[FFmpeg-user] Problem with running configure while installing ffmpeg

[D Mahoney]

On 12/20/2012 01:55 AM, James Willie wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I am trying to install ffmpeg for the first time on my system. I do have
> the latest version from Git and when i run the configure command, i am
> getting the following error message:
>
> yasm not found, use --disable-yasm for a crippled build
>
> If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
> version from Git.  If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
> ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net.
> Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help
> solving the problem."
>
> The config.log file is attached to this email for your kind perusal.
>
> Any suggestion on what I should do to be able to move forward would be
> grateful.
>
> Thanks!
>
> James

You probably need to either
     yum install yasm
or
     apt-get install yasm