compile VLC in Debian PLEASE HELP

[christzel]

Hello and happy new year. im trying to run this ./compile but im getting this error

MAKE : po
make: *** [all] Error 2

thank you

[christzel]

anyone please help!
thank you

[christzel]

pls

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You need to give MORE messages.

[christzel]

hi my friend. this is only that says when i type ./compile

when i type make it says some other msgs too.. like make all cannot work in po etc.. do you want me to give you this msg? thnx

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Why do you use compile anyway. Normal people use make.

[zizou]

[quote="christzel"]Hello and happy new year. im trying to run this ./compile but im getting this error

MAKE : po
make: *** [all] Error 2

thank you[/quote

hi,
I am not sure, but test to install packages: gettext and cvs.
and use make is better.

[christzel]

lets take it again.im trying to ./bootstrap and it says successful.then i try to configure and it does some things but finaly it says:

configure: WARNING: TagLib library not found
checking for liveMedia/libliveMedia.a in /usr/lib/live... no
configure: error: cannot cd to /usr/lib/live
chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$

then i try to disable the 555 and i get error for avformat swscale.how to install these 2 packages? then when idisable both of them too,it is successful and i type make and i get this:

chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$ sudo make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'
Making all in compat
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/compat'
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../include -I../include -I/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/include -DSYS_LINUX -I/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/include -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -Wvolatile-register-var -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -MT strlcpy.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/strlcpy.Tpo -c -o strlcpy.lo strlcpy.c
../libtool: line 847: X--tag=CC: command not found
../libtool: line 880: libtool: ignoring unknown tag : command not found
../libtool: line 847: X--mode=compile: command not found
../libtool: line 1014: *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated.: command not found
../libtool: line 1015: *** Future versions of Libtool will require --mode=MODE be specified.: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: Xgcc: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-std=gnu99: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-DHAVE_CONFIG_H: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I.: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I..: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I../include: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1158: X-I../include: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1158: X-I/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/include: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1158: X-DSYS_LINUX: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/include: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wall: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wextra: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wsign-compare: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wundef: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wpointer-arith: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wbad-function-cast: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wcast-align: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wwrite-strings: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wmissing-prototypes: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Wvolatile-register-var: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-Werror-implicit-function-declaration: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-MT: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: Xstrlcpy.lo: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-MD: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-MP: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-MF: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X.deps/strlcpy.Tpo: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1158: X-c: command not found
../libtool: line 1211: Xstrlcpy.lo: command not found
../libtool: line 1216: libtool: compile: cannot determine name of library object from `': command not found
make[2]: *** [strlcpy.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/compat'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2
chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$

about the libtool i have to run apt-get install libtool but i get this:

chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$ sudo apt-get install libtool
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libtool is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libuser-identity-perl libmalaga7 libmime-types-perl openssl-blacklist
libfile-remove-perl libsoup2.2-8 glide2-bin libio-stringy-perl
libobject-realize-later-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libcupsys2 libcupsys2-dev
libmail-box-perl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 427 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up console-tools (1:0.2.3dbs-67) ...
Setting console screen modes and fonts.
Setting console screen modes and fonts.
invoke-rc.d: initscript console-screen.sh, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing console-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of console-common:
console-common depends on kbd | console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3dbs-54); however:
Package kbd is not installed.
Package console-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing console-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acpi-support-base:
acpi-support-base depends on console-tools | console-utilities; however:
Package console-tools is not configured yet.
Package console-utilities is not installed.
Package console-tools which provides console-utilities is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing acpi-support-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pm-utils:
pm-utils depends on kbd | console-tools; however:
Package kbd is not installed.
Package console-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing pm-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
console-tools
console-common
acpi-support-base
pm-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$

so the problem now is 555,avformat,swscale,libtool and the make command which returns the errors like

chris@debian:~/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4$ sudo make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/Desktop/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'

thnx!

[zizou]

I have the same error : make: po
and when i install the gettext and cvs packages it work!
to install these packages : select System > Adm > click on Synaptic packages (or something like that) you will have a window : search for the packages and install them ( rigth click : install package and apply).

[xtophe]

../libtool: line 847: X--tag=CC: command not found
../libtool: line 880: libtool: ignoring unknown tag : command not found
../libtool: line 847: X--mode=compile: command not found
../libtool: line 1014: *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated.: command not found
../libtool: line 1015: *** Future versions of Libtool will require --mode=MODE be specified.: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: Xgcc: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-std=gnu99: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-DHAVE_CONFIG_H: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I.: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I..: command not found
../libtool: line 1158: X-I../include: No such file or directory

Libtool version mismatch between the libtool used to make the tarball and the one on your computer.

Delete m4/lib-* and m4/lt* and retry

[christzel]

hi guys and thanks for your help!

I have the same error : make: po
and when i install the gettext and cvs packages it work!
to install these packages : select System > Adm > click on Synaptic packages (or something like that) you will have a window : search for the packages and install them ( rigth click : install package and apply).

i run sudo apt-get install gettext and sudo apt-get install cvs and it says i already have the latest version..

Libtool version mismatch between the libtool used to make the tarball and the one on your computer.

Delete m4/lib-* and m4/lt* and retry

i will try this tomorrow and ill let you know

[christzel]

hello.the problems with libtool etc started since i run the bootstrap and make in /extras/contrib coz i read somewhere if i do that ill get all the libraries that i need..it downloaded about 1gb files..can i remove everything from this and start again or i need to install debian again..(i install only the first CD of debian..)

do you think its better to install all DVDs of debian?thank you