Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3.0.1 and h263

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

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 are slightly out of date since 3.0.1.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,
--
Eugen