FFMpeg shared libraries and header files - Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL Administrators Forums

jack1981 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-2009, 01:13 PM

Would just like to post here some problems and solutions while trying to upgrade ffmpeg-php to 0.6.1 or probably latest SVN.

First problem:

Code:

configure: error: ffmpeg headers not found. Make sure ffmpeg is compiled as shared libraries using the --enable-shared option

I have confirmed that various headers exists under /usr/include/ffmpeg, however they are under their own directories like below:

Code:

[root@zeus ffmpeg]# ls
libavcodec  libavdevice  libavformat  libavutil  libpostproc  libswscale

Solution: Copy the contents of each directory to the main ffmpeg directory like below:

Code:

[root@zeus ffmpeg]# cp /usr/include/ffmpeg/lib*/* /usr/include/ffmpeg/

Problem #2:

Code:

checking for ffmpeg libavcodec.so... configure: error: ffmpeg share libraries not found. Make sure you've built ffmpeg as shared libs using the --enable-shared option

If you are on 64bit and you are certain the shared lib in question exists under /usr/lib64, you will need to add the directory to /etc/ld.so.conf

Hope this helps anyone and everyone not to lose hairs.

swordfish · #2 (**permalink**) 07-21-2009, 02:27 AM

Thank for the tips jack1981!

Just to be clear to jack1981's post above, this is an installation attempt for the ffmpeg-php extension, the problems he encountered and solutions that worked for him and should for others as well.

zoticai+c · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 03:10 PM

Don't forget to issue `ldconfig` after making changes to ld.so.conf so the compiler accepts the changes as well.

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