VLC cross compiler installation

[Gildas Bazin]

On Friday 05 July 2002 03:51, Don wrote:
> Hi, 
> I've been attempting to install VLC on my laptop, and after setting up 
MSYS and MINGW, and following the instructions, please note the error I am 
encountering. Any suggestions? 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Don
> 
....
> 
> tar -jxvf linux-cross-mingw32-10022002.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local                                
OK  - many files extracted until
> 
...
> >>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> 

Ok, I assume you are running under Windows because you installed MSYS and 
MINGW. If so then cross-compilation is not for you. Cross-compilation is 
only used when compiler the win32 binary of vlc under Linux.
What you are trying to do here is a simple compilation and thus you don't 
need the linux-cross-mingw32 compiler, MSYS and MINGW are enough.

If you really want to compile vlc under windows, I would recommend you to 
read the INSTALL.win32 file shipped with vlc. It's not too complicated 
although you have to make sure you installed all the necessarey additionnal 
libraries like the libdvdcss, the gtk and directx one (you can download all 
this from the videolan web site).

And just in case you didn't notice, there are also precompiled binaries 
available to download in case you don't want to go through all the hassle 
of compiling this yourself ;-)

--
Gildas

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