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Posted: **04 Jul 2013 19:35**

Hi There,

I followed the Wiki here: http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32Compile
I wanted to compile Win32 version for Windows on Ubuntu srv 12.04 32bits via VMWare
I'm using mingw-w64

I entered the following commands:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install lua5.1 libtool automake autoconf autopoint make gettext pkg-config qt4-dev-tools git subversion cmake cvs zip
git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git vlc
cd vlc
mkdir -p contrib/win32
cd contrib/win32
../bootstrap --host=i686-w64-mingw32
make prebuilt
ln -sf ../i586-mingw32msvc ../i686-w64-mingw32
cd -
./bootstrap
mkdir win32 && cd win32
../extras/package/win32/configure.sh --host=i686-w64-mingw32

I'm getting the error:
configure: error: LibVLC requires mingw-runtime version 3.15 or higher, or mingw-w64 version 3.0 or higher!

The output of the last command:

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../extras/package/win32/configure.sh --host=i686-w64-mingw32
configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-w64-mingw32
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-strip... i686-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-gcc... i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether i686-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of i686-w64-mingw32-gcc... gcc3
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking how to run the C preprocessor... i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking whether i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-g++... i686-w64-mingw32-g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether i686-w64-mingw32-g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of i686-w64-mingw32-g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 -E
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-gcc... i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU Objective C compiler... no
checking whether i686-w64-mingw32-gcc accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of i686-w64-mingw32-gcc... gcc3
checking dependency style of i686-w64-mingw32-gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for egrep... (cached) /bin/grep -E
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99... gcc3
checking for desktop-file-validate... no
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for C/C++ restrict keyword... __restrict
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-windres... i686-w64-mingw32-windres
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-objcopy... i686-w64-mingw32-objcopy
checking for unix2dos... no
checking for todos... no
checking for 3rd party libraries path... not found
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99... /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to i686-w64-mingw32 format... func_convert_file_nix_to_w32
checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-objdump... i686-w64-mingw32-objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... (cached) pass_all
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-dlltool... i686-w64-mingw32-dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... func_cygming_dll_for_implib
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-ar... i686-w64-mingw32-ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-strip... (cached) i686-w64-mingw32-strip
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-ranlib... i686-w64-mingw32-ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-nm -B output from i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-mt... no
checking for mt... mt
configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... no
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-as... i686-w64-mingw32-as
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-dlltool... (cached) i686-w64-mingw32-dlltool
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-objdump... (cached) i686-w64-mingw32-objdump
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC works... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 static flag -static works... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99 linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -E
checking for ld used by i686-w64-mingw32-g++... /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the i686-w64-mingw32-g++ linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-g++ option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-g++ PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC works... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-g++ static flag -static works... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if i686-w64-mingw32-g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the i686-w64-mingw32-g++ linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for i686-w64-mingw32-windres... i686-w64-mingw32-windres
checking for bash... /bin/bash
checking if dolt supports this host... yes, replacing libtool
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for ld used by i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -std=gnu99... /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... no
checking for CFLocaleCopyCurrent... no
checking for GNU gettext in libc... no
checking for iconv... no, consider installing GNU libiconv
checking for GNU gettext in libintl... no
checking whether to use NLS... no
checking for iconv... (cached) no, consider installing GNU libiconv
checking for broken mingw-runtime... present
configure: error: LibVLC requires mingw-runtime version 3.15 or higher, or mingw-w64 version 3.0 or higher!

This is what dpkg -l | grep mingw outputs

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ii  binutils-mingw-w64-i686            2.22-2ubuntu1+1              Cross-binutils for Win32 (x86) using MinGW-w64
ii  g++-mingw-w64-i686                 4.6.3-1ubuntu5+5ubuntu1      GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  gcc-mingw-w64-base                 4.6.3-1ubuntu5+5ubuntu1      GNU Compiler Collection for MinGW-w64 (base package)
ii  gcc-mingw-w64-i686                 4.6.3-1ubuntu5+5ubuntu1      GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
ii  mingw-w64-dev                      2.0.1-1                      Development files for MinGW-w64
ii  mingw-w64-tools                    2.0.1-1                      Development tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows

What could be the problem?

Posted: **05 Jul 2013 01:08**

If you try to walk the mingw32 route you enter the following problem when you try to do this step:

Debian/Ubuntu: run apt-get install gcc-mingw32 mingw32-binutils. Note that at least version 3.17 of Mingw32 is required, which Debian does not provide. You may obtain mingw32-runtime-3.17 here.

The .deb of the runtime goes fine. But when you execute:
run apt-get install gcc-mingw32 mingw32-binutils you get error/output:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gcc-mingw32 : Depends: gcc-mingw-w64-i686 but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: g++-mingw-w64-i686 but it is not going to be installed
               Depends: gfortran-mingw-w64-i686 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Wouldn't it be nice if the writer of the document stated on which platform he/she actually got it working.

Posted: **05 Jul 2013 22:13**

Tried the same today with Debian 7.0 (32 bits)
Also problems arise here the output to the following command:

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sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw32 mingw32-binutils

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gcc-mingw32 : Conflicts: mingw32-binutils but 2.20-0.2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Googling on that didn't give any helpful results

Maybe the title should be: 'How to do not.....'

Posted: **06 Jul 2013 00:41**

can you access login page on that wiki?

Posted: **06 Jul 2013 03:52**

You should be able to obtain mingw-w64 3.0 from Debian section experimental, no?

Posted: **06 Jul 2013 13:29**

@ Edwardw
Will try in a few minutes.

Posted: **08 Jul 2013 17:01**

mingw-w64-dev is at version 2.0, instead of 3.0

Posted: **08 Jul 2013 18:42**

http://packages.debian.org/jessie/mingw-w64-dev has 3.0~svn5915-1

Posted: **08 Jul 2013 21:18**

Well,
new update.
When I follow the Wiki I get the following error:

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:~/vlc-2.0.7/contrib/win32$ ../bootstrap --host=i686-w64-mingw32

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Guessing build system... ../bootstrap: 1: ../bootstrap: cc: not found
FAIL!

When I try to install the 3.0 .deb I get error

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sudo dpkg -i mingw-w64-dev_3.0~svn5915-1_all.deb

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(Reading database ... 41589 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mingw-w64-dev 3.0~svn5915-1 (using mingw-w64-dev_3.0~svn5915-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mingw-w64-dev ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mingw-w64-dev:
 mingw-w64-dev depends on mingw-w64-x86-64-dev; however:
  Package mingw-w64-x86-64-dev is not installed.

dpkg: error processing mingw-w64-dev (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mingw-w64-dev

I'm using the Wheezy image from the though police 32 bit

Posted: **08 Jul 2013 21:34**

I managed to tackle the first issue

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Guessing build system... ../bootstrap: 1: ../bootstrap: cc: not found
FAIL!

by installing gcc

Posted: **08 Jul 2013 22:25**

For the second error you must pull in the dependencies as well. (It tells you what they are on the packages.debian.org page.)

Posted: **09 Jul 2013 14:11**

@Edwardw,

I've tried to install this module by installing all packages via .deb and installing as well all packages that Debian complained about that were missing on installing the others
But After being busy for 30 minutes the list of dependencies was only growing and I gave up. There must be a more automated way of getting this module and all of it's hunderds (a guess) of dependencies by an aptitude or apt-get way.?

Posted: **09 Jul 2013 14:24**

If (and only if) you feel adventurous, you can add the unstable repository and install the package from Debian wheezy.

Posted: **10 Jul 2013 14:46**

Hi Edwardw,

Thanks for your reply, I don't fully understand what you mean by your remark,

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'if you feel adventurous'.

My goal is to get a working environment. Did you do it by all the manual work, or adding unstable repositories.

Posted: **10 Jul 2013 18:43**

@Edwardw,

I fixed the "issue" with the following commands

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wget "http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-dev_3.0~svn5915-1_all.deb"
sudo dpkg -i mingw-w64-dev_3.0~svn5915-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev

After running the command:

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make prebuilt

I got result error on tghe end of logging, don't know if it a show stopper:

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mv: cannot move `i686-w64-mingw32' to `../i686-w64-mingw32': Directory not empty

Posted: **10 Jul 2013 20:51**

Cool. If you miss any libraries just run a 'make' in the same directory that you ran 'make prebuilt' in.

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