[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg only works for one user.

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Aug 15 05:13:34 CEST 2013



Am 15.08.2013 05:05, schrieb Leonard Bogard:
>>> ~$ whereis ffmpeg
>>> ffmpeg: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
>>
>> No, it isn't the ffmpeg you installed follow the instruction at
>> http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuide . I have a
>> glance at this instruction, the correct ffmpeg here should
>> be: /home/INSTALL_USER/bin/ffmpeg .
>>
>> So, try "/home/INSTALL_USER/bin/ffmpeg" when login with
>> another user.
> 
> Simple solution. GAH!  Thanks, it worked

now ask yourself two things careful:

* why in the world has one user permission to the userhome of another one
  on your machine

* why do you use instructions installing in your userhome if you
  want to share the binary with other users?

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