Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Actually I located the correct libs on the site below and they are FSF copyrighted according to the files themselves. I have to assume the actual code is not pirated at this point as they are being distributed with the FSF disclaimer included.On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 14:00:18 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:30:57PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 23:18:53 +1100, Rob Weir wrote:Debian contains no MP3 encoders due to patent issues,Not even in non-us?The patent is not US-specific.OK, so perhaps one would need another section for countries where software patents are not protected.
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/jacobi/linux/softwares.html#mp3libThat aside I have compiled and installed them and tried to compile the cvs from mplayer using mplayer-update ( this is distributed as a .deb file by the author and is GPL copyrighted)
I am still getting the error message indicated in the output snippet below.make[3]: Entering directory `/root/.mplayer-update/sources/mplayerxp-20030227/codecs/mp3lib' install -D -m 755 -s -p libMP3.so /root/.mplayer-update/sources/mplayerxp-20030227/debian/mplayerxp/usr/bin/libMP3.so
install: cannot stat `libMP3.so': No such file or directory make[3]: *** [install] Error 1make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/.mplayer-update/sources/mplayerxp-20030227/codecs/mp3lib'
make[2]: *** [install] Error 2make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/.mplayer-update/sources/mplayerxp-20030227/codecs'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/.mplayer-update/sources/mplayerxp-20030227'
make: *** [install] Error 2 debuild: fatal error at line 456: dpkg-buildpackage failed! ko : returned value 29The experiences of anyone who has been successful in getting this or something similar to compile are VERY welcome. I do not very often have to venture outside of debian to meet my needs and this is well outside my range of experienc.
Thanks! -- John Foster