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jamespoo
Joined: 04 Feb 2018 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 20:33 Post subject:
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downloaded it from here http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-tahr/guvcview-1.7.1_tahr.pet
installed it but when i click on the program under multimedia nothing happens only the menu goes away i have tried about 5 times but it will never open
or is there another program i can try would be nice to be able to use the built in webcam on this netbook
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musher0

Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12067 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 20:39 Post subject:
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Hello, jamespoo.
1) What Pup are you using? 2) As well, please provide a summary of your hardware.
3) Now open a console and type:: Code: | ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not | This will tell if guvcview has any dependencies missing.
What do you see?
Relay the info for 1), 2) and 3) below: it will help us help you. Thanks.
BFN.
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jamespoo
Joined: 04 Feb 2018 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 20:53 Post subject:
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musher0 wrote: | Hello, jamespoo.
1) What Pup are you using? 2) As well, please provide a summary of your hardware.
3) Now open a console and type:: Code: | ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not | This will tell if guvcview has any dependencies missing.
What do you see?
Relay the info for 1), 2) and 3) below: it will help us help you. Thanks.
BFN. |
im running xenialpup 7.5 also i just installed google earth and that also will not open but all apps that came with xenialpup when i installed it open and work fine
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jamespoo
Joined: 04 Feb 2018 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 21:02 Post subject:
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i typed in ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not
it says
libavcodec.so.54 => not found
libavutil.so.52 => not found
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musher0

Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12067 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 21:30 Post subject:
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jamespoo wrote: | i typed in ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not
it says
libavcodec.so.54 => not found
libavutil.so.52 => not found |
There you go!!! That means that guvcview is missing those two libraries.
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I found something apparently compatible in the ffmpeg libraries at
https://centos.pkgs.org/6/linuxtech/ffmpeg-libs_1.1-1.1.5-2.el6.i686.rpm.html
and made them into a pet archive. Please download this special package
for-guvcview-jamespoo-0.1.pet from
http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/MmQkzHAC/file.html.
Then install the package and try running guvcview?
If those libraries have missing dependencies themselves, we'll have to do this a couple
more times... Or it may work the first time. Keep us posted?
BFN.
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jamespoo
Joined: 04 Feb 2018 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 21:37 Post subject:
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musher0 wrote: | jamespoo wrote: | i typed in ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not
it says
libavcodec.so.54 => not found
libavutil.so.52 => not found |
There you go!!! That means that guvcview is missing those two libraries.
~~~~~~~~~~
I found something apparently compatible in the ffmpeg libraries at
https://centos.pkgs.org/6/linuxtech/ffmpeg-libs_1.1-1.1.5-2.el6.i686.rpm.html
and made them into a pet archive. Please download this special package
for-guvcview-jamespoo-0.1.pet from
http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/MmQkzHAC/file.html.
Then install the package and try running guvcview?
If those libraries have missing dependencies themselves, we'll have to do this a couple
more times... Or it may work the first time. Keep us posted?
BFN. |
thanks installed it but app will still not open
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musher0

Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12067 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Sun 04 Feb 2018, 21:43 Post subject:
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Run Code: | ldd /usr/bin/guvcview | grep not | again to see if there is something other missing.
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Mike Walsh

Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 3576 Location: King's Lynn, UK.
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Posted: Mon 05 Feb 2018, 16:05 Post subject:
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Hallo, jamespoo. And 'Welcome' to the kennels.
Now then; do persevere with musher0's instructions. Guvcview is a worthwhile app to have in your arsenal. However, what I'm about to suggest is a kind of 'back-up' item, for which I have watchdog to thank. Have a look here:-
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=112299
VideoView is a single, pre-compiled binary. Now, I don't know what the author, one Luca Risolia, compiled it against, but it runs with absolutely every Pup you can think of. It's built around the FastLightToolkit, and is absolutely minute in size. A worthy app for Puppy; I was so impressed with it, I made it up into a wee package, 'cos I felt all Puppians should have the option to keep it in their own 'back-up' kits.....
Watchdog offered it up for inspection when I was trying to get SimpleScreenRecorder running in Racy 5.5 some time ago. I'm glad he did!
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I'm guessing, from the look of things, that you got this .pet from the Tahrpup page at Ibiblio, yes? I run guvcview in the earlier, 'beta' version of Xenialpup 7.5, 7.0.8.1, and I got it through the Puppy Package Manager; it'll pull the necessary dependencies in that way. If you'd installed it via the PPM, you wouldn't have had any problems, y'see.
When you obtain the packages from Ibiblio (which, incidentally, is where Quickpet gets them from), you're getting just the package (these are essentially the Puppy package 'lists'). Hence, why you're now embarking on a 'lib-chase'.....
Carry on with the good work, musher0!
Mike.
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musher0

Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12067 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Mon 05 Feb 2018, 17:11 Post subject:
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Thanks for the various reminders, Mike Walsh.
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bigpup

Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 10288 Location: Charleston S.C. USA
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Posted: Mon 05 Feb 2018, 18:01 Post subject:
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Quote: | im running xenialpup 7.5 also i just installed google earth and that also will not open |
xenialpup 7.5 this is the 32bit version.
Uninstall the Google Earth you have installed by using the Puppy Package Manager(PPM) Uninstall.
Reboot.
Look in Quickpet and see if it offers Google Earth.
If not there, get it from the Xenialpup 32bit repository.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-xenial/
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bigpup

Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 10288 Location: Charleston S.C. USA
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Posted: Mon 05 Feb 2018, 18:21 Post subject:
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guvcview
Uninstall what you installed by using PPM uninstall.
Good idea to update the database in PPM by clicking on configure>Update database>Update now
Do a search for it in PPM.
Download and install it using PPM.
It should download and install all needed dependencies.
It works for me in Xenialpup64 7.5 by installing from PPM.
I installed Code: | guvcview_2.0.2+debian-3 |
I will assume it will have a 32 bit version listed in the PPM in Xenialpup 7.5
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musher0

Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12067 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
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Posted: Tue 06 Feb 2018, 06:11 Post subject:
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Sorry if I lead you in a more difficult direction, jamespoo.
It will be better if you uninstall whatever you have installed and follow bigpup's advice:
re-install guvcview from PPM.
BFN.
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