roob@WeEdBuNtU:~/FFMPEG/ffmpeg$ sudo apt-get install lame Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: lame 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 228kB of archives. After unpacking 635kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse lame 3.96.1-1 [228kB] Fetched 228kB in 3s (65.2kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package lame. (Reading database ... 120552 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking lame (from .../lame_3.96.1-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up lame (3.96.1-1) ... roob@WeEdBuNtU:~/FFMPEG/ffmpeg$ ./configure --enable-faac --enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-theora --enable-faad --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-dts --enable-pp --enable-dc1394 --enable-gpl ERROR: LAME not found If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest version from SVN. If the latest version fails, report the problem to the ffmpeg-devel@mplayerhq.hu mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net. Include the log file "config.err" produced by configure as this will help solving the problem.