Sorry IOhannes I still can't seem to get this to work.
uäh ! which system are you using ?
I'm using RH7.2
header-files should go into /usr/include
Yes headers are there.
and libraries to /usr/lib
I had to manually put them there (libquicktime.so and libquicktime.a) . These files were in /usr/include/quicktime/i686 . Now in /usr/lib .
the quicktime library-file is searched in the standard-path (/usr/lib !) only. maybe you have to add your path to the /etc/ld.so.conf and rundldconfig first.
I added the path /usr/lib here and ran ldconfig.
i heavily suggest using installation-packages (*.rpm, *.deb) for installing libraries. if you cannot find a needed package for your favourite distro, try using http://rpmfind.net/
The only redhat binary I found installed a tar file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES . This file contained the same files I already downloaded. Anyone following this thread successfully load the quicktime4linux files under redhat?? If you have any further thoughts on how I could debug this Johanness I'd appreciate it. Jim