<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>12.2. *BSD</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="MPlayer - The Movie Player"><link rel="up" href="ports.html" title="Chapter 12. Ports"><link rel="prev" href="linux.html" title="12.1. Linux"><link rel="next" href="unix.html" title="12.3. Commercial Unix"><link rel="preface" href="howtoread.html" title="How to read this documentation"><link rel="chapter" href="intro.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="chapter" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation"><link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Chapter 3. Usage"><link rel="chapter" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter 4. CD/DVD usage"><link rel="chapter" href="faq.html" title="Chapter 5. Frequently Asked Questions"><link rel="chapter" href="containers.html" title="Chapter 6. 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FreeBSD"><link rel="subsection" href="bsd.html#openbsd" title="12.2.2. OpenBSD"><link rel="subsection" href="bsd.html#darwin" title="12.2.3. Darwin"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">12.2. *BSD</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="linux.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 12. Ports</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="unix.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="bsd"></a>12.2. *BSD</h2></div></div></div><p> <span class="application">MPlayer</span> runs on all known BSD flavors. There are ports/pkgsrc/fink/etc versions of <span class="application">MPlayer</span> available that are probably easier to use than our raw sources. </p><p> To build <span class="application">MPlayer</span> you will need GNU make (gmake - native BSD make will not work) and a recent version of binutils. </p><p> If <span class="application">MPlayer</span> complains about not finding <tt class="filename">/dev/cdrom</tt> or <tt class="filename">/dev/dvd</tt>, create an appropriate symbolic link: </p><pre class="screen">ln -s /dev/<em class="replaceable"><code>your_cdrom_device</code></em> /dev/cdrom</pre><p> </p><p> To use Win32 DLLs with <span class="application">MPlayer</span> you will need to re-compile the kernel with "<code class="envar">option USER_LDT</code>" (unless you run FreeBSD-CURRENT, where this is the default). </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="freebsd"></a>12.2.1. FreeBSD</h3></div></div></div><p> If your CPU has SSE, recompile your kernel with "<code class="envar">options CPU_ENABLE_SSE</code>" (FreeBSD-STABLE or kernel patches required). </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="openbsd"></a>12.2.2. OpenBSD</h3></div></div></div><p> Due to limitations in different versions of gas (relocation vs MMX), you will need to compile in two steps: First make sure that the non-native as is first in your <code class="envar">$PATH</code> and do a <span class="command"><strong>gmake -k</strong></span>, then make sure that the native version is used and do <span class="command"><strong>gmake</strong></span>. </p><p> As of OpenBSD 3.4 the hack above is no longer needed. </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="darwin"></a>12.2.3. Darwin</h3></div></div></div><p> See the <a class="link" href="macos.html" title="12.5. 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