Hi there
Im trying to install Xine and after downloading the tar files I've followed the instructions below:


Simple build instructions for beginners

Download the latest xine-lib and gxine/xine-ui tarballs, then follow these instruction. To unpack a tarball, use:

tar xfvz tarballname.tar.gz

The following instructions will install xine in /usr/local where it will be visible for all users. You need root privileges to do this on most systems.

After unpacking xine-lib, issue:

./configure
make install

Make sure your /etc/ld.so.conf contains /usr/local/lib and continue with:

ldconfig

Now unpack your frontend (gxine or xine-ui or ...), then:

./configure
make install


OK -I'm still a newbie but can do most of this. However, the line:

"Make sure your /etc/ld.so.conf contains /usr/local/lib and continue with:"

..has caused me a problem I went to /etc/ld.so.conf using Konqueror and it contains nothing! So, what do I do next? How do I make /etc/ld.so.conf contain /usr/local/lib

Sorry if this is obvious but I'm still learning. Your help would be appreciated.

Here is the details of what I've done so far in a terminal:

AHBlaptop:/home/adrian/Desktop/zlib-1.2.3/zlib-1.2.3 # ./configure
Checking for gcc...
Building static library libz.a version 1.2.3 with gcc.
Checking for unistd.h... Yes.
Checking whether to use vs[n]printf() or s[n]printf()... using vs[n]printf()
Checking for vsnprintf() in stdio.h... Yes.
Checking for return value of vsnprintf()... Yes.
Checking for errno.h... Yes.
Checking for mmap support... Yes.
AHBlaptop:/home/adrian/Desktop/zlib-1.2.3/zlib-1.2.3 # make install
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o adler32.o adler32.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o compress.o compress.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o crc32.o crc32.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o gzio.o gzio.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o uncompr.o uncompr.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o deflate.o deflate.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o trees.o trees.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o zutil.o zutil.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o inflate.o inflate.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o infback.o infback.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o inftrees.o inftrees.c
gcc -O3 -DUSE_MMAP -c -o inffast.o inffast.c
ar rc libz.a adler32.o compress.o crc32.o gzio.o uncompr.o deflate.o trees.o zutil.o inflate.o infback.o inftrees.o inffast.o
cp zlib.h zconf.h /usr/local/include
chmod 644 /usr/local/include/zlib.h /usr/local/include/zconf.h
cp libz.a /usr/local/lib
cd /usr/local/lib; chmod 755 libz.a
cd /usr/local/lib; if test -f libz.so.1.2.3; then \
rm -f libz.so libz.so.1; \
ln -s libz.so.1.2.3 libz.so; \
ln -s libz.so.1.2.3 libz.so.1; \
(ldconfig || true) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
fi
cp zlib.3 /usr/local/share/man/man3
chmod 644 /usr/local/share/man/man3/zlib.3
AHBlaptop:/home/adrian/Desktop/zlib-1.2.3/zlib-1.2.3 #

I just had another look at /etc/ld.so.conf and realised that I was looking at /etc/ld.so.conf.d ie the file has an extra .d after the name, I don't have a /etc/ld.so.conf file, just a /etc/ld.so.conf.d Is this relevant???