[vlc-devel] Problem compiling VLC.

Rajesh Marathe rmarathe at i-rode.com
Tue Nov 10 07:12:02 CET 2009


Hi,

I just started using VLC and am trying to compile the same on Redhat EL5 
host machine. On running the script "./bootstrap", I get the following 
error:

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aclocal:configure.ac:5412: warning: macro `AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT' not found 
in library
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
libtoolize: copying file `autotools/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
aclocal:configure.ac:5412: warning: macro `AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT' not found 
in library
autoreconf: running: /usr/local/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --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:308: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_TRY_LINK
configure.ac:482: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB
configure.ac:491: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CACHE_CHECK
configure.ac:583: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
configure.ac:2274: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROG
configure.ac:5073: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROGS
configure.ac:5412: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT

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Please let me know how to solve this.

regards,
Rajesh Marathe.



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