[solved] ERROR: libx264 not found

DrZaius · 2010-07-01 07:00:07

x264 seems to install fine. FFmpeg complains that it can't find libx264 when I use makepkg and the PKGBUILDs below. However, FFmpeg will find libx264 if:

* --enable-shared is added to the x264 PKGBUILD, or
* ./configure (with the same options from the FFmpeg PKGBUILD below) is run manually

This used to work for me until I upgraded the system on June 27 (x86_64). The last previous upgrade was June 10. I can also duplicate this on a new Arch VM.

Questions
Why can FFmpeg not find a static libx264 when using makepkg?
Why does a manual FFmpeg ./configure find libx264, but makepkg does not?

To Duplicate
1. Install x264 using this PKGBUILD (adapted from x264-git, but without --enable-shared):

pkgname=x264-git
pkgver=20100605
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('GPL')
depends=('glibc')
makedepends=('git' 'yasm')
url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html"
conflicts=('x264')
provides=("x264=$pkgver")
source=()
md5sums=()

_gitroot="git://git.videolan.org/x264.git"
_gitname="x264"

build() {
  cd $srcdir
  msg "Connecting to the GIT server...."
  
  if [[ -d $srcdir/$_gitname ]] ; then
    cd $_gitname
    git pull origin
    msg "The local files are updated."
  else
    git clone $_gitroot
  fi
  
  msg "GIT checkout done"
  msg "Starting make..."
  
  rm -rf $srcdir/$_gitname-build
  git clone $srcdir/$_gitname $srcdir/$_gitname-build
  
  cd $srcdir/$_gitname-build

  ./configure --prefix=/usr || return 1
  
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
  
  rm -rf $srcdir/$_gitname-build
}

2. Install FFmpeg using this PKGBUILD (adapted from ffmpeg-svn, but pruned of many non-libx264 related dependencies and options):

# Contributor: raubkopierer <mail[dot]sensenmann[at]googlemail[dot]com>

pkgname=ffmpeg-svn
pkgver=23482
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/"
license=('GPL')
depends=('sdl' 'zlib' 'x264-git>=20100605')
makedepends=('subversion')
provides=("ffmpeg=`date +%Y%m%d`" "qt-faststart")
conflicts=('ffmpeg')
source=()
md5sums=()

_svntrunk=svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk
_svnmod=ffmpeg

build() {
  cd "$srcdir"

  if [ -d $_svnmod/.svn ]; then
    (cd $_svnmod && svn up -r $pkgver)
  else
    svn co $_svntrunk --config-dir ./ -r $pkgver $_svnmod
  fi

  msg "SVN checkout done or server timeout"
  msg "Starting make..."

  rm -rf "$_svnmod-build"
  mkdir "$_svnmod-build"
  cd "$_svnmod-build"

  "$srcdir/$_svnmod/configure" \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-pthreads \
  --arch=`uname -m` \
  || return 1

  make || return 1
  make doc/ff{mpeg,play,server}.1 || return 1

  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install || return 1
  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install-man || return 1

  make tools/qt-faststart || return 1
  cp -a tools/qt-faststart $pkgdir/usr/bin
}

FFmpeg should complain with ERROR: libx264 not found. I added the config.log to pastebin.

Last edited by DrZaius (2010-07-01 17:51:22)

wonder · 2010-07-01 08:22:41

it might be because of LDFLAGS. do unset LDFLAGS before configure in ffmpeg

DrZaius · 2010-07-01 17:50:53

Thanks. You're right and it works now. I added:

export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS//-Wl,--as-needed}"

as shown here: [solved] New LDFLAGS default broke at least one AUR package for me.

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#1 2010-07-01 07:00:07

[solved] ERROR: libx264 not found

#2 2010-07-01 08:22:41

Re: [solved] ERROR: libx264 not found

#3 2010-07-01 17:50:53

Re: [solved] ERROR: libx264 not found

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