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Posted: **17 May 2009 09:52**

I am new to VLC and I want to compile VLC in MSYS in Windows. I followed the instructions at http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew. Everything is all right until I tried to Bootstrap VLC. Can anyone help me solve the problem? Thanks a lot!

My environment now is windows xp 32bit + MinGW 5.1.4 + MSYS 1.0.11 + autoconf 2.61 + automake 1.10 + libtool 1.5.25a. I have also installed Gcrypt according to the instruction.
I search the web, some one said it is related to autoconf updating, but I just followed the instructions and didn't change anything else.
Here is the message:

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$ ./bootstrap 
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS=-I m4 
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ pwd
+ PATH=/vlc/extras/contrib/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/Program Files                                                                                                 
/PC Connectivity Solution/:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS System32/Wb                                                                                                 
em:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Thunder Network/KanKan/Codecs:/c/Program Files/
Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn/:/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/:/d/Prog
ram Files/MATLAB/R2008a/bin:/d/Program Files/MATLAB/R2008a/bin/win32:/d/Program
Files/MATLAB/MATLAB Compiler Runtime/v79/runtime/win32:/c/Program Files/NewFront
ier/DemoOptimizer 5.0/bin/win32/:/d/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin:/d/Program Fil 
es/StormII/Codec:/d/Program Files/StormII:/d/Program Files/IDM Computer Solution
s/UltraEdit/:/d/Program Files/SSH Communications Security/SSH Secure Shell
+ test -d extras/contrib/share/aclocal
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS=-I m4  -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .BeOS
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
................................................................................                                                                                                 ..
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4 -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Ext                                                                                                 ending-aclocal
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:463: warning: AM_INTL_SUBDIR is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/gettext.m4:362: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.ac:463: the top level
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Ext                                                                                                 ending-aclocal
autoreconf: running: /usr/local/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --include=extras/contr                                                                                                 ib/share/aclocal --force
configure.ac:463: warning: AM_INTL_SUBDIR is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/gettext.m4:362: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.ac:463: the top level
configure:24121: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INTL_SUBDIR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

Posted: **21 May 2009 11:02**

I am having the same problem as panpanpandas. I am also trying to build VLC in a MSys/MinGW environment and get stuck on bootstrapping VLC. Here is my printout:

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$ ./bootstrap
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ pwd
+ PATH='/c/vlc/vlc/extras/contrib/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/Progra               m Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/Common7/IDE:/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visua               l Studio 9.0/VC/BIN:/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/Common7/Tools:/               c/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v3.5:/c/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.5               0727:/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/VCPackages:/c/Program Files               /Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v6.0A/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/Syst               em32/Wbem:/c/Program Files/Intel/DMIX:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/T               ools/binn:/c/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin:/c/Program Files/JAI A-S/Cam2Net/Bina               ries:/c/Program Files/ESTsoft/ALZip:/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/:/c/Prog               ram Files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn/:/c/Program Files/ESTsoft/ALZip'
+ test -d extras/contrib/share/aclocal
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4  -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal'
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .BeOS
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
................................................................................               ..
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4 -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Ext               ending-aclocal
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Ext               ending-aclocal
autoreconf: running: /c/vlc/vlc/extras/contrib/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --inclu               de=extras/contrib/share/aclocal --force
configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:11: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_SUBST
configure.ac:34: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF
configure.ac:52: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ARG_ENABLE
configure.ac:56: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
configure.ac:76: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
configure.ac:103: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_HELP_STRING
configure.ac:134: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
configure.ac:324: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_TRY_LINK
configure.ac:497: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB
configure.ac:506: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CACHE_CHECK
configure.ac:598: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
configure.ac:2177: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROG
configure.ac:4977: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROGS
autoreconf: /c/vlc/vlc/extras/contrib/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

I seem also to have tried the same solutions - I have tried various different versions of autoconf and automake but all get stuck at this bootstrapping stage (albeit in slightly different places).

Please let me know what else I can try.

Posted: **02 Jun 2009 20:41**

I am also having the same problem. The reason I am compiling VLC for windows is to remove VLC from grabbing the onclick event in IE. Does anyone have a compiled VLC package that meets that criteria?

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$ ./bootstrap 
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS=-I m4 
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ pwd
+ PATH=/c/vlc/VLC/extras/contrib/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/Program Files/Intel/Wireless/Bin/:/c/Program Files/Diskeeper Corporation/Diskeeper/:/c/Program Files/ThinkPad/ConnectUtilities:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Lenovo:/c/Program Files/Lenovo/Client Security Solution:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn/:/c/Program Files/Common Files/ESRI/Image Server:/c/Program Files/Graphviz2.20/Bin:/c/Program Files/BlueTree/jdk1.5/jre/bin:/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/
+ test -d extras/contrib/share/aclocal
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS=-I m4  -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .BeOS
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
..................................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4 -I extras/contrib/share/aclocal
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/bin/m4: unrecognized option `--debugfile=autom4te.cache/traces.0t'
Try `/bin/m4 --help' for more information.
autom4te: /bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

Posted: **04 Jun 2009 14:44**

I found out the solution.

msysDTK-1.0.1 package, that installs only m4-1.4, which is too old.
You need to install the m4-1.4.7 update.
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/ ... YS.tar.bz2

Posted: **19 Jun 2009 18:25**

Just wanted to give a quick shout and say thanks for posting the update! Also worked for me as well

Posted: **29 Aug 2009 04:59**

I followed the latest instructions at

http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYS

but what I got is:

$ ./bootstrap
sh: ./bootstrap: no such file or directory

I'm sure some setup is wrong but I'm really lost, help someone can help thanks.

Posted: **29 Aug 2009 18:02**

Are you in right directory when input the ./bootstrap ? (bootstrap is a file you run, so if your working directory doesn't contain it, nothing is going to happen)

Posted: **14 Oct 2010 13:19**

Hi all,

I am also facing similar issue reported in this thread. To fix this, I am trying to download m4-1.4.7-MSYS.tar.bz2 but not able to find it. [this file is not present in sourceforge as well.]

Can someone please let me know where can I find m4-1.4.7-MSYS.tar.bz2.

Regards,
Ganesh

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