Re: Running VLC

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thanks for the idea -- I will try that then.
I used pkgsrc to download and compile from source...

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 9:26 AM Михаил <mihailtorin20%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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> I've installed it from newest precompiled packages on official ftp that were available about month ago. System is netbsd current 9.99.80 at this moment
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> пт, 5 мар. 2021 г., 15:41 Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>:
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>> I installed with pkgsrc about a week ago.
>> I had to uninstall then re-install  several packages because an older
>> ver was already present. I also noticed that it compiled and updated
>> PERL -- why? That messed up pTk -- which required me to reinstall
>> pTk.
>>
>> How do I check if a required package failed to update?
>>
>>  "I'm running vlc (on current), installed from packages, ..."
>>
>> by "current" do you mean 'pkgsrc-current" ? I am
>> running the last release of pkgsrc from 2020
>> I think it came out in  in early Feb 2021.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 12:36 AM Михаил <mihailtorin20%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm running vlc (on current), installed from packages, everything works fine.
>> >
>> > чт, 4 мар. 2021 г., 5:40 Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>:
>> >>
>> >> VLC compiled fine. But I get many errors when I run it  -- biggest is
>> >> it cant find the
>> >> DVD and/or the CD. Is there a manual I should be seeing? Is anyone
>> >> else running VLC?