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diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi index ad0b13f1ed..a7b34b16a6 100644 --- a/doc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/faq.texi @@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ not a bug they should fix: Then again, some of them do not know the difference between an undecidable problem and an NP-hard problem... +@section I have installed this library with my distro's package manager. Why does @command{configure} not see it? + +Distributions usually split libraries in several packages. The main package +contains the files necessary to run programs using the library. The +development package contains the files necessary to build programs using the +library. Sometimes, docs and/or data are in a separate package too. + +To build FFmpeg, you need to install the development package. It is usually +called @file{libfoo-dev} or @file{libfoo-devel}. You can remove it after the +build is finished, but be sure to keep the main package. + @chapter Usage @section ffmpeg does not work; what is wrong? |