where is your libx264.so.58 ?

[Michael Schwendt]

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 at fngi.net> 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.