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Hi,

I am following the link http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew to compile vlc using Cygwin

I have downloaded the vlc using GIT and when I ran .bootstrap command, getting the following error.

Please help me to solve this.

$ ./bootstrap
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .CYGWIN_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
...........................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf-2.61: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf-2.61: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
autoreconf-2.61: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf-2.61: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf-2.61: running: libtoolize --copy --force
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
autoreconf-2.61: running: /usr/bin/autoconf-2.61 --include=m4 --force
autoreconf-2.61: running: /usr/bin/autoheader-2.61 --include=m4 --force
autoreconf-2.61: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:5723: required file `projects/activex/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:5723: required file `projects/activex/axvlc.inf.in' not found
configure.ac:5723: required file `projects/mozilla/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:5723: required file `share/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:5723: required file `src/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:5723: required file `test/Makefile.in' not found
Makefile.am:16: required directory ./src does not exist
Makefile.am:16: required directory ./share does not exist
Makefile.am:16: required directory ./test does not exist
Makefile.am:25: required directory ./projects/mozilla does not exist
Makefile.am:28: required directory ./projects/activex does not exist
Makefile.am:10: required directory ./src does not exist
Makefile.am:10: required directory ./share does not exist
Makefile.am:10: required directory ./test does not exist
Makefile.am:11: required directory ./projects/mozilla does not exist
Makefile.am:11: required directory ./projects/activex does not exist
autoreconf-2.61: automake failed with exit status: 1

Another git solved your issue?