VLC 0.9.8 in Lenny -- without mixing system!

[Soul Singin']

After reading this thread, I decided to try -- once again -- to install the latest version of VLC on my (mostly) pure Lenny system.

The build is currently progressing nicely, but it's taking a long time, so -- while I wait -- I thought I'd create this thread and keep you all posted on my progress. Maybe some of you can add your own tips and tricks.

As a first step, I had to remove all of the codecs and libraries that I installed from Debian Multimedia. That removal took out a heck of a lot of packages. Here's the list:

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ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg kaffeine libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 libvlc0 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins mozilla-plugin-vlc vlc vlc-nox wengophone

I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to reinstall them later, but -- for now -- they're gone.

The next step was to satisfy all of the build dependencies. Most of the necessary packages can be obtained from Lenny's repositories, but some I had to build from Sid source. Here's the list that I installed from Lenny's repositories:

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dh-buildinfo iceape-dev iceape-dev-bin liba52-0.7.4-dev libaa1-dev libarts1-dev libartsc0-dev libasound2-dev libatk1.0-dev libaudiofile-dev libavahi-client-dev libavahi-common-dev libavcodec51 libavcodec-dev libavformat52 libavformat-dev libavutil49 libavutil-dev libcaca-dev libcairo2-dev libcdio-dev libcucul-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libdc1394-22-dev libdirectfb-dev libdvbpsi4-dev libdvdnav-dev libdvdread-dev libebml-dev libenca-dev libesd0-dev libfaad-dev libflac-dev libfribidi-dev libggi2-dev libgif-dev libgii1-dev libglib2.0-dev libgsm1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev libid3tag0-dev libimlib2-dev libiso9660-dev libjack0.100.0-dev libjack-dev liblircclient-dev libltdl3-dev liblua5.1-0 liblua5.1-0-dev libmad0-dev libmatroska-dev libmodplug-dev libmpcdec-dev libmpeg2-4-dev libmpeg3-1 libmpeg3-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libnotify-dev libnspr4-dev libogg-dev liboil0.3-dev libpango1.0-dev libpixman-1-dev libpostproc51 libpostproc-dev libpulse-browse0 libpulse-dev libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libqt4-assistant libqt4-dev libqt4-help libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-test libqt4-webkit libqt4-xmlpatterns libraw1394-dev libreadline5-dev libschroedinger-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libshout3-dev libslang2-dev libsmbclient-dev libspeex-dev libsvga1-dev libswscale0 libswscale-dev libsysfs-dev libtag1-dev libtar-dev libtheora-dev libtiff4-dev libtiffxx0c2 libtwolame-dev libvcdinfo-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxml2-dev libxpm-dev libxv-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev nasm qt4-dev-tools qt4-qmake x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev

Then I had to build some packages from Sid source. To do that I added:

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deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main

to my /etc/apt/sources.list and ran apt-get update.

Next, I created a directory called vlc in my home directory cd'd to it and ran as normal user:

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apt-get source libass libdca liblivemedia libv4l vlc

I then built the packages in the following order:

1. libass
2. libdca
3. liblivemedia
4. libv4l
5. vlc

by cd'ing to the directories and running as normal user:

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dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc

Between each build, I installed the DEBs that the builds created.

The build of vlc just finished, so now I'm going to install it and see how it works.

I'll keep you posted.
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[Soul Singin']

SUCCESS !!! VLC 0.9.8 is up and running on Debian Lenny!

I also managed to reinstall the codecs and libraries from Debian Multimedia. Now I can use VLC to watch an FLV video and then encode it to MP3, MP4 or MPG for use with portable media devices.

With a standard Lenny installation, you can watch video on VLC, but if you want to encode, you have to install packages from Debian Multimedia that break VLC's ability to play video.

I can now do both!

If you follow my directions above and if Debian-Multimedia is in your /etc/apt/sources.list, then after building and installing VLC, simply run the following command to restore the lost packages:

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apt-get -t debian-multimedia install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg kaffeine libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 libvlc0 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins wengophone

To save disk space, I also removed all but 9 of the 133 packages that I built and/or installed to build VLC. Here are the only ones you need:

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libass1
libavcodec51
libavformat52
libavutil49
libdca0
liblua5.1-0
libpostproc51
libswscale0
libv4l-0

Have fun!
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[ttuuxxx]

SUCCESS !!! VLC 0.9.8 is up and running on Debian Lenny!

I also managed to reinstall the codecs and libraries from Debian Multimedia. Now I can use VLC to watch an FLV video and then encode it to MP3, MP4 or MPG for use with portable media devices.

With a standard Lenny installation, you can watch video on VLC, but if you want to encode, you have to install packages from Debian Multimedia that break VLC's ability to play video.

I can now do both!

If you follow my directions above and if Debian-Multimedia is in your /etc/apt/sources.list, then after building and installing VLC, simply run the following command to restore the lost packages:

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apt-get -t debian-multimedia install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg kaffeine libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 libvlc0 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins wengophone

To save disk space, I also removed all but 9 of the 133 packages that I built and/or installed to build VLC. Here are the only ones you need:

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libass1
libavcodec51
libavformat52
libavutil49
libdca0
liblua5.1-0
libpostproc51
libswscale0
libv4l-0

Have fun!
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Hi I had a rough time compiling VLC 8.6h on Puppy Linux, It took days
I was wondering could you package your version up and post on one of those free ftp hosting sites like filefront etc please and provide a link. If possible?
Thanks for your time
ttuuxxx

[Soul Singin']

I was wondering could you package your version up and post on one of those free ftp hosting sites like filefront etc please and provide a link. If possible?

Since I built DEBs, that is not a problem. See VLC_Debian-Lenny.tar.gz at FileFront. The tarball contains all of the unsigned DEBs that I built to install VLC 0.9.8 on Debian Lenny.

This is Free Software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

I have done my best to produce a set of DEBs that will enable you to easily install VLC 0.9.8 on Debian Lenny. I have tested them on two different machines and I believe that they are safe, but I cannot not provide any guarantee that they will work for you. If these DEBs break your system, you get to keep the pieces.

Enjoy!


EDIT: I tried to add links to the copyright and source code in the comments section (i.e. to be compliant with Free/Open Source licensing), but the comments disappeared. Please let me know if you see or do not see the links.
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[ttuuxxx]

I was wondering could you package your version up and post on one of those free ftp hosting sites like filefront etc please and provide a link. If possible?

Since I built DEBs, that is not a problem. See VLC_Debian-Lenny.tar.gz at FileFront. The tarball contains all of the unsigned DEBs that I built to install VLC 0.9.8 on Debian Lenny.

This is Free Software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

I have done my best to produce a set of DEBs that will enable you to easily install VLC 0.9.8 on Debian Lenny. I have tested them on two different machines and I believe that they are safe, but I cannot not provide any guarantee that they will work for you. If these DEBs break your system, you get to keep the pieces.

Enjoy!
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Hi thats not a problem, I'm running Dpup live Alpha3 that I built, Can't hurt a thing, just reboot the cd and I'm back in Business:) built on woof
ttuuxxx

[drinkmilk]

Hello, and thanks for your work.

But it seems that your DEBs are no longer available, Filefront says: File is Unavailable.

And since squeeze's and sid's VLC versions both depend on libc6 >= 2.8 and lenny's libc6 is 2.7 (and backporting of libc6 is ... something like impossible), I dont see how one could build nice DEBs of VLC as you did.

Could you please make your DEBs available to some place?

Thanks!

Loris

[Soul Singin']

Could you please make your DEBs available to some place?

If you could suggest a location, I'd be happy to.

In the meantime, I've attached the debian/ directories to build each package from source, so if you can get the source packages, e.g. from Snapshot Debian, you should be able to build them all.

Good Luck!
- Soul Singin'
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[drinkmilk]

OK this is GREAT!! Thanks

now vlc is building, I am looking forward to see the result.

I did not know of snapshot.debian.org, this seems to be a very good service. However it seems that only packages that reached stable are there; anyhow I could not find vlc 0.9.8a there. But I found it in launchpad: https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/vlc/0.9.8a-3

As for an upload place, I have not much experience but I find dropbox to be a good tool for this; getdropbox.com, create an account and use the public folder (right click to a file to get a public URL for it).

Actually if the build succeeds and the packages work well, I dont mind uploading them with my dropbox account and post the link here.

[drinkmilk]

Hey,

I built 1.0.1 packages and opened a new thread about it.

Loris