[SOLUTION] how to compile video4linux on Mageia

[timosch]

Hi
does Mageia1 support the video4linux api?

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[root@localhost vdr]# git clone git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git
Cloning into media_build...
remote: Counting objects: 1383, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (449/449), done.
remote: Total 1383 (delta 895), reused 1383 (delta 895)
Receiving objects: 100% (1383/1383), 335.56 KiB, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (895/895), done.
[root@localhost vdr]# cd media_build
[root@localhost media_build]# ./build
Checking if the needed tools for Mageia 1 are available
ERROR: please install "patch", otherwise, build won't work.
ERROR: please install "lsdiff", otherwise, build won't work.
ERROR: please install "Proc::ProcessTable", otherwise, build won't work.
I don't know distro Mageia 1. So, I can't provide you a hint with the package names.
Be welcome to contribute with a patch for media-build, by submitting a distro-specific hint
to linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Build can't procceed as 3 dependencies are missing at ./build line 229.


lsdiff = patchutils*.rpm
Proc::ProcessTable = perl-Proc-ProcessTable*.rpm

[doktor5000]

What have some missing programs on your installation to do with support of v4l? Also FWIW v4l is deprecated in favor of v4l2, which most programs are supporting nowadays.
Just install patch, patchutils and perl-Proc-ProcessTable and you can compile on ...

[timosch]

What have some missing programs on your installation to do with support of v4l? Also FWIW v4l is deprecated in favor of v4l2, which most programs are supporting nowadays.
Just install patch, patchutils and perl-Proc-ProcessTable and you can compile on ...

vdr 1.6.x and some older devices still need v4l v1 , would be stupid to expect all have brand new hardware, all new devices and vdr 1.7.xx work fine on v4l2

yes, as i wrote, this 3 apps and all is fine, this post is more like a hint, there is still no post/hint abt this topic here , no reason for panic, all fine Doc

[doktor5000]

No panic.

But why do you post a question, which has nothing to do with the actual problem in your post?

[timosch]

simply to let all those know the answer , asking and giving the answer same time and it can be found when someone is searching for and i bet there will be some folks in the future