Error: Unknown option `--dbus'

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Error: Unknown option `--dbus'

Postby jiapei100 » 20 Sep 2024 20:18

My working environment: Ubuntu 24.04.1

I won't be able to run vlc after successfully built and installed from source.
➜ vlc git:(master) ✗ ./qvlc
VLC media player 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek (revision 4.0.0-dev-30867-gd0fc525c56)
Error: Unknown option `--dbus'
For more information try --help
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Re: Error: Unknown option `--dbus'

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 20 Sep 2024 21:23

VLC was built with D-Bus enabled and installed without it. In other words, you messed up the installation.
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