Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

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Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 11 Mar 2013 15:30

I'm trying to compile VLC in my mac following this instructions: http://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile

Xcode 4.6
OS X 10.7

When I run

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../extras/package/macosx/build.sh
I have this error:

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Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_iconv", referenced from: __nl_find_msg in libintl.a(dcigettext.o) (maybe you meant: _vlc_iconv_open, _vlc_iconv_close , _vlc_iconv ) "_iconv_open", referenced from: __nl_find_msg in libintl.a(dcigettext.o) (maybe you meant: _vlc_iconv_open) ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[3]: *** [libvlccore.la] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2
I have installed libiconv from MacPorts but.. How to specify to this script to search for libraries in /opt/local??
Thanks!

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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 13 Mar 2013 11:41

I have tryied to execute
$ export CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -liconv" ; export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS ; export LDFLAGS=$CFLAGS

Before run build.sh, but the libraries are not found, the same problem,,,

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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 13 Mar 2013 11:46

No, you should use the normal iconv built by VLC.
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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 13 Mar 2013 12:08

How to specify to use the normal iconv? I'm following the wiki instructions...
Thank you very much for your help!!

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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby nkoriyama » 17 Mar 2013 03:28

Old versions VLC used libiconv built by VLC.
Current versions use the system libiconv in the /usr/lib.

If you use the system libiconv, the problem will be solved.

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% otool -L /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libvlccore.dylib /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libvlccore.dylib: @loader_path/lib/libvlccore.5.dylib (compatibility version 6.0.0, current version 6.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 169.3.0) /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0) /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 744.18.0) % nm -g /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib | grep _iconv 00000000000f26c0 S ___iconv_2VersionNumber 00000000000f2690 S ___iconv_2VersionString 0000000000002f1f T _iconv 000000000000325d T _iconv_canonicalize 0000000000002f41 T _iconv_close 0000000000001c59 T _iconv_open 0000000000002f4e T _iconvctl 0000000000003064 T _iconvlist
You can specify libiconv search path when configuring VLC like "configure --with-libiconv-prefix=/usr".
Or uninstall MacPorts' libiconv.
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[SOLVED] Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 19 Mar 2013 11:42

Hi @nkoriyama, thank you very much for your help.

The problem was the macports libraries. As a quick solution I was renamed the "/opt" folder to "/_opt" and the "../extras/package/macosx/build.sh" works correctly

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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 19 Mar 2013 12:31

Another question.. When I run vlc I get:

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[0x7fa3a5013390] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x7fa3a3c0a5c0] main libvlc error: interface "default" initialization failed
Wht I haven't got a GUI? I need it to test my module...

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Re: Can not build VLC on Mac OS X (libiconv)

Postby j_vlc » 20 Mar 2013 15:58

Solved, to build VLC, with GUI, ensure that macports is not installed (rename "/opt" to "/_opt" if you don't want to lost your ports) and execute this command:

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$ export CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc && \ export CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/c++ && \ export OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc && \ git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git && \ cd vlc && mkdir build && cd build && \ ../extras/package/macosx/build.sh && \ make VLC-dev.app
To run VLC with GUI:

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$ ./VLC-dev.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
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