attempting to install a plugin for VLC Media player

[Bumpalot]

Linux - Ubuntu 14.04 trusty, (64-bit), 3.13.0-24-generic,
4 x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 645 Processor, Memory 8.0 GiB
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.12.0-7-generic Logitech driver: USB Audio

I am attempting to install a plugin for VLC Media player:
Unfortunately I miss-read the install procedure for VLC srpos plugin (libsrpos_plugin-0.3.tar.gz)
INSTALL PROCEDURE:
(Download libsrpos_plugin-*.tar.gz package;
Install libvlc-dev package;
Build and install plugin module (Use configure options to specify VLC include/library/output paths (--with-vlc-*-path options:
./configure && make && make install)

My initial (incorrect) attempt:
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ ./configure  
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c                                 
checking whether build environment is sane... yes                                            
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p                                         
checking for gawk... gawk                                                                    
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes                                                    
configure: WARNING: Libtool does not cope well with whitespace in `pwd`                      
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu                                       
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking vlc_plugin.h usability... yes
checking vlc_plugin.h presence... yes
checking for vlc_plugin.h... yes
checking for main in -lvlccore... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make
/bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin\ 0.3\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I.  -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins  -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c -o libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo `test -f 'srpos.c' || echo './'`srpos.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" "-DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin 0.3\"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I. -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c srpos.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o
mv -f .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Plo
/bin/bash ./libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2 -module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined -static-libgcc -o libsrpos_plugin.la -rpath /usr/lib/vlc/plugins libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo  -lvlccore 
libtool: link: gcc -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o   -lvlccore  -O2 -static-libgcc   -Wl,-soname -Wl,libsrpos_plugin.so -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libsrpos_plugin.la" && ln -s "../libsrpos_plugin.la" "libsrpos_plugin.la" )
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
test -z "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins"
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libsrpos_plugin.la '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so': Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make install --with-vlc-*-path options
make: unrecognized option '--with-vlc-*-path'
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:
  -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
  -B, --always-make           Unconditionally make all targets.
  -C DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
                              Change to DIRECTORY before doing anything.
  -d                          Print lots of debugging information.
  --debug[=FLAGS]             Print various types of debugging information.
  -e, --environment-overrides
                              Environment variables override makefiles.
  -f FILE, --file=FILE, --makefile=FILE
                              Read FILE as a makefile.
  -h, --help                  Print this message and exit.
  -i, --ignore-errors         Ignore errors from commands.
  -I DIRECTORY, --include-dir=DIRECTORY
                              Search DIRECTORY for included makefiles.
  -j [N], --jobs[=N]          Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.
  -k, --keep-going            Keep going when some targets can't be made.
  -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N]
                              Don't start multiple jobs unless load is below N.
  -L, --check-symlink-times   Use the latest mtime between symlinks and target.
  -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon
                              Don't actually run any commands; just print them.
  -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be very old and don't remake it.
  -p, --print-data-base       Print make's internal database.
  -q, --question              Run no commands; exit status says if up to date.
  -r, --no-builtin-rules      Disable the built-in implicit rules.
  -R, --no-builtin-variables  Disable the built-in variable settings.
  -s, --silent, --quiet       Don't echo commands.
  -S, --no-keep-going, --stop
                              Turns off -k.
  -t, --touch                 Touch targets instead of remaking them.
  -v, --version               Print the version number of make and exit.
  -w, --print-directory       Print the current directory.
  --no-print-directory        Turn off -w, even if it was turned on implicitly.
  -W FILE, --what-if=FILE, --new-file=FILE, --assume-new=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be infinitely new.
  --warn-undefined-variables  Warn when an undefined variable is referenced.I am attempting to install a plugin for VLC Media player:
Unfortunately I miss-read the install procedure for VLC srpos plugin (libsrpos_plugin-0.3.tar.gz)
INSTALL PROCEDURE:
(Download libsrpos_plugin-*.tar.gz package;
Install libvlc-dev package;
Build and install plugin module (Use configure options to specify VLC include/library/output paths (--with-vlc-*-path options:
./configure && make && make install)

My initial (incorrect) attempt:
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ ./configure  
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c                                 
checking whether build environment is sane... yes                                            
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p                                         
checking for gawk... gawk                                                                    
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes                                                    
configure: WARNING: Libtool does not cope well with whitespace in `pwd`                      
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu                                       
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking vlc_plugin.h usability... yes
checking vlc_plugin.h presence... yes
checking for vlc_plugin.h... yes
checking for main in -lvlccore... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make
/bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin\ 0.3\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I.  -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins  -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c -o libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo `test -f 'srpos.c' || echo './'`srpos.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" "-DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin 0.3\"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I. -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c srpos.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o
mv -f .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Plo
/bin/bash ./libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2 -module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined -static-libgcc -o libsrpos_plugin.la -rpath /usr/lib/vlc/plugins libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo  -lvlccore 
libtool: link: gcc -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o   -lvlccore  -O2 -static-libgcc   -Wl,-soname -Wl,libsrpos_plugin.so -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libsrpos_plugin.la" && ln -s "../libsrpos_plugin.la" "libsrpos_plugin.la" )
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
test -z "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins"
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libsrpos_plugin.la '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so': Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Files/libsrpos_plugin-0.3/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make install --with-vlc-*-path options
make: unrecognized option '--with-vlc-*-path'
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:
  -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
  -B, --always-make           Unconditionally make all targets.
  -C DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
                              Change to DIRECTORY before doing anything.
  -d                          Print lots of debugging information.
  --debug[=FLAGS]             Print various types of debugging information.
  -e, --environment-overrides
                              Environment variables override makefiles.
  -f FILE, --file=FILE, --makefile=FILE
                              Read FILE as a makefile.
  -h, --help                  Print this message and exit.
  -i, --ignore-errors         Ignore errors from commands.
  -I DIRECTORY, --include-dir=DIRECTORY
                              Search DIRECTORY for included makefiles.
  -j [N], --jobs[=N]          Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.
  -k, --keep-going            Keep going when some targets can't be made.
  -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N]
                              Don't start multiple jobs unless load is below N.
  -L, --check-symlink-times   Use the latest mtime between symlinks and target.
  -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon
                              Don't actually run any commands; just print them.
  -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be very old and don't remake it.
  -p, --print-data-base       Print make's internal database.
  -q, --question              Run no commands; exit status says if up to date.
  -r, --no-builtin-rules      Disable the built-in implicit rules.
  -R, --no-builtin-variables  Disable the built-in variable settings.
  -s, --silent, --quiet       Don't echo commands.
  -S, --no-keep-going, --stop
                              Turns off -k.
  -t, --touch                 Touch targets instead of remaking them.
  -v, --version               Print the version number of make and exit.
  -w, --print-directory       Print the current directory.
  --no-print-directory        Turn off -w, even if it was turned on implicitly.
  -W FILE, --what-if=FILE, --new-file=FILE, --assume-new=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be infinitely new.
  --warn-undefined-variables  Warn when an undefined variable is referenced.

How can I correct this?

[claydoh]

You need to use sudo for the make install portion. Installing requires root access to be able to copy, create, and write to files in system directories. The configure and make portions do not,

So the steps needed to build:
sudo apt-get install libvlccore-dev libvlc-dev
./configure
make
sudo make install

[Bumpalot]

Am still confused doing this - not my cup-of-tea!
Would you kindly be more explicit...

This is my 2nd attempt:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: WARNING: Libtool does not cope well with whitespace in `pwd`
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking vlc_plugin.h usability... yes
checking vlc_plugin.h presence... yes
checking for vlc_plugin.h... yes
checking for main in -lvlccore... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make
/bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin\ 0.3\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I.  -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins  -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c -o libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo `test -f 'srpos.c' || echo './'`srpos.c
libtool: compile:  gcc -std=gnu99 -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3\" "-DPACKAGE_STRING=\"libsrpos_plugin 0.3\"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"artemsen@gmail.com\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"http://code.google.com/p/vlc-srpos-plugin\" -DPACKAGE=\"libsrpos_plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.3\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=\".libs/\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_LIBVLCCORE=1 -I. -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_STRING=\"srpos\" -I/usr/include/vlc/plugins -g -O2 -MT libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo -c srpos.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o
mv -f .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Tpo .deps/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.Plo
/bin/bash ./libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2 -module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined -static-libgcc -o libsrpos_plugin.la -rpath /usr/lib/vlc/plugins libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.lo  -lvlccore 
libtool: link: gcc -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  .libs/libsrpos_plugin_la-srpos.o   -lvlccore  -O2 -static-libgcc   -Wl,-soname -Wl,libsrpos_plugin.so -o .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libsrpos_plugin.la" && ln -s "../libsrpos_plugin.la" "libsrpos_plugin.la" )
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
test -z "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins"
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libsrpos_plugin.la '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so': Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for bumpy: 
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
test -z "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins"
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libsrpos_plugin.la '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsrpos_plugin.so /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.so
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsrpos_plugin.lai /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/libsrpos_plugin.la
/bin/bash: /home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$ make installcheck
make: Nothing to be done for `installcheck'.
bumpy@bumpyputer:~/Downloads/VLC Plugins/libsrpos_plugin-0.3$

I am concerned with the Errors 1 & 2 near the end of the code. Do I have a problem, & if so, how can I fix them?

[claydoh]

Sometimes deleting the entire source folder and starting from scratch helps.
I don't know the error message 127 means. I just did exactly what I typed for directions, and it worked.


Oooh I think I got it
Linux on the command line is very picky about directory names with spaces in them. Try renaming the folder "VLC Plugins" to something without a space, and try sudo make install again.

/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC: No such file or directory << notice bash is seeing "/home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC" and not " /home/bumpy/Downloads/VLC Plugins"