[vlc-devel] Compiling vlc

[David Fuhrmann]

> Am 12.10.2015 um 19:16 schrieb Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Trying to compile vlc on ubuntu 14.04 after checking out leads to:
> 
> % git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git
> % cd vlc
> % ./bootstrap
> % mkdir -p contrib/native
> % cd contrib/native
> % ../bootstrap
> % make
> 
> After changing gettext dependency from 0.19.3 to 0.18.3 (hopefully not
> breaking anything compiling works until all contrib/native
> dependencies are compiled.
> 
> % cd ../..
> % ./configure
> 
> leads to:
> checking for CHROMAPRINT... yes
> checking for protoc... no
> checking for CHROMECAST... yes
> configure: error: protoc compiler needed for chromecast was not found
> 
> ??

Hi,

If you use contrib, you should compile protoc from extras/tools which is the matching version.

BR. David