View Full Version : How do u call up the Bourne shell($)
Smoke187
02-21-2004, 09:42 PM
I've been trying to install filmgimp for the past few weeks. I wanna make the root installation but the firsts 4 lines start with a $, does it mean I have to call the Bourne shell?
fingers99
02-21-2004, 10:00 PM
I'm not sure why you're doing it from source. Anyway, filmgimp is now CinePaint. There are debs available:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/cinepaint.html
If you're in the command line, you're already in bash (the Bourne Again SHell) . There's no way you want to use the old Bourne Shell.
The root prompt looks different to the user prompt (usually). I have (as myself): john@niglo:~$
as root
root@niglo:/home/john#
But it looks to me as though you're reading part of an installation script.
Exactly what are you reading and what are you seeing?
Smoke187
02-21-2004, 10:27 PM
It's from the install text wich tells me how to install cinepaint, but anyways it's not what I need, I need a program that will allow me convert avi to kvcd.
fingers99
02-21-2004, 10:46 PM
I think kvcd is just a sort of template for cramming as much mpeg as possible onto a vcd.
What you need -- what I need, too -- is a method of converting .avi to .mpeg. I'm happy enough being able to stuff 45 minutes of Buffy on a vcd. :wink:
I think the answer is transcode, but the manpage is truly frightening.
Any takers?
fingers99
02-21-2004, 11:11 PM
In the meantime, some useful looking stuff here:
http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/html/
http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/
boudie
02-23-2004, 10:23 PM
Noticed this in mplayer docs (never tried)
mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video \
-oac copy [other options] media.avi -o output.mpg
fingers99
02-24-2004, 05:52 AM
That does look interesting. I'd completely forgotten about memcoder!
I just tried it on an .avi ripped from a dvd and it works just fine: file length is reduced, too! Now all I need is someone to lend me all their Buffy DVDs and ........ :wink: Many thanks!
In the meantime, the aswer to the previous question:
I think you're seeing "something" like
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
and here the "$" just indicates that you're in the shell. You can literally copy and paste the rest.
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