BIF tool on newer linux Distros

[stevezau]

Hi,

Is it possible to get biftool complied with libavformat.so.58?

On the latest ubuntu distro libavformat.so.57 is not avi.

[rodrigodalri]

hi,

also needed this version compiled for new ubuntus, at least for 20.04 (focal)

[rodrigodalri]

Hi,

Is it possible to get biftool complied with libavformat.so.58?

On the latest ubuntu distro libavformat.so.57 is not avi.

hi stevezau,
if you're still in need of help, I have a workaround that worked for me

[sergsadovyi]

@rodrigodalri could you share the workaround?

[rodrigodalri]

@rodrigodalri could you share the workaround?

i just copied the libs and symlinks from an older ubuntu to my focal ubuntu (20.04)

[bdef]

as a note to probably future me, here's what worked for past me, in Ubuntu 20.04:

1. add bionic (Ubuntu 18.04) repos to /etc/apt/sources.list by adding these lines:
   deb http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main
   deb http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
   deb http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

2. sudo apt-get update

3. install needed libs
   sudo apt-get install libavformat57
   sudo apt-get install libswscale4

4. remove the lines from /etc/apt/sources.list you added in step 1

5. bif to your heart's content