Help with compile errors for vlc 0.8.6c

[Jonathan Kaye]

Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> I'm running Ubuntu Feisty, fully updated, and am having problems compiling
> vlc 0.8.6c from source.  ./configure works fine, but make yields:
> 
> ERROR   : demux.c:38: 25:  avformat.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from demux.c:41:
> ERROR   : ffmpeg.h: 44:  expected declaration specifiers or '...' before
> 'AVCodecContext'
> ERROR   : ffmpeg.h: 44:  expected declaration specifiers or '...' before
> 'AVCodec'
> ERROR   : ffmpeg.h: 50:  expected declaration specifiers or '...' before
> 'AVCodecContext'
> ERROR   : ffmpeg.h: 50:  expected declaration specifiers or '...' before
> 'AVCodec'
> ERROR   : ffmpeg.h: 85:  expected declaration specifiers or '...' before
> 'AVFrame'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> I was able to apt-get install all the dependecies ./configure complained I
> didn't have at first.
> 
> If I cannot get the source to compile, what trusted site has a precompiled
> version to add to my apt repo?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
Hi Scott,
For a start you can install libavformat-dev
As a rule when you come across No such file of directory... type compilation
errors, try apt-file search <name of missing file>. These files don't
always come from packages but they often do. If apt-file doesn't find it
then remember, Google is your friend.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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