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libming - Library for generating Macromedia Flash files (.swf) ChangeLog

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http://www.libming.org/

HOWTO

# Libming 0.4.0.beta5
# ===================
# Prerequisites:
# Python
# Perl
# PHP: Apache 1.x, Apache 2.x
# Tcl
# bison
# flex
# XFree86 or X.org
# freetype
# libungif
# libpng
# zlib

cd
test -f installed/ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://downloads.sf.net/ming/ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ming-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2
cd ming-0.4.0.beta5
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# To enable the Perl extension, pass --enable-perl to configure
# To enable the PHP extension, pass --enable-php to configure
# To enable the Python extension, pass --enable-python to configure
# To enable the Tcl extension, pass --enable-tcl to configure

./configure
make

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove old library files, install it
rm -f /usr/local/lib/libming.*
make install
ldconfig

# Make sure your non-root user can remove the source later
chown -R $USER .
chmod -R u+w .

# Become yourself again
exit

cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/ming-*.tar.*
mv ming-0.4.0.beta5.tar.bz2 installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall Ming, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/ming-* && ( cd src/ming-* ; make uninstall )
( cd /usr/local/bin ; rm -f dbl2png gif2dbl gif2mask listaction \
listaction_d listfdb listjpeg listmp3 listswf listswf_d makefdb makeswf \
ming-config offt png2dbl png2swf raw2adpcm swftocxx swftoperl swftophp \
swftopython swftotcl ttft )
( cd /usr/local/include ; rm -f ming.h ming_config.h mingpp.h )
rm -f /usr/local/lib/libming.* \
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libming.pc \
/usr/local/share/man/man1/makeswf.1
( cd /usr/local/share/man/man3 ; rm -f Ming_*.3 SWFMovie_*.3 \
destroySWFMovie.3 newSWFMovie.3 newSWFMovieWithVersion.3 )
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ming-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/ming-*.tar.*