mjpegtools install problem

[jorj]

I was attempting to get DVDStyler, as described by Marcel Gagne and found that it is dependent on mjpegtools.
I tried to compile mjpegtools, but ran into so many problems that I am not equipped to handle. So I down loaded the "debian" version from debian-multimedia ( formerlly the nerim marillat site ). It showed up in synaptic after apt-get update. But when I try to install it I get the following error message in synaptic:

Depends: aalib1 (>= 1.2)
Depends: slang1 (>1.4.9dbs-4) but it is not installable

On further investigation I find that these are virtual packages. I found a debian version of slang, but it was in Japanese.

So my home movie editing is at a "virtual" standstill. Does anyone have a solution to the mjpegtools installation problem?

I have kino and dvdauthor so maybe I don't need it, but I thought it would be nice to try.

jorj

[bhobjj]

I use Videotrans (http://videotrans.sourceforge.net/) it is a set of scripts for creating DVDs. It is dependent on Dvdauthor and Mplayer (mencoder).

This is available as Debian packages.

I found a debian version of slang, but it was in Japanese.
If you need it for compiling a program, then you shold be installing libslang1-dev.

[uteck]

You could try running apt-get from the command line to get more feedback on what the errors are.
become root, or use sudo;
apt-get install slang1
It may be that it is dependant on an updated version of something that you have installed, and apt will not upgrade it for you.

[jorj]

I ran apt-get install slang1 and this is the reply:

debiandesk:/home/jorj# apt-get install slang1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package slang1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
libslang1
E: Package slang1 has no installation candidate

Which is really not very helpful to me, but that may be my fault.

With regards to Videotrans; It relies on MPlayer, which I have had no luck installing. I'll try alien with RPM and see if it works better.

jorj

[uteck]

However the following packages replace it:
libslang1
E: Package slang1 has no installation candidate


Did you try installing libslang1?
This may be a bug in the dependencies of DVDstyler if it saying slang1 and not libslang1. If it is still hanging up after installing libslang1, you can try to force DVDstyler to install, or contact the packager that he has the wrong dependency.