost xine-ui-0.99.5]# find / -name libxine.pc -print
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libxine.pc
/root/soft/xine/xine-lib-1.1.7.tar.bz2_FILES/xine-lib-1.1.7/misc/libxine.pc
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /proc: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver.  Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option.  Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.

Then I tried

./configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
checking for CURL... Package libcurl was not found in the pkg-config search path .
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libcurl.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libcurl' found
*** All of curl dependent parts will be disabled ***
checking for socket in -lsocket... no
checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... yes
checking for CACA... Package caca was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `caca.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'caca' found
checking whether to have Xft support... yes
Package xft was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xft.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xft' found
Package xft was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xft.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xft' found
***Could not link with Xft. Install Xft if you want support for it***
checking for LIBPNG... Package libpng was not found in the pkg-config search pat h.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libpng.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libpng' found
checking for LIBPNG... Package libpng12 was not found in the pkg-config search p ath.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libpng12.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libpng12' found
configure: error: Package requirements (libpng12 >= 1.2.8) were not met:



Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBPNG_CFLAGS
and LIBPNG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

Then I tried this

[root@localhost xine-ui-0.99.5]# find / -name "libpng*.pc"
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /proc: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option.  Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.

Now what to do?

[daark.child]

Install the curl-devel and libpng-devel package.

[fingal]

I had a thought: I would try to avoid installing the development packages from source as then you'll be involved in dealing with a lot of separate dependencies.

Just my 10 pence worth.

[anas.eee]

I think I could successfully install it. But now I can not run it. It shows the following error

[root@localhost xine-ui-0.99.5]# xine --help
xine: error while loading shared libraries: libxine.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@localhost xine-ui-0.99.5]# xine
xine: error while loading shared libraries: libxine.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@localhost xine-ui-0.99.5]# xine dvd://VTS_01_1.VOB
xine: error while loading shared libraries: libxine.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Also I want a GUI.

What to do now?

[anas.eee]

Dear Linux Gurus, don't you know the answer. Let me explain in a bit more details. Pls check the following codes.

[anas@localhost ~]$ xine-check
Please be patient, this script may take a while to run...
[ good ] you're using Linux, doing specific tests
[ good ] looks like you have a /proc filesystem mounted.
[ good ] You seem to have a reasonable kernel version (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
[ good ] intel compatible processor, checking MTRR support
[ good ] you have MTRR support and there are some ranges set.
[ good ] found the player at /usr/local/bin/xine
[ good ] /usr/local/bin/xine is in your PATH
[ good ] found /usr/local/bin/xine-config in your PATH
[ good ] plugin directory /usr/local/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.8 exists.
[ good ] found input plugins
[ good ] found demux plugins
[ good ] found decoder plugins
[ good ] found video_out plugins
[ good ] found audio_out plugins
[ good ] skin directory /usr/local/share/xine/skins exists.
[ good ] found logo in /usr/local/share/xine/skins
[ good ] I even found some skins.
[ good ] /dev/cdrom points to /dev/hdc
[ good ] /dev/dvd points to /dev/hdc
[ good ] DMA is enabled for your DVD drive
[ good ] found xvinfo: X-Video Extension version 2.2
[ good ] your Xv extension supports YV12 overlays (improves MPEG performance)
[ good ] your Xv extension supports YUY2 overlays
[ good ] Xv ports:  YUY2 YV12 UYVY I420 RV15 RV16

[anas@localhost ~]$ xine
xine: error while loading shared libraries: libxine.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[anas@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/local/lib
[anas@localhost lib]$ ls
gxine       libcdio.so.0      libiso9660.so        libxine.so         pkgconfig
libcdio.a   libcdio.so.0.0.0  libiso9660.so.0      libxine.so.1       xine
libcdio.la  libiso9660.a      libiso9660.so.0.0.0  libxine.so.1.17.1
libcdio.so  libiso9660.la     libxine.la           libxine.so.1.18.0

[daark.child]

It seems like xine cannot find the libxine libraries. Try the following,

#ln -s /usr/local/lib/libxine* /usr/lib/.

After that try running xine.

[anas.eee]

It seems like xine cannot find the libxine libraries. Try the following,

#ln -s /usr/local/lib/libxine* /usr/lib/.

After that try running xine.

Thank you all. The problem is solved

[venkappa]

Hi Friend,

plz try PKG_CONFIG_PATH=xine-lib-1.1.8 /misc/libxine.pc

PKG_CONFIG_PATH= -I/usr/include/libpng12

if not find ..download and add to /usr/include/

Thanks & Regards,
Venkii.M