Hi Pascal, > I'm assuming that you have libmp3lame0 3.98.4-0.0 packaged by > Christian Marillat.
right, I have his package which contains /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 and /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 Here's an strace of what sox tries: write(2, "Attempting to open LAME encoder "..., 53Attempting to open LAME encoder library (libmp3lame).) = 53 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 open("/lib/libmp3lame.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libmp3lame.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/libmp3lame.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/libmp3lame.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86409, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 86409, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7fcf7ed25000 close(5) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/tls", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib/tls/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/tls/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/tls", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=77824, ...}) = 0 open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tls", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/x86_64/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/x86_64", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", 0x7fff8e38eed0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) munmap(0x7fcf7ed25000, 86409) = 0 write(2, "sox DBUG ", 9sox DBUG ) = 9 write(2, "util: ", 6util: ) = 6 write(2, "Attempting to open LAME encoder "..., 55Attempting to open LAME encoder library (libmp3lame-0).) = 55 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 open("/lib/libmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/libmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/libmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86409, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 86409, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7fcf7ed25000 close(5) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libmp3lame-0.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libmp3lame-0.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) munmap(0x7fcf7ed25000, 86409) = 0 write(2, "sox DBUG ", 9sox DBUG ) = 9 write(2, "util: ", 6util: ) = 6 write(2, "Attempting to open LAME encoder "..., 51Attempting to open LAME encoder library (lame-enc).) = 51 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 open("/lib/lame-enc.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/lame-enc.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/local/lib/lame-enc.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lame-enc.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lame-enc.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/lame-enc.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/lame-enc.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/local/lib/lame-enc.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lame-enc.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lame-enc.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86409, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 86409, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7fcf7ed25000 close(5) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/lame-enc.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/lame-enc.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) munmap(0x7fcf7ed25000, 86409) = 0 write(2, "sox DBUG ", 9sox DBUG ) = 9 write(2, "util: ", 6util: ) = 6 write(2, "Attempting to open LAME encoder "..., 55Attempting to open LAME encoder library (cygmp3lame-0).) = 55 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 open("/lib/cygmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/cygmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/local/lib/cygmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cygmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cygmp3lame-0.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/cygmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/cygmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/local/lib/cygmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cygmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cygmp3lame-0.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 5 fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86409, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 86409, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7fcf7ed25000 close(5) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/cygmp3lame-0.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/cygmp3lame-0.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) munmap(0x7fcf7ed25000, 86409) = 0 write(2, "sox FAIL ", 9sox FAIL ) = 9 Regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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