On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote: > Kam Leo wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Tom Poe <tompoe@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I'm not able to install ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.10.20080214.fc8.i386.rpm > >> because it doesn't see my libx264.so.58 file in /usr/lib/. > >> > >> Can someone check their FC8 werewolf and let me know where to place a copy? > >> Tom > >> > >> > > > > # locate libx264 > > /usr/lib/libx264.so.56 > > > > # rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib/libx264.so.56 > > x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8 > > > > > This is really weird. /usr/lib is in my $PATH Uh, what? /usr/lib does not belong into your $PATH. > and libx264.so.58 is in /usr/lib. Doesn't matter. All that matters is whether it is in your RPM database: rpm --query --whatprovides libx264.so.58 > Can I force the install, or does that just push the problem > down the road a bit? In case you mean --nodeps and not --force, yes, it is made for cases like that. But preferably, you install the missing library as an RPM package. http://rpm.livna.org has them.
