The debian/rules file from mplayer's cvs sources has the following line: $(MAKE) prefix=$(prefix)/usr CONFDIR=$(prefix)/etc/mplayer DATADIR=$(prefix)/usr/share/mplayer MANDIR=$(prefix) /usr/share/man install I think needs to be the following (add LIBDIR) cuz otherwise, libdha and vidix/drivers' makefiles tries to install things in the wrong places when someone tries to build a package. $(MAKE) prefix=$(prefix)/usr CONFDIR=$(prefix)/etc/mplayer DATADIR=$(prefix)/usr/share/mplayer MANDIR=$(prefix) /usr/share/man LIBDIR=$(prefix)/usr/lib/mplayer install Thanks. Amy