Problem with VLC LAN under 4.0 64bit Porteus.

[Kulle]

I have created the module vlc-3.0.3-x86_64-1alien.xzm
Then I tried one after the Libs:
libidn-1.30-x86_64-1.xzm
libidn-1.34-x86_64-1_slack14.2.xzm
perl-Net-LibIDN-0.12-x86_64-1_slonly.xzm

!! Everything didn't work. !!
Always the same error message:
Libidn. So. 12: Cannot open Shared object file: No such file or directory
I'm desperate, Can anyone help?
Thank you very much.

[Ed_P]

Try this one: 3.2.1 vlc-2.2.4 (non-kde)

[Kulle]

Thanks for the note.
But the module vlc-2.2.4_bundle_non-kde-x86_64-1bp.xzm
does not work!
When I click "Media Open File", VLC crashes !

[Kulle]

Google search Result:
libidn.so.12 is part of the package libidn-1.35-x86_64.txz
But (!)
usm -g libidn-1.35-x86_64.txz
Error message: Nothing found for: libidn-1.35-x86_64.txz
And now ??
The module vlc-3.0.3-x86_64-1alien.xzm required libidn.so.12

[Ed_P]

Try a different version.

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root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -g vlc

 The following items were found.
 Choose an number to confirm. 
 ctrl+c to quit

1) vlc-2.2.4-x86_64-1gv.txz	  3) vlc-3.0.3-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
2) vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-1alien.txz	  4) vlc2-2.2.8-x86_64-2alien.txz
#? ^[

[Kulle]

Many thanks.
I have chosen the latest version vlc-3.0.3-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
There were a very (!) lot of dependencies!
And at the end:
FATAL ERROR! resolve_deps 369
Please wait 6 hours for the next database update.

Why is Linux so complicated??
I never had such difficulties on Windows.
The above problem is only: missing libidn.so.12
That would have to be solvable?
Does anyone know how to add the missing library program?
Thanks for the help.

[Ed_P]

I have chosen the latest version vlc-3.0.3-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
There were a very (!) lot of dependencies!
And at the end:
FATAL ERROR! resolve_deps 369
Please wait 6 hours for the next database update.

Did you do a USM update before using it?
Did you tweak your USM mirrors?

Why is Linux so complicated??
I never had such difficulties on Windows.

Linux has many more independent facets than Windows.

[donald]

@ Kulle
Hi
I tried to build the "vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-1alien.xzm" module via USM...
It took several attempts to get past the "FATAL ERROR! resolve_deps 369" error.
(selecting different packages)

These packages did finaly build the module and doesn't show the "libidn.so.12" error.
But the size of the module is grotesque...

The list:

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glew-1.13.0-x86_64-1.txz
gst-plugins-base-1.6.4-x86_64-1.txz
gstreamer-1.6.4-x86_64-1.txz
hunspell-1.3.3-x86_64-1.txz
icu4c-56.1-x86_64-2.txz
jasper-1.900.1-x86_64-5.txz
jemalloc-3.6.0-x86_64-1.txz
judy-1.0.5-x86_64-1.txz
libinput-1.11.1-x86_64-2_slonly.txz
libiodbc-3.52.10-x86_64-2.txz
libunistring-0.9.3-x86_64-1.txz
libvisual-0.4.0-x86_64-3.txz
libvncserver-0.9.10-x86_64-2.txz
libwacom-0.30-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
libxkbcommon-0.8.0-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
mariadb-10.0.26-x86_64-1.txz
qt5-5.7.1-x86_64-1alien.txz
vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-1alien.txz
wayland-1.12.0-x86_64-1_slonly.txz
xcb-util-image-0.4.0-x86_64-2.txz
xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0-x86_64-2.txz
xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9-x86_64-2.txz
xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-x86_64-2.txz

[Kulle]

Thank you Donald,
I've tried that now too,
It took a very long time and it crashed just before the end.

There is a version for KDE :
VLC 3.0.2 for Porteus 4.0 KDE
vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-kde-jss.xzm (14MB)

Size only 14 MB !

It should be possible also for Xfce to create such a module ??
Can anyone help?
thank you

[donald]

Size only 14 MB !
It should be possible also for Xfce to create such a module ??

I don't think so.
QT is the underlying framework in KDE, but GTK in XFCE.

Assembling a VLC module for XFCE needs all the QT stuff and more..

At the end the module will run, but the size is...ridiculous...
and I have no idea what to take out to make it significant smaller without
losing functionality...

[Kulle]

I have downloaded all 23 files from https://slackware.pkgs.org:
vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-1alien.txz
and the 22 lib-files
glew-1.13.0-x86_64-1.txz ... xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-x86_64-2.txz

All 23 files in one folder.

Is there any way from all files to build a single XZM module?
I think that will be possible. But how?
Thanks for the help

[donald]

Is there any way from all files to build a single XZM module?

Example:
all *.txz files put into /tmp/bla
create a 2nd folder named /tmp/vlc

The commands (as root) are:

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for pkgs in /tmp/bla/*.txz; do installpkg -root /tmp/vlc $pkgs; done

After this step you can review the content of the "vlc" folder and change/delete files/folders
you dont want in the final module.
(but you should be sure about what you're doing)

When happy with the content use this command to build the final module.

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dir2xzm /tmp/vlc /tmp/vlc-bundle.xzm

You should find the vlc-bundle.xzm in /tmp

Tip
If you are low on RAM, place the *.txz files into a folder outside the live-filesystem
and adjust the command path accordingly.

[jssouza]

There is a version for KDE :
VLC 3.0.2 for Porteus 4.0 KDE
vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-kde-jss.xzm (14MB)

Size only 14 MB !

It should be possible also for Xfce to create such a module ??
Can anyone help?
thank you

Kulle, you can try activating qt5-base-5.9.5-x86_64-jss.xzm from Qt 5.9.5 for Porteus 4.0 along with vlc-3.0.2-x86_64-kde-jss.xzm to satisfy qt dependencies.

[tome]

Some unofficial VLC versions in AppImage format:
https://github.com/icflorescu/vlc-3-appimage/releases
https://github.com/darealshinji/vlc-AppImage/releases
https://github.com/anupam-git/vlc-appimage/releases
(I did not test it)

[Kulle]

Thank you tome for the information.
But the unofficial VLC versions in AppImage format do not work.
The first program:
error while loading shared libraries: /home/guest/Downloads/usr/bin/../lib/libvlc.so.5: file too short
The second program:
error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The third programm:
error while loading shared libraries: /home/guest/Downloads/usr/bin/../lib/libvlc.so.5: file too short

But: file too short??
What to do?