make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Errors while compiling vlc for Android - compilation

Question

Recently, I tried to compile vlc for Android and came across this error.
My OS: OS X El Capitan.
Attached below is my compiling log:
Last login: Sat May 7 17:48:07 on ttys000
wedonedeiMac:~ wedone$ cd /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android
wedonedeiMac:Android wedone$ ./compile.sh
VLC source found`
Configuring`
ABI: armeabi-v7a
API: android-9
SYSROOT: /Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm
PATH: /Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Volumes/D/android/android-sdk/tools:/Volumes/D/android/android-sdk/platform-tools:/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk`
CFLAGS: -g -O2 -fstrict-aliasing -funsafe-math-optimizations -mlong-calls`
EXTRA_CFLAGS: -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mthumb -mfloat-abi=softfp -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi-v7a/include`
Building tools
You are ready to build VLC and its contribs
Building the contribs
Generating EGL pkg-config file
Generating GLESv2 pkg-config file
-n Guessing build system...
x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0
Creating configuration file... config.mak
Bootstrap completed.
Run "make" to start compilation.
Other targets:
* make install same as "make"
* make prebuilt fetch and install prebuilt binaries
* make list list packages
* make fetch fetch required source tarballs
* make fetch-all fetch all source tarballs
* make distclean clean everything and undo bootstrap
* make mostlyclean clean everything except source tarballs
* make clean clean everything
* make package prepare prebuilt packages
make: Nothing to be done for `fetch'.
make: `.gettext' is up to date.
mkdir -p -- /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal && cd vncclient && autoreconf -fiv -I/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
libtoolize: copying file `./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'
autoreconf: running: /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin/autoconf --include=/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force
autoreconf: running: /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin/autoheader --include=/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
cd vncclient && CC="arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm" CXX="arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm" LD="arm-linux-androideabi-ld" AR="arm-linux-androideabi-ar" CCAS="arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -c" RANLIB="arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib" STRIP="arm-linux-androideabi-strip" PATH="/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/bin:/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin:/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin:/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Volumes/D/android/android-sdk/tools:/Volumes/D/android/android-sdk/platform-tools:/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk:/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/contrib-android-arm-linux-androideabi/../arm-linux-androideabi/bin" CPPFLAGS=" -g -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mthumb -mfloat-abi=softfp -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -I/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include" CFLAGS=" -g -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mthumb -mfloat-abi=softfp -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -I/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include -g" CXXFLAGS=" -g -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mthumb -mfloat-abi=softfp -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -I/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include -g" LDFLAGS=" -L/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi-v7a -lgnustl_static -L/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib" ./configure --prefix="/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi" --datarootdir="/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share" --includedir="/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include" --libdir="/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib" --build="x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0" --host="arm-linux-androideabi" --target="arm-linux-androideabi" --program-prefix="" --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-dependency-tracking --with-pic --without-libva
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-strip... arm-linux-androideabi-strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm accepts -g... yes
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm... none
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0
checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-androideabi
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm... arm-linux-androideabi-ld
checking if the linker (arm-linux-androideabi-ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm -B
checking the name lister (/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0 file names to arm-unknown-linux-androideabi format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0 file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-ar... arm-linux-androideabi-ar
checking for archiver #FILE support... #
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-strip... (cached) arm-linux-androideabi-strip
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib... arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib
checking command to parse /Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm -B output from arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-mt... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
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checking for strings.h... yes
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checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm static flag -static works... yes
checking if arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/Volumes/D/android/android-ndk/platforms/android-9/arch-arm linker (arm-linux-androideabi-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
checking for __b64_ntop... yes
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checking jpeglib.h usability... yes
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checking for jpeg_CreateCompress in libjpeg... yes
checking whether JPEG library is libjpeg-turbo... no
configure: WARNING:
==========================================================================
*** The libjpeg library you are building against is not libjpeg-turbo.
Performance will be reduced. You can obtain libjpeg-turbo from:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/libjpeg-turbo/files/ ***
==========================================================================
checking png.h usability... yes
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checking for png_create_write_struct in -lpng... no
configure: WARNING:
==========================================================================
*** The libpng compression library was not found. ***
This may lead to reduced performance, especially over slow links.
If libpng is in a non-standard location use --with-png=DIR to
indicate the header file is in DIR/include/png.h and the library
in DIR/lib/libpng.a. A copy of libpng may be obtained from:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
==========================================================================
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checking for pkg-config... /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin/pkg-config
configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for GTK... no
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-libgcrypt-config... no
checking for libgcrypt-config... /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/bin/libgcrypt-config
checking for LIBGCRYPT - version >= 1.4.0... yes (1.6.4)
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make use of stdint.h in rfb/rfbint.h (assuming C99 compatible system)
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configure: WARNING: result yes guessed because of cross compilation
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating libvncserver.pc
config.status: creating libvncclient.pc
config.status: creating libvncserver/Makefile
config.status: creating examples/Makefile
config.status: creating examples/android/Makefile
config.status: creating webclients/Makefile
config.status: creating webclients/java-applet/Makefile
config.status: creating webclients/java-applet/ssl/Makefile
config.status: creating libvncclient/Makefile
config.status: creating client_examples/Makefile
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating libvncserver-config
config.status: creating LibVNCServer.spec
config.status: creating rfbconfig.h
config.status: rfbconfig.h is unchanged
config.status: executing rfb/rfbconfig.h commands
config.status: creating rfb/rfbconfig.h - prefix LIBVNCSERVER for rfbconfig.h defines
config.status: rfb/rfbconfig.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing rfb/rfbint.h commands
config.status: creating rfb/rfbint.h : _LIBVNCSERVER_RFB_RFBINT_H
config.status: rfb/rfbint.h is unchanged
config.status: executing chmod-libvncserver-config commands
cd vncclient && /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make -C libvncclient install
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
.././install-sh -c -d '/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libvncclient.la '/Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvncclient.lai /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/libvncclient.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libvncclient.a /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/libvncclient.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/libvncclient.a
libtool: install: arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/libvncclient.a
arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib: /Volumes/D/vlc_source_code/Android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib/libvncclient.a: Malformed archive
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make: *** [.vncclient] Error 2
contribs: make failed
wedonedeiMac:Android wedone$

Answer 1

I got the same problem to compile vlc-android on mac, after worked for few hours, I had built apk file successfully with the following modification. I hope it's useful for you and any others have been faced with the same problem.
diff --git a/contrib/src/lua/rules.mak b/contrib/src/lua/rules.mak
index 037d680..53eb59e 100644
--- a/contrib/src/lua/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/lua/rules.mak
## -85,7 +85,9 ## ifdef HAVE_WIN32
cd $< && $(RANLIB) "$(PREFIX)/lib/liblua.a"
endif
ifdef HAVE_CROSS_COMPILE
+ cd $</src && mv Makefile Makefile.new && mv Makefile.orig Makefile
cd $</src && $(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) liblua.a && ranlib liblua.a && $(MAKE) luac
cp $</src/luac $(PREFIX)/bin
+ cd $</src && mv Makefile Makefile.orig && mv Makefile.new Makefile
endif
touch $#
diff --git a/contrib/src/vncclient/rules.mak b/contrib/src/vncclient/rules.mak
index 1915f5c..a4e23b3 100644
--- a/contrib/src/vncclient/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/vncclient/rules.mak
## -31,7 +31,7 ## DEPS_vncclient = gcrypt $(DEPS_gcrypt) jpeg $(DEPS_jpeg) png $(DEPS_png) gnutls
.vncclient: vncclient
$(RECONF)
- cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) ./configure $(HOSTCONF) --without-libva
+ cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) ac_cv_path_AR="$(AR)" ./configure $(HOSTCONF) --without-libva
cd $< && $(MAKE) -C libvncclient install
cd $< && $(MAKE) install-data
touch $#
diff --git a/share/Makefile.am b/share/Makefile.am
index 3ed638a..de5188c 100644
--- a/share/Makefile.am
+++ b/share/Makefile.am
## -4,8 +4,10 ## EXTRA_DIST =
appdatadir = $(datadir)/applications
if !HAVE_WIN32
+if !HAVE_ANDROID
appdata_DATA = vlc.desktop
endif
+endif
EXTRA_DIST += vlc.desktop.in vlc.desktop.mimetypes
CLEANFILES += $(appdata_DATA)

Answer 2

I thought that vncclient is not necessary for vlc,so I disposs the vncclient module.
path:…/vlcandroid/vlc/contrib/src/vncclient
ruls.mak
$(RECONF)
cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) ac_cv_path_AR="$(AR)" ./configure $(HOSTCONF) --without-libva
#cd $< && $(MAKE) -C libvncclient install
#cd $< && $(MAKE) install-data
touch $#
path:…/vlcandroid/vlc/share
makefile.am
appdatadir = $(datadir)/applications
if !HAVE_WIN32
if !HAVE_DARWIN
#appdata_DATA = vlc.desktop
endif
endif
EXTRA_DIST += vlc.desktop.in vlc.desktop.mimetypes
CLEANFILES += $(appdata_DATA)
Then you can continue compiling your project.