Core/TinyCore/CorePlus 6.2 Still needs libiconv.

[core-user]

As the title, libiconv still needed to get vlc up & running, been like this since 5.4. 
Please move libiconv from 5.4 into 6.2 repos, otherwise people will complain again. 

[Juanito]

..and has been said twice now, vlc is in the task queue to be recompiled so it doesn't need libiconv

[core-user]

In the mean time, I have posted a mini howto in the Tips & Tricks section.....

[Juanito]

vlc (and much of the stuff it depends on) recompiled and posted

[coreplayer2]

Thanks Juanito for vlc, it's the go to app for most all AV files.

Only thing is VLC loads from the terminal and runs but complains of missing dep which are not listed in the dep file
icu.tcz

Additionally,  qt4 interface error: Unable to load extensions module.  Not sure which extension module qt4 is looking for or if this is an issue or not,
missing vlc-plugin-lua perhaps??  or not compiled with it..?
 

[gerald_clark]

Did you update deps?

[coreplayer2]

thanks,..  am not sure in which order i did the update deps and update vlc?  let me check that

[coreplayer2]

ok I ran update deps

when vlc is loaded the dep icu.tcz  does not get loaded and is not listed as a dep of any of vlc deps

Unable to load library icui18n "Cannot load library icui18n: icui18n: cannot open shared object file: etc. etc.


When I load icu manually there is no issue, but not sure if icu is a direct dep of VLC or of one of it's deps?

[gerald_clark]

I didn't notice the missing dep because I had libreoffice installed.

[Juanito]

Since vlc works without icu, I'd say that it's optional - from the look of the output, I don't think loading icu would change much unless a locale was set-up.

I'm not sure which of the qt-4.x plugins vlc is looking for, but it appears to work without. I'll check the tc-4.x repo qt-4.x-* extensions to find if plugins are included in any of them.

[coreplayer2]

Thanks   yes vlc works with or without the icu extension


The plugins (extensions) which vlc refers I think are related to the use lua compile switch   AIUI from a quick search the VLC plugins are written in lua whose plugin would be needed if other plugins are used. If that makes sense..?   blame Google if that's not the issue