Build VLC media player from source

sudo apt install flex bison autoconf libtool lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev liba52-0.7.4-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libxcb-xv0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libasound2-dev ffmpeg qtquickcontrols2-5-dev

./bootstrap

./configure

To build vlc and its plugins, type `make', or `./compile' if you like nice colors.

./compile

MAKE     : src
(echo "/* Automatically generated file - DO NOT EDIT */" && \
       "../THANKS" && \
       "../AUTHORS" && \
c99-gcc -I. -o fourcc_gen misc/fourcc_gen.c
./fourcc_gen > fourcc_tables.h.tmp
video: 943 entries
audio: 272 entries
spu: 51 entries
if ! git \
               -C ".." describe \
               --tags --long --match '?.*.*' --always; then \
fi > revision.tmp
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
cat: ./revision.txt: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:1518: all] Error 2

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