Ubuntu 16.04编译Android版VLC失败求助

Hey there, I’ve run into similar path-related hiccups when building VLC for Android before—let’s break down your error and work through fixes step by step:

The Core Issue #

Your build is failing because the install command can’t locate ../../share/vlc.appdata.xml. This means either the file wasn’t generated during the build process, or the path reference in the Makefile is misaligned with your source structure.

Potential Solutions #

• Check if the source file exists (and generate it if missing)
  First, navigate to your VLC source root’s share folder and see if vlc.appdata.xml exists. If it’s missing, look for a template file like vlc.appdata.xml.in in the same directory. Generate the actual XML file by running:

  cd /home/vlc-android/vlc/share
  autoreconf -vfi
  

  Then restart your build process from the configuration step.

• Clean stale build artifacts and rebuild
  Cached build files often cause weird path mismatches. Wipe the entire build directory and start fresh:

  rm -rf /home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi
  # Re-run your configure and build commands here
  

• Temporarily skip the appdata installation step
  If you don’t need the metainfo file for your build, you can bypass this error by modifying the Makefile:

  1. Open /home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/share/Makefile
  2. Find the line starting with install-appdataDATA: and comment it out (add a # at the start)
  3. Save the file and re-run make install

• Validate your build configuration flags
  Double-check that your configure command didn’t disable metainfo support. If you see --disable-metainfo in your flags, remove it—you can also explicitly enable it with --enable-metainfo when re-running the configure script.

Your Error Log for Reference #

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/po'
Making install in share
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/share'
GEN vlc.appdata.xml
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/share'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
GEN vlc.appdata.xml
/bin/mkdir -p '/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/install/share/metainfo'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../share/vlc.appdata.xml '/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/install/share/metainfo'
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat '../../share/vlc.appdata.xml': No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [install-appdataDATA] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/share'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi/share'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vlc-android/vlc/build-android-arm-linux-androideabi'
make: *** [install] Error 2
vlc: make install failed

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