[MPlayer-users] How to set mplayer binary file name when compiling CVS

n0dalus n0dalus at gmail.com
Sat Nov 12 07:28:12 CET 2005


On 11/12/05, Mustafa Abbasi <lordverminard at gmail.com> wrote:
> is it possible to set the name of the binary file when compiling mplayer.
> i notice this in the ./configure output.
> i tried to find a flag in ./configure help but could not find any.
> i want this to be able to differrentiate b/e the different version i have on
> my comp.

This doesn't answer your initial question, but you can just use
symbolic links to be able to easily differentiate between binaries in
different dirs:
`ln -s /someplace/bin/mplayer /otherplace/bin/mplayer_x`

n0dalus.




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