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Error compiling testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp (From the Live555 libraries)

I'm trying to figure out how to compile testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp as found in the testProgs directory from the live555 media server source. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and have installed the liblivemedia-dev libraries.

I have modified the header includes (within testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp), to:

#include <liveMedia/liveMedia.hh>
#include <BasicUsageEnvironment/BasicUsageEnvironment.hh>

And used this command to compile:

g++ -lliveMedia -lgroupsock -lBasicUsageEnvironment -lUsageEnvironment testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp -o RTSPServer

Which then results in the error:

In file included from /usr/include/liveMedia/MediaSink.hh:25:0,
             from /usr/include/liveMedia/RTPSink.hh:25,
             from /usr/include/liveMedia/MultiFramedRTPSink.hh:26,
             from /usr/include/liveMedia/AudioRTPSink.hh:25,
             from /usr/include/liveMedia/MPEG1or2AudioRTPSink.hh:25,
             from /usr/include/liveMedia/liveMedia.hh:27,
             from testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp:21:
/usr/include/liveMedia/FramedSource.hh:25:23: fatal error: NetCommon.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

At this point I figured sweet deal, it's just a redirection problem between header files. I then modified /usr/include/liveMedia/FramedSource.hh to use #include <groupsock/NetCommon.h> instead of #include "NetCommon.h" - since NetCommon.h lives in /usr/include/groupsock/

This worked, until I found a million other redirection problems like:

  • /usr/include/liveMedia/Media.hh:29:22: fatal error: Boolean.hh: No such file or directory
  • /usr/include/liveMedia/Media.hh:33:31: fatal error: UsageEnvironment.hh: No such file or directory
  • Etc...

So, am I linking to the live555 libraries correctly in the first place, or will I have to constantly change the header locations as needed?

Update

So I continued to change the header locations using the aforementioned method, but now I get a million undefined reference errors... as shown here (Sorry, too much to post here)

Now I'm scratching my head, as the original testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp compiles with no hitches (using the configure/make method); and the only thing I've changed is where to look for header files.

Solution

  • The Answer

    By not using the Ubuntu Packaged libraries at all... But by just compiling the source code from the Live555 website.
    In a custom Makefile, this is the structure I used to compile my own program and the testOnDemandRTSPServer:

    LIVE_INCLUDES=-I../UsageEnvironment/include -I../groupsock/include -I../liveMedia/include -I../BasicUsageEnvironment/include
LIVE_LIBS=../liveMedia/libliveMedia.a ../groupsock/libgroupsock.a ../BasicUsageEnvironment/libBasicUsageEnvironment.a ../UsageEnvironment/libUsageEnvironment.a

g++ $(LIVE_INCLUDES) testOnDemandRTSPServer.c -c
g++ -o testOnDemandRTSPServer -L. testOnDemandRTSPServer.o $(LIVE_LIBS)

    It solves the undefined reference errors as well :P