[vlc-devel] VLC source compilation issues for Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)

Pierre d'Herbemont pdherbemont at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 21:55:52 CET 2009 

Hi Raj,

Just try to build VLCKit, using the doc in the wiki. This should be a  
one click build that just works. Hopefully.

Pierre

On Dec 28, 2009, at 21:09, Raj Kondabala <raj at medxchange.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to compile VLC source code for Mac OS X Snow Leopard  
> (10.6.2) on MacBook based on Intel dual-core processor. I am running  
> into several problems from compilation perspective.
>
> My goal is to eventually compile VLCKit for Mac so I can create  
> Cocoa objective-C video viewing app around it.
>
> I initially got the tar ball file for VLC 1.0.4 and started  
> compilation from extras/Contrib directory as directed on  http://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile 
>  web site.
>
> Since the 64bit compilation is not guaranteed to work, I am just  
> trying it for 32 bit only for now.
> My process is as follows:
>
> I initially set following environment variables:
> $ export CC=/Developer/usr/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2
> $ export CXX=/Developer/usr/bin/llvm-g++-4.2
> $ export OBJC=/Developer/usr/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2
>
> Then, I performed following commands in extras/contrib:
> Downloaded contrib-macosx-i386-1.0.3.tar.bz2 to extras/contrib
>  ./bootstrap i386-apple-darwin10
> ./make
>
> Then, I performed following in vlc root dir:
> ./bootstrap
> ./configure --build=i386-apple-darwin10 CFLAGS="-arch i386"  
> CXXFLAGS="-arch i386" LDFLAGS="-arch i386" OBJCFLAGS="-arch i386"
>
> All these steps went very well, but the make I did from vlc root  
> seems to fail with libtool error pasted below.
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ ~/vlc/vlc-1.0.4]$ make
> export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4'
> Making all in po
> make[2]: Entering directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/po'
> Making all in compat
> make[2]: Entering directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/compat'
> /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile /Developer/usr/bin/llvm- 
> gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk -mmacosx- 
> version-min=10.5 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..   -I../include -I../ 
> include  -I/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/include - 
> DSYS_DARWIN  -arch i386 -I/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/ 
> include -D_INTL_REDIRECT_MACROS -DMACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 - 
> Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function- 
> cast -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -Wvolatile- 
> register-var -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -MT strndup.lo - 
> MD -MP -MF .deps/strndup.Tpo -c -o strndup.lo strndup.c
> ../libtool: line 844: X--tag=CC: command not found
> ../libtool: line 877: libtool: ignoring unknown tag : command not  
> found
> ../libtool: line 844: X--mode=compile: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1011: *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation  
> is deprecated.: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1012: *** Future versions of Libtool will require -- 
> mode=MODE be specified.: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X/Developer/usr/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2: No such  
> file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-std=gnu99: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-isysroot: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk: No such file  
> or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-mmacosx-version-min=10.5: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-DHAVE_CONFIG_H: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I.: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I..: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I../include: No such file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I../include: No such file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/ 
> include: No such file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-DSYS_DARWIN: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-arch: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: Xi386: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-I/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/./extras/contrib/ 
> include: No such file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-D_INTL_REDIRECT_MACROS: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-DMACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5: command not  
> found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wall: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wextra: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wsign-compare: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wundef: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wpointer-arith: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wbad-function-cast: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wcast-align: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wwrite-strings: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wmissing-prototypes: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Wvolatile-register-var: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-Werror-implicit-function-declaration:  
> command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-MT: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: Xstrndup.lo: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-MD: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-MP: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-MF: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1155: X.deps/strndup.Tpo: No such file or directory
> ../libtool: line 1155: X-c: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1208: Xstrndup.lo: command not found
> ../libtool: line 1213: libtool: compile: cannot determine name of  
> library object from `': command not found
> make[2]: *** [strndup.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4/compat'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/Users/raj/vlc/vlc-1.0.4'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Could somebody with Mac expertise throw some light how I can get  
> around this issue?
>
> Is compiling entire source code needed to use VLCKit for Mac?
>
> Any help is appreciated. I am a new developer in VLC domain.
>
> Regards,
> Raj
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> vlc-devel mailing list
> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/attachments/20091228/6087d5f0/attachment.html>

More information about the vlc-devel mailing list