Can't install .deb, run .so or compile from source about libtas

[NarryG]

I've been fighting with this. Turns out libavcodec57 isn't available on Ubuntu 16.04. It's available on Ubuntu 17.10.1. You could probably build ffmpeg and libavcodec57 if you fight hard enough, but I just set up a 17.10.1 vm

[Jhynjhiruu]

I guess I could just update to 17.10.1, I feel like that would make other things easier too

[clementgallet]

As NarrG said, you need a recent version of ffmpeg that isn't available in Ubuntu 16.04. Also, you need Qt5 with at least version 5.6, and Ubuntu 16.04 is shipped with 5.5 (maybe this was the cause of the crash when compiling?). So yeah, the easiest way would be to update to 17.10. This should be resolved when the new LTS version 18.04 will be released.

I should indicate this on the Readme, because most users are using Ubuntu.

[Jhynjhiruu]

OK, I've updated to 17.10 and it's installing fine. Building from source still doesn't work though, and I need it compiled for 32 bit for a game I'm trying to TAS (the 64-bit version of this game crashes when opened in linTAS, so I'm trying the 32-bit version)

[NarryG]

What's the error you're getting when building?

Building the 32 bit version was an absolute hassle. Once I got all the dependencies set up, I found that QT doesn't like to serve the 32 bit libraries to cmake on a 64 bit system. I actually gave up fighting with it, spun up a 32bit vm, and compiled it there.

[Jhynjhiruu]

fatal error: sdl_ttf.h: No such file or directory
...I think
If you managed to get it to compile, could you just upload it here?

[clementgallet]

I think I will just drop the cross-compiling stuff and advise to get a 32-bit system/VM to run 32-bit games, this has been problematic for too many people.
If the 64-bit version crashed, there is little chance that the 32-bit version will work. You could post an issue about the crash here.

[clementgallet]

I added the requirement for Qt version in the CMake file, and advised use a virtual machine instead of trying to cross-compile (8f3348b).