Updated on 10 July 2017
Batch script to compile and install latest development version of smplayer:
#!/bin/bash #Install dependencies sudo apt build-dep smplayer sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev zlib1g-dev fakeroot build-essential devscripts debhelper g++ mplayer2 echo Checking out sources mkdir ~/src cd ~/src echo Removing old debs... rm *deb svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer/trunk/ smplayer svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer-skins/trunk/ smplayer-skins svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer-themes/trunk/ smplayer-themes echo Compiling everything... cd smplayer ./create_deb.sh cd .. cd smplayer-skins ./create_deb.sh cd .. cd smplayer-themes ./create_deb.sh cd .. echo Installing everything as root sudo dpkg -i smplayer*deb
Updated on 2 May, 2017
Compile the latest smplayer on Ubuntu(New):
We’ll be building smplayer, smplayer-themes, and smplayer-skins.
Install dependencies:
sudo apt build-dep smplayer sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev zlib1g-dev fakeroot build-essential devscripts debhelper g++ mplayer2
Get source from the svn and build each package:
mkdir ~/src cd ~/src svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer/trunk/ smplayer cd smplayer ./create_deb.sh svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer-skins/trunk/ smplayer-skins cd smplayer-skins ./create_deb.sh cd .. svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/smplayer/smplayer-themes/trunk/ smplayer-themes cd smplayer-themes ./create_deb.sh cd .. sudo dpkg -i smplayer*deb
Hurray, we’ve successfully built and installed the latest dev version of smplayer.
To update to latest version:
smplayer will notify new update releases. Once updated, we can compile new one:
svn update ./create_deb.sh sudo dpkg -i ../smplayer_17.5.0_amd64.deb
Note: I found that on playing, smplayer did not have any sound. I had to change my default audio device to pulse.
Options:Preferences:
Audio>Output driver: pulse
Older post:
First, download the latest smplayer tarball from the official site.
Eg:
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/smplayer/SMPlayer/16.9.0/smplayer-16.9.0.tar.bz2
Extract it:
tar jxf smplayer*bz2 cd smplayer*
Install essential prerequisites for building:
sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev zlib1g-dev fakeroot build-essential devscripts debhelper g++ mplayer2 sudo apt-get -f install
Now create the .deb package:
./create_deb.sh
Install the package:
sudo dpkg -i ../smplayer_16.9.0_amd64.deb
Alternately download the .deb after installing the prerequisites:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smplayer/files/Unstable/ubuntu/