Re: [mxe] stable build from source

Am Mi., 15. Juli 2020 um 22:02 Uhr schrieb John W. Eaton <[email protected]>:

>
> >
> > Unfortunately, the installation of "pcre2-utils" was not sufficient, the
> > error message is as follows:
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [...]
> > configure: error: to build Octave, you must have the PCRE library and
> > header files installed
> > make: *** [/home/spofahl/hg/mxe-octave/hg-octave-dist.mk:34
> > <http://hg-octave-dist.mk:34>: hg-octave-dist] Fehler 1
> > (base) X6630G:~/hg/mxe-octave$
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > But I will try to sort this out as well.
>
> If you are using Ubuntu, I would recommend starting with
>
>    apt build-dep octave
>
> jwe
>

Thanks John! - This was not sufficient for me, it was necessary to edit
"/etc/apt/sources.list" and to uncomment
the following line:

deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal universe

(found on: https://techpiezo.com/linux/install-vlc-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ )