Noob help compiling Alien's Avidemux 2.5.4 on slack 14
 

Can someone please take a minute to explain how to get past this ...

make: *** [all] Error 2
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4
cp: cannot stat 'ChangeLog': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'History': No such file or directory
./avidemux.SlackBuild FAILED at line 274

from sbo

272 # Strip binaries:
273 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" \
274 | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null

thanks so much

It couldn't find any ChangeLog and History files for the documentation
remove it and it should build fine

if i remove lines 272 273 274. it makes a 25kb package
which only contains this

Removing package /var/log/packages/avidemux-2.5.4-i486-1alien...
Removing files:
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/AUTHORS
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/COPYING
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/README
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/TODO
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/avidemux.SlackBuild
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/avidemux-2.5.4_audioDevice.patch
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/avidemux-2.5.4_gtkmenu_crash.patch
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/avidemux-2.5.4_x264.patch
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/avidemux-2.5.4_x264_option.patch
--> Deleting /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/avidemux-2.5_i18n.diff
--> Deleting /usr/share/applications/avidemux2.desktop
--> Deleting /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/avidemux.png
--> Deleting /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/avidemux.png
--> Deleting /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/avidemux.png
--> Deleting /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/avidemux.png
--> Deleting /usr/share/pixmaps/avidemux.png
--> Deleting empty directory /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/patches/
--> Deleting empty directory /usr/doc/avidemux-2.5.4/

nothing in /usr/bin
thanks

Not this line that needs to be removed
but the line after it which usually like this
just remove the files that can't be found, which in your case are ChangeLog and History

still won't compile
[ 13%] Building CXX object ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/CMakeFiles/ADM_vidEnc_x264_Qt.dir/x264ConfigDialog.cpp.o
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4/plugins/ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/x264ConfigDialog.cpp: In member function 'void x264ConfigDialog::saveAsButton_pressed()':
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4/plugins/ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/x264ConfigDialog.cpp:346:67: error: taking address of temporary [-fpermissive]
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4/plugins/ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/x264ConfigDialog.cpp: In member function 'bool x264ConfigDialog::loadPresetSettings(vidEncOptions*, x264Options*)':
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4/plugins/ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/x264ConfigDialog.cpp:583:67: error: taking address of temporary [-fpermissive]
make[2]: *** [ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/CMakeFiles/ADM_vidEnc_x264_Qt.dir/x264ConfigDialog.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [ADM_videoEncoder/ADM_vidEnc_x264/qt4/CMakeFiles/ADM_vidEnc_x264_Qt.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.5.4
./avidemux.SlackBuild FAILED at line 274

Please edit the first post that you were actually talking about *avidemux* not VLC.

Anyway, try to compile the latest version 2.6.0 which was released a few weeks ago, it should work with newer build chain and libraries.

2.6.0 doesn't seem to compile either
Building core ...
CMake Error: The source directory "/tmp/build/tmp-avidemux/avidemux_2.6.0" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
./avidemux.SlackBuild FAILED at line 187

use the build scripts from slackbuilds.org to build 2.5.6 (mind the dependencies in the .info file and in the README)

http://slackbuilds.org/cgit/slackbui...media/avidemux

I've tried 2.6.0: here crashes when pressing the rewind button.

thanks ponce, i successfully compiled avidemux-2.5.6 on slack 14