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I'm trying to install Lame on Amazon Linux. I've downloaded lame-3.99.5.tar.gz, uploaded it to the server, and tried to install it.

I followed this example:

  1. make sure you have the tools necessary to build from source:

    yum update

    yum install gcc gcc-c++ automake autoconf libtool yasm nasm git subversion

  2. Get the tarball for version you want here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/

  3. upload the tarball somewhere on your server
  4. cd /path/to/lame-3.99.5 (or whatever version you downloaded)
  5. ./configure
  6. make && make install
  7. ldconfig

Steps 6 results in errors:

test -z "/usr/local/lib" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/lib"
 /bin/sh ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libmp3lame.la '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0': Permission denied
make[3]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/test/lame/lame-3.99.5/libmp3lame'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/test/lame/lame-3.99.5/libmp3lame'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/test/lame/lame-3.99.5/libmp3lame'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

This is executed using sudo. I've tried to repeat this as root, and then no errors returned.

Step 7 returns nothing, but maybe that's how it should work?

When I try to run lame I get command not found.

How can I get lame running?

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SPRBRN
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    Not tempted to just use the rpm? – Chopper3 Oct 13 '16 at 11:36
  • Any method that works is fine, whether it's yum, rpm, rpmforge or from source. But I'm not sure what rpm to use with Amazon Linux. I regret not having used Centos, but this is what I have to use for the moment. – SPRBRN Oct 13 '16 at 11:40
  • It is essentially RHEL/Centos – Chopper3 Oct 13 '16 at 11:41
  • Essentially yes, but still... When I google for `rpm lame` I get the following page https://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=lame My best guess here is `Mageia Cauldron for x86_64` or `Mageia 5 for x86_64`, but this makes me unsure. I'm not that familiar with installing via RPM. I suppose this is about Centos 5 or 6? Our Amazon Linux is updated to the last version. – SPRBRN Oct 13 '16 at 11:50
  • I don't know lame too well, just try one, it'll either work or not. – Chopper3 Oct 13 '16 at 11:51

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You encountered the error Permission denied installing lame when running make install.

This happened because the make install tried to create the file /usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 and could not do so, as shown in your error message.

/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0': Permission denied

This step in the process needs to be run with sudo, i.e.:

sudo make install
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Looks like it has installed fine, but in the prefix of /usr/local/bin - it's likely that this prefix is not on your run PATH.

Try calling it explicitly: /usr/local/bin/lame

If that works, then just add /usr/local/bin to your PATH.

usually in ~/.bashrc add...

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin

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