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nolanpro
May 21st, 2009, 01:08 AM
I have a very customised/patched version of FFMpeg that I use often and compiled from source, but because of its patchwork, some features don't work right.

I'd like to keep it but also install a nice, clean, stable version (like what I would get from #sudo apt-get install ffmpeg).

Does anyone know how I can do this without overwriting anything? I'm good with putting it in a different folder, maybe under my home dir, and aliasing it from /usr/bin so I could call it ffmpeg2.

Or, I'm also ok with calling it from its root path like /home/me/clean-ffmpeg/ffmpeg [opt....]

Thanks!

FakeOutdoorsman
May 25th, 2009, 03:20 AM
Did you try using checkinstall with your compiled FFmpeg? This will create a "clean" install.

HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095)