Gaming Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version #b31d

Chapter 5. Wine

x264-20240812

Introduction to x264

x264 package provides a library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

Package Information

x264 Dependencies

Recommended

NASM-2.16.03

Optional

ffms2, gpac or liblsmash

Installation of x264

Install x264 by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-shared \
            --disable-cli &&

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

lib32 Installation of x264

First clean the directory: 

make distclean

Install lib32-x264 by running the following commands: 

CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"         \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --libdir=/usr/lib32      \
            --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
            --enable-shared          \
            --disable-cli &&

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install     &&
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                        &&
ldconfig

Command Explanations

--disable-cli: This switch disables building the command-line encoder which is redundant since it requires FFmpeg for most of the input formats.

--disable-asm: Use this switch if you didn't install NASM.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libx264.so
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

libx264.so

provides the functions used to encode video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format