configure error could not find libmad

[KXNV]

OS: CentOS 6 (2.6.32)

I've been following the UnixCompile instructions and when I get to

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% ./configure --disable-lua

(BTW: lua is already installed but ./configure can't find it: `which lua' yields `/usr/bin/lua')

this error arises:

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configure: error: Could not find libmad on your system: you may get it from http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/. Alternatively you can use --disable-mad to disable the mad plugin.

So I used wget to get it:

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wget ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz

followed by (BTW: I'm not sure these are the correct options):

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tar -xvf libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz

So at this point both libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz and directory libmad-0.15.1b are here:

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/home/me/vlc/vlc-2.1.5

When I run ./configure --disable-lua again, the "configure: error: Could not find libmad on your system" occurs again.

So presumably I put libmad in the wrong directory, right? If so, where should I move it to?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use the contrib method of the howto.

[KXNV]

Thank you.

I did that and got this error:

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Usable autoreconf found, running configure.ac:13: error: Autoconf version 2.64 or higher is required configure.ac:13: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 63 aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 63 autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 63 make: *** [.fribidi] Error 63

So Autoconf verson 2.64 or higher is required. Yet on my CentOS 6 (2.6.32-504.3.3.e16.i686) when I do this:

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yum install autoconf.noarch

I get this response:

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Package autoconf-2.63-5.1.el6.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do

Any suggestions?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

cd extras/tools
./bootstrap
make

[KXNV]

Response:

autoconf too old
libtool too old
ragel not found

ETA: Given that I'm using CentOS 6 I think I shall build a prior version instead, e.g., 1.1.13 The Luggage.

And I thank you for your replies.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

then make
it will build those tools.