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Old 01-26-2007
Completing ffmpeg installation
Hello.

i am new to unix, though have quite a substantial background of other systems.
i recently installed ffmpeg and mencoder on a unix server, which holds a website, in order to use these programs from the website.

after installation, i can activate both commands directly using putty,
no matter what my current working library is.
but, when i try to run it from the website (i have a php script that uses exec('ffmprg ..')) i get the following message in the apache error log:

sh: /ffmpeg: No such file or directory

the program was installed in usr/local/lib. does this mean it can function only for the user who installed it? how do i make it accessible to all users?
also, why is the '/' coming before the 'ffmpeg' in the message? (it is not written in the script). does this have any relation to the problem?
i've been fighting with this for hours now, and i am sure it's a stupid newbie mistake. please help me.
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Old 01-29-2007
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Originally Posted by noamon
the program was installed in usr/local/lib. does this mean it can function only for the user who installed it? how do i make it accessible to all users?
It means that not all users may have it in their PATH.

When running ./configure, be sure to give it the correct PREFIX. That tells it where to install.
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also, why is the '/' coming before the 'ffmpeg' in the message? (it is not written in the script). does this have any relation to the problem?
No idea. Show us the script.
 
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