Build vlc it needs gcc 4.8 or higher [SOLVED]

[Scorpion]

We recommend using GCC to build VLC, though some people reported success
with the Intel C compiler (version as well. GCC version 4.8 or higher is
required. On older systems (e.g. FreeBSD 4.x), please select a more recent
version manually by setting the CC and CXX environment variables
appropriately while running the ./configure shell script.

Since vlc 4 from github required to use last version of qt5 I' m trying vlc 3.0.

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configure: error: Requested 'Qt5Core >= 5.9.0' but version of Qt5 Core is 5.7.1. If you want to build VLC without GUI, pass --disable-qt.

But i have the newest version:

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 qtbase5-dev is already the newest version (5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1).

Before I was able to build it somehow but I did not have the interface. So I used make uninstall.
But there are some files somewhere as in /usr/bin. How can I remove all old files? I tried apt purge but "vlc is not installed".
How install gcc 4.8? I found it in Jessie but in on stretch. Can I install the unstable version?
If I build vlc 3.0 I get make error 2.

[stevepusser]

VLC 3.0.3 is already in the stretch repos. I'm not sure why you're trying to reinvent the wheel here by building that.

Stretch already has gcc-6.3. That's higher than 4.8, so that's not a problem for you.

VLC 4 needs at least Qt 5.9, and that's not in Stretch, so you'll have to wait for Buster for that. Qt 5 versions are not readily backportable. If you're getting that error with VLC 3, you still have some of VLC 4 code somehow that's throwing that error.

Also, you need to realize that the apt system can only track packages installed by it or locally from debs. When you go around it by manually compiling and installing stuff, there's no way it can know what you did behind its back!

[Scorpion]

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gcc

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aptitude install -t stretch-backports gcc
gcc is already installed at the requested version (4:6.3.0-4)
gcc is already installed at the requested version (4:6.3.0-4)
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

How install gcc? I don 't need vlc 4 so I don' t need qt 5.
I tried apt just in case, if I rebuild it I hope that the old files will be replaced.

[Scorpion]

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apt install gcc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version (4:6.3.0-4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

gcc --version
gcc (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 6.3.0 20170516
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

aptitude install -t stretch-backports gcc-6
gcc-6 is already installed at the requested version (6.3.0-18+deb9u1)
gcc-6 is already installed at the requested version (6.3.0-18+deb9u1)
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

I see searching gcc6 that I have the gcc 6 version but i get this error:

[Scorpion]

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[...]
access/bluray.c: In function ‘blurayTitleIsRepeating’:
access/bluray.c:1976:43: error: ‘BLURAY_CLIP_INFO {aka struct bd_clip}’ has no member named ‘clip_id’
                memcmp(title_info->clips[i].clip_id, prev->clip_id, 6) ||
                                           ^
access/bluray.c:1976:57: error: ‘BLURAY_CLIP_INFO {aka const struct bd_clip}’ has no member named ‘clip_id’
                memcmp(title_info->clips[i].clip_id, prev->clip_id, 6) ||
                                                         ^~
access/bluray.c: In function ‘streamFlush’:
access/bluray.c:2517:9: warning: case value ‘36’ not in enumerated type ‘bd_stream_type_e {aka enum <anonymous>}’ [-Wswitch]
         case BD_STREAM_TYPE_VIDEO_HEVC:
         ^~~~
Makefile:20983: recipe for target 'access/liblibbluray_plugin_la-bluray.lo' failed
make[4]: *** [access/liblibbluray_plugin_la-bluray.lo] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/path/vlc-3.0/modules'
Makefile:26221: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/path/vlc-3.0/modules'
Makefile:11294: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/path/vlc-3.0/modules'
Makefile:1531: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/path/vlc-3.0'
Makefile:1416: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2


I need to build vlc so I can add a flag when using ./configure. Do you need all the output? This is when I get an error.

[Scorpion]

I tried to build libblueray https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html (I cannot install it) but:

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[...]
ant -f ./src/libbluray/bdj/build.xml \
    -Dbuild='/path/libbluray/src/libbluray/bdj/build' \
    -Ddist='/path/libbluray/.libs' \
    -Dsrc_awt=:java-j2se \
    -Dbootclasspath="" \
    -Dversion='j2se-1.0.2'
Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/lib/tools.jar
Buildfile: /path/libbluray/src/libbluray/bdj/build.xml

init:
    [mkdir] Created dir: /path/libbluray/src/libbluray/bdj/build

compile:
    [javac] /path/libbluray/src/libbluray/bdj/build.xml:24: warning: 'includeantruntime' was not set, defaulting to build.sysclasspath=last; set to false for repeatable builds

BUILD FAILED
/path/libbluray/src/libbluray/bdj/build.xml:24: Unable to find a javac compiler;
com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK.
It is currently set to "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre"

Total time: 0 seconds
Makefile:2608: recipe for target 'all-local' failed
make[1]: *** [all-local] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/rpath/libbluray'
Makefile:944: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

[Scorpion]

I built libblueray installing `default-jdk`.
Make (vlc 3.0) succeeded. I had to start over.

[pawRoot]

Maybe im drunk but can anyone explain what's the point of building vlc ?

[Scorpion]

Maybe im drunk but can anyone explain what's the point of building vlc ?

Because is the only way to install it ah no wait because:

I need to build vlc so I can add a flag when using ./configure. Do you need all the output? This is when I get an error.

I successfully used also make install.
Now I should have th qt interface:

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vlc -l | grep face
    VLC media player 3.0.3 Vetinari (revision 3.0.3-1-0-gc2bb759264)
      lua                    Command-line interface
      lua                    Lua Playlist Parser Interface
      motion                 motion control interface
      gestures               Mouse gestures control interface
      dbus                   D-Bus control interface
      xcb_hotkeys            Global Hotkeys interface
      dummy                  Dummy interface
      hotkeys                Hotkeys management interface
      oldrc                  Remote control interface
      vdpau_chroma           VDPAU surface conversions
      vdpau_chroma           VDPAU surface conversions
      skins2                 Skinnable Interface
      skins2                 Skinnable Interface
      qt                     Qt interface
      qt                     Qt interface
      ncurses                Ncurses interface
      glconv_vaapi_drm       VA-API OpenGL surface converter for DRM
      glconv_vdpau           VDPAU OpenGL surface converter
      glconv_vaapi_x11       VA-API OpenGL surface converter for X11

Now `vlc` or (`vlc -I qt`) get:

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    vlc
    [...]
    QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
    QPainter::drawPath: Painter not active
    QPainter::setPen: Painter not active
    QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
    QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active
    QPainter::drawPath: Painter not active
    QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active
    QPainter::setOpacity: Painter not active
    QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active
    QPainter::setPen: Painter not active
    QPainter::setWorldTransform: Painter not active
    QPainter::restore: Unbalanced save/restore
    QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/QStatusBar) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    QWidget::setMaximumSize: (/QStatusBar) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    [0000560153078430] main playlist: playlist is empty
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/FirstRun) Negative sizes (-491607381,-491607381) are not possible
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 420, resource id: 0, major code: 1 (CreateWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 421, resource id: 41943045, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 422, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 423, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 424, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 426, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 427, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 428, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 432, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 436, resource id: 41943045, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 437, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 440, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 441, resource id: 41943045, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 445, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 446, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 449, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 450, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 452, resource id: 0, major code: 1 (CreateWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 453, resource id: 41943049, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 454, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 455, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 456, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 458, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 459, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 460, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 461, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 465, resource id: 41943049, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 466, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 469, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 470, resource id: 41943049, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 474, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 475, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 476, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 479, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 482, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 483, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 500, resource id: 41943049, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 501, resource id: 41943049, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 502, resource id: 41943049, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 503, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 504, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 505, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 506, resource id: 41943049, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 507, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 508, resource id: 41943049, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 509, resource id: 41943049, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 510, resource id: 41943049, major code: 8 (MapWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 512, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 513, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 2 (BadValue), sequence: 522, resource id: 0, major code: 1 (CreateWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 523, resource id: 41943056, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 524, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 525, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 526, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 528, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 529, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 530, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 531, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 535, resource id: 41943056, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 536, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 539, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 540, resource id: 41943056, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 544, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 545, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 548, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 549, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 551, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 552, resource id: 41943056, major code: 12 (ConfigureWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 553, resource id: 41943056, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 554, resource id: 41943056, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 555, resource id: 41943056, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 556, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 557, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 558, resource id: 41943056, major code: 19 (DeleteProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 559, resource id: 41943056, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 560, resource id: 41943056, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 561, resource id: 41943056, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 562, resource id: 41943056, major code: 19 (DeleteProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 563, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 564, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 565, resource id: 41943045, major code: 12 (ConfigureWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 566, resource id: 41943045, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 567, resource id: 41943045, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 568, resource id: 41943045, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 569, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 570, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 571, resource id: 41943045, major code: 19 (DeleteProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 572, resource id: 41943045, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 573, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 574, resource id: 41943045, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 575, resource id: 41943045, major code: 19 (DeleteProperty), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 576, resource id: 41943045, major code: 8 (MapWindow), minor code: 0
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 578, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 579, resource id: 41943045, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/FirstRun) Negative sizes (-491607381,-491607381) are not possible
    QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)

What is the problem? The interface doesn' t start.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I need to build vlc so I can add a flag when using ./configure

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apt-get source vlc
cd vlc-*
editor debian/rules # edit configure flags
debuild -us -uc
dpkg -i ../vlc*.deb

EDIT: needs deb-src lines in the sources (sid can be used here for the source code if you want) and also the devscripts package for the `debuild` command.

[Scorpion]

If I use

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env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 vlc

it works but it is very not comfortable.
Any solutino to fix it?

I tried with apt-get source but:

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debuild -us -uc
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package vlc
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution stretch-security
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
 dpkg-source --before-build vlc-3.0.3-1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
 debian/rules clean
debian/rules:24: *** recipe commences before first target.  Stop.
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui failed

[Scorpion]

With apt source I get 2 tar.xz, 1 .dsc and the folder vlc-3.0.3-1. I only need the folder right?
After the failure there is a new file "vlc_3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1_amd64.build" that contains:

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 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package vlc
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution stretch-security
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
 dpkg-source --before-build vlc-3.0.3-1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
 debian/rules clean
debian/rules:24: *** recipe commences before first target.  Stop.
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2

[Head_on_a_Stick]

With apt source I get 2 tar.xz, 1 .dsc and the folder vlc-3.0.3-1. I only need the folder right?

Yes, that's right.

You have provided the error, which is good, but you have not shown us what alterations you made to the rules file, which is irritating

[Scorpion]

Oh sorry

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  GNU nano 2.7.4                                                 File: debian/rules                                                           

endif

# configure flags
confflags += \
        --config-cache \
        --disable-update-check \
        --enable-fast-install \
        --docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc \
        --with-binary-version=$(DEB_VERSION) \
        $(NULL)
# configure features
confflags += \
        --enable-run-as-root \   #I added this line (without this comment)
        --enable-a52 \
[...]


[Head_on_a_Stick]

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       --enable-run-as-root \

^ You should have told us this is what you are trying to do...

http://xyproblem.info/

This should work:

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# sed -i 's/geteuid/getppid/' /usr/bin/vlc

No need to recompile then but running a video player as root sounds like a stupid idea, why do you want to do that?

In respect of modifying the .deb, try adding the flag to the first list rather than the second.