Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of CompilationGuide/Generic

Timestamp:

Dec 23, 2013, 2:38:45 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Stefano Sabatini

Comment:

add "Post-installation troubleshoot" section

CompilationGuide/Generic

@@ -33 +33 @@
 The following directory are usually involved by the installation:
 * PREFIX/bin: contains the generated binaries (e.g. {{{ffmpeg}}}, {{{ffplay}}}, {{{ffprobe}}} etc. in the case of FFmpeg)
+* PREFIX/include: contains the library headers (e.g. {{{libavutil/avstring.h}}}, {{{libavcodec/avcodec.h}}}, {{{libavformat/avformat.h}}} etc. in case of FFmpeg), required to compile applications linked against the package libraries
 * PREFIX/lib: contains the generated libraris (e.g. {{{libavutil}}}, {{{libavcodec}}}, {{{libavformat}}} etc. in the case of FFmpeg) 
 * PREFIX/share: contains various system-independent components, especially documentation files and examples
@@ -79 +80 @@
 
 You should also make sure that the library version provided by the distribution is compatible with the one required by the configured source package. If the required package is more recent than the library version provided by your distribution, you may need to install from source.
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+== Post-installation troubleshoot ==
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+First of all verify that the binaries, headers and libraries have been installed in the supposed location (along the PREFIX path). To verify the binaries install you can simply run a command with the tool name, and verify the complete path with {{{which -a}}}, which will show all the tools with the given name available in the system.
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+Extra care must be paid in case you have several installations of the same package, in order to avoid conflicts.