VBox install problem (libvpx not found)

[triley55]

I'm trying to use ./configure to compile vbox for my kernel on an RHEL6.4, 64-bit system. I run it and am getting the following error:

Checking for libvpx:
vpx not found at -lvpx or vpx headers not found

It goes on to say to check the configure.log file, which has these errors:

src.cc:5: error: 'vpx codec version' was not declared in the scope
src.cc:6: error: 'VPX_VERSION_MAJOR' was not declared in the scope
src.cc:7: error: 'VPX_VERSION_MINOR' was not declared in the scope
src.cc:8: error: 'VPX_VERSION_PATCH' was not declared in the scope
src.cc:11: warning: suggest parentheses around '&&' within ' ||'

If I try to run yum install libvpx, I get the following:

Package libvpx-1.3.0-5.el6_5.x86_64

Can anyone help me with this? I cant find anything on google to get me past this.

[Perryg]

Not knowing which version of virtualbox you are using doesn't help but you can always disable it in the config with --disable-libvpx

You will loose some features but it will build. Your post says "If I try to run yum install libvpx, I get the following: Package libvpx-1.3.0-5.el6_5.x86_64". Does that mean it is installed or you simply see it as a valid package?

[triley55]

I'm trying to install VBOX 5.0.22

That version of libvpx is installed.

[Perryg]

post the configure.log as an attachment

[triley55]

configure.log attached

[Perryg]

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Package vpx was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `vpx.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable

For what ever reason the libvpx you have is not discoverable. You can do what is suggested above and see if it helps, but I would use the PKG config to fix this issue myself. See your distro for how this should be properly done.

[RicV]

Was this issue ever successfully resolved? I have a need to build VBox on CentOS and am having the same problem. The libvpx package is installed and up to date, according to yum, but configure cannot find it.

[RicV]

I was able to resolve this on RHEL 6.7 today by installing
libvpx-devel-1.3.0-5.el6_5.x86_64.rpm