How to build and install latest SimpleScreenRecorder from git?
I got this working with some help from the developer. First, the dev said that my version of ffmpeg was fine. He also clarified that if the output of simple-build-and-install
includes 'Configuring 32-bit GLInject library' (i.e., if you manage to get to that point in the build process) it means that the 64-bit build portion is OK. That means the solution is to use his symlink workaround.
Below are my exact steps.
Note that I skipped one step recommended by the developer. I skipped it because the target link already existed and I wanted to try it without changing that link. (It worked.)
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config qt4-qmake libqt4-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev g++-multilib ia32-libs
cd /workspaces/ (or any path you choose - see note below)
git clone https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr.git (in my case the project path is /workspaces/ssr/)
sudo mkdir /usr/lib32/fglrx/
cd /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
sudo ln -s libGL.so.1 /usr/lib32/fglrx/libGL.so # only for proprietary AMD drivers!
# SKIP: sudo ln -s fglrx/libGL.so /usr/lib32/libGL.so # only for proprietary AMD drivers!
sudo ln -s libGLU.so.1 libGLU.so
sudo ln -s libX11.so.6 libX11.so
sudo ln -s libXext.so.6 libXext.so
sudo ln -s libXfixes.so.3 libXfixes.so
sudo ldconfig
cd /path/to/ssr (will be the ssr directory under `/workspaces/` in my example)
$ ./simple-build-and-install
The final result:
Running post-install script ...
Done.
So I ran it and it didn't crash! :-) That was the first big change.
Then I tested it. I used all default settings. And the recorded screencast looked and sounded really good!!! I'm extremely pleased. The software is easy to use and it works great.
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I want to install SimpleScreenRecorder (SSR) from git as recommended by the developer. The binary version crashes and it is possible that the git version already has the fixes for my crash problem.
Main page - SimpleScreenRecorder - Maarten Baert's website
Unfortunately, I can't get the current/latest git version to build on Ubuntu. The instructions are found here: https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr
In those instructions, the dev says, " If the 32-bit build fails because libraries are missing, but 64-bit works fine, read the instructions above again :)." That seems to be my problem, but reading the instructions again hasn't clarified my problem. So I am asking here.
Instructions:
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config qt4-qmake libqt4-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev g++-multilib ia32-libs
If the 32-bit version of some library isn't found, but 64-bit works fine, try this:
cd /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ sudo ln -s libGL.so.1 mesa/libGL.so sudo ln -s mesa/libGL.so libGL.so sudo ln -s libGLU.so.1 libGLU.so sudo ln -s libX11.so.6 libX11.so sudo ln -s libXext.so.6 libXext.so sudo ln -s libXfixes.so.3 libXfixes.so sudo ldconfig
The dev says:
I don't know whether this is the right way to do it, but it works for me. If you are using a proprietary driver, the location of libGL will be different. In that case, use 'libGL.so' instead of 'mesa/libGL.so'. Compiling and installing
NOTE: I do have a proprietary (fglrx) video driver. I think it might be found here (based on what I see in the xorg.log):
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
However, I need specific help on this step!
If you have installed SimpleScreenRecorder as a package from a repository, you should uninstall that version first to avoid conflicts. If you don't do this, the two versions may overwrite each other or use the wrong version of the GLInject library.
The simplest way to compile and install everything is to run:
./simple-build-and-install
This will compile the 64-bit main program and library, and then the 32-bit library. If the 32-bit build fails because libraries are missing, but 64-bit works fine, read the instructions above again :).
That seems to be my main problem. The error I see is:
configure: error: required library missing
However, I also see this:
Detecting ffmpeg/libav ... Detected ffmpeg.
That concerns me because ffmpeg is a custom compiled version and I doubt it has the required options... although I did enable libx264 and maybe that is enough. I don't know. Here's the relevant ffmpeg info:
$ ffmpeg -version ffmpeg version 0.10.8-7:0.10.8-1~precise1 built on Sep 5 2013 14:56:20 with gcc 4.6.3 configuration: --arch=amd64 --disable-stripping --enable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-version='7:0.10.8-1~precise1' --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --enable-bzlib --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-zlib --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-libcdio --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil 51. 35.100 / 51. 35.100 libavcodec 53. 61.100 / 53. 61.100 libavformat 53. 32.100 / 53. 32.100 libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100 libavfilter 2. 61.100 / 2. 61.100 libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100 libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100 libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100
Here is the entire SSR build log:
$ ./simple-build-and-install Detecting ffmpeg/libav ... Detected ffmpeg. Detecting x86/x64 ... x86/x64 = 1 Configuring ... checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for ar... ar checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64 checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking for a sed that does not truncate output... (cached) /bin/sed checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for QT4... yes checking for moc-qt4... /usr/bin/moc-qt4 checking for rcc-qt4... no checking for rcc... /usr/bin/rcc checking for uic-qt4... /usr/bin/uic-qt4 checking for clock_gettime in -lrt... yes checking for dlfcn.h... (cached) yes checking for dlsym in -ldl... yes checking libavformat/avformat.h usability... yes checking libavformat/avformat.h presence... yes checking for libavformat/avformat.h... yes checking for av_guess_format in -lavformat... yes checking libavcodec/avcodec.h usability... yes checking libavcodec/avcodec.h presence... yes checking for libavcodec/avcodec.h... yes checking for avcodec_find_encoder_by_name in -lavcodec... yes checking libavutil/avutil.h usability... yes checking libavutil/avutil.h presence... yes checking for libavutil/avutil.h... yes checking libavutil/mathematics.h usability... yes checking libavutil/mathematics.h presence... yes checking for libavutil/mathematics.h... yes checking for av_rescale_q in -lavutil... yes checking libswscale/swscale.h usability... yes checking libswscale/swscale.h presence... yes checking for libswscale/swscale.h... yes checking for sws_scale in -lswscale... yes checking X11/Xlib.h usability... yes checking X11/Xlib.h presence... yes checking for X11/Xlib.h... yes checking for X11/Xutil.h... yes checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... yes checking for X11/extensions/Xfixes.h... yes checking for XFixesGetCursorImage in -lXfixes... yes checking for X11/extensions/XShm.h... yes checking for XShmCreateImage in -lXext... yes checking alsa/asoundlib.h usability... yes checking alsa/asoundlib.h presence... yes checking for alsa/asoundlib.h... yes checking for snd_pcm_open in -lasound... yes checking pulse/context.h usability... yes checking pulse/context.h presence... yes checking for pulse/context.h... yes checking for pa_context_new in -lpulse... yes checking GL/gl.h usability... yes checking GL/gl.h presence... yes checking for GL/gl.h... yes checking for GL/glext.h... yes checking for GL/glx.h... yes checking for glPushAttrib in -lGL... yes checking GL/glu.h usability... yes checking GL/glu.h presence... yes checking for GL/glu.h... yes checking for gluErrorString in -lGLU... yes checking that generated files are newer than configure... done configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating data/Makefile config.status: creating glinject/Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: config.h is unchanged config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands Compiling ... make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/workspaces/ssr/build' Making all in data make[2]: Entering directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/data' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/data' Making all in glinject make[2]: Entering directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/glinject' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/glinject' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/src' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/workspaces/ssr/build/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/workspaces/ssr/build' make[2]: Leaving directory `/workspaces/ssr/build' make[1]: Leaving directory `/workspaces/ssr/build' Configuring 32-bit GLInject library ... checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc -m32 checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc -m32 accepts -g... yes checking for gcc -m32 option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking whether gcc -m32 understands -c and -o together... yes checking dependency style of gcc -m32... gcc3 checking for ar... ar checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc -m32... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc -m32 object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -m32 -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc -m32 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc -m32 option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc -m32 PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc -m32 static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc -m32 supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc -m32 supports -c -o file.o... 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Karel Bílek over 8 years"Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate" ... well that's what I got. edit: oh, this is from 2013. I did not notice