VLC @2.1.5_6 (multimedia) fails to build on ppc

[JR1994]

I am getting the following error when I try to build the vlc port on my powermac g4.

herminio-hernandezs-power-mac-g4:~ herminio$ sudo port install vlc

Error: VLC cannot be installed for the configured build_arch 'ppc' because it only supports the arch(s) 'x86_64'.
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Error: Processing of port vlc failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The message is correct. The VLC port does not support PowerPC processors. It requires an x86_64 processor.

[JR1994]

I am running Lubuntu 16.04 (development branch) on my iBook G4 and it has the latest VLC.

[RJVB (René Bertin)]

Linux and OS X are two completely different animals; VLC uses X11 on Linux but native graphics on OS X. You can try building VLC in X11 mode on your iBook, and hope the X11 server (XQuartz) you have installed on it is recent enough, but you'll be on your own.

Ask around on the VideoLan forum though, they may be happy to provide support where we cannot.

[JR1994]

Ok I understand now. This is probably why wireshark keeps crashing when I try to start it on leopard. Thank you for explaining.

[RJVB (René Bertin)]

Actually, wireshark uses X11: I'd say there's a better chance to get it to work on ppc than VLC.

You could try reporting the wireshark issue in a new ticket, maybe the port's maintainer will be interested to help you figure out what goes wrong. (I say help because chances are slim he or she still has a PPC Mac!) Try to obtain a backtrace showing where the crash occurs, though, and attach it to the ticket.

Oh, and you do have XQuartz or X11.app running, or it *is* started at least when you try to start wireshark, right? It'd be a bit overkill to file a ticket only to realise it doesn't crash, but simply exits because there is no X11 server to connect to ;)

[JR1994]

Actually I did open a ticket last night 49730 and I attached the output of some dtrace scripts that I ran while trying to launch wireshark.

I am using the X11 app that was on the Leopard DVD.