Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3.0.1 and h263

[martin <martin knespel at>]

Ok, thanks! Thought I missed something ;-)
Will wait until it turns up.

Eugen Dedu wrote:
> martin wrote:
> > Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > martin wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Trying to install h263-codec into Ekiga 3.0.1, but have the slight 
> > > > feeling the instructions on wiki.ekiga.org / Additional Information 
> > > > are slightly out of date since 3.0.1.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using Debian Lenny, Gnome, Opal 3.4.2, Ptlib 2.4.2.
> > > >
> > > > Any hints? (Where can I get the opal-plugins for h263?)
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > First, you can install the unofficial .deb packages 
> > > (http://snapshots.ekiga.net).  (-snapshots will be available 
> > > tomorrow, but stable are already there).
> > >
> > > Second, to have 263 compiled by opal, the simplest method is to 
> > > install libavcodec-dev from www,multimedia-debian.org before building 
> > > opal.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the fast answer. However, I have some trouble in 
> > understanding the term "unofficial .deb packages" ;-)
>
> Hi,
>
> Unofficial means simply that these debs are not in the debian 
> distribution repository.
>
> > I downloaded and installed the packages I could find from 
> > http://snapshots.ekiga.net/snapshots/debian/ . However, the file 
> > libopal3.4.1-plugins-non-free, mentioned on the main-page, isn't in 
> > this directory (and there are no links from the main page). All other 
> > packages are there.
>
> You're right, I am sorry.  I'll do it in the next packaging.  Please 
> wait until tomorrow morning (or after tomorrow, I have an issue for the 
> moment, check with apt-get install ekiga-snapshot if the packages are 
> generated), when you can install the -snapshot packages, which contain 
> non-free too.
>
> > I am cautious about libavcodec-dev. These packages have a date of 
> > 20080414, my installed packages are from 20080706 - have the fear of 
> > breaking something.
>
> Then it's better to installed the snapshots, as wrote above.
>
> Cheers,