[mythtv-users] 0.27 compile from git pull error

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 07:49 +1000, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> 
> 
> On Monday, 16 September 2013, Mike McMullin wrote:
>          I grabbed this version of myth doing a cut/paste into a
>         terminal:
>         
>          Release Candidate: If you'd like to get the 0.27 release
>         candidate
>         branch, do this:
>         
>         git clone -b fixes/0.27 git://github.com/MythTV/mythtv.git
>         git clone -b fixes/0.27 git://github.com/MythTV/mythweb.git
>         
>         These are the files I have and this is the error trying to
>         compile:
>         
>         
>         mike at front-main:~/myth-git/mythtv/mythtv$ ls
>         AUTHORS    database          filters   locales       themes
>         bindings   docs              html      Makefile      UPGRADING
>         configure  EXPORTED_VERSION  i18n      programs      VERSION
>         contrib    external          keys.txt  README
>          version.pro
>         COPYING    FAQ               libs      settings.pro
>          version.sh
>         mike at front-main:~/myth-git/mythtv/mythtv$ ./configure
>         ERROR: libXxf86vm not found
> 
> 
> sudo apt-get build-dep mythtv
> 
> 
> But on Ubuntu, why not use the pre-built binaries? 

  Mostly do to ignorance, that being mine, while chasing down another
issue I found the repo information and did add it to my sources.  The
other thing is I'd also like to add more Linux skills and knowledge, and
thought a git based compile would serve that end.