Error: libfdk_aac must be installed

Question

Hi I am trying to compile ffmpeg but this error shows:

☁  ffmpeg [master] ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree \
--enable-postproc --enable-libass \
--enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfreetype \
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg \
--enable-openssl --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libtheora \
--enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx \
--enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --prefix=/usr
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
ERROR: libfdk_aac must be installed and version must be >= 3.4.12.

If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from Git.  If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
[email protected] mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net.
Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help
solving the problem.

I am simply following this compilation guide: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/MacOSXCompilationGuide

Answer 1

homebrew-ffmpeg

A few FFmpeg contributors and community members created a new Homebrew tap*, homebrew-ffmpeg, that includes many options. This is in response to the removal of options from the core Homebrew FFmpeg formulae.

1. Uninstall ffmpeg you installed it from Homebrew core:

   brew uninstall ffmpeg
   

2. Enable the repository:

   brew tap homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
   

3. View available options (optional):

   brew options homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
   

4. Install ffmpeg with the libfdk-aac AAC encoder:

   brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --HEAD
   

See homebrew-ffmpeg and FFmpeg Wiki: macOS for more info.

_{* Note that this tap is not from the FFmpeg Project itself.}

Answer 2

You can install ffmpeg with that encoding library like so:

brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac

Answer 3

First try

brew install fdk-aac

Failing that you can compile like I do

git clone git://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac
cd fdk-aac
autoreconf -i
./configure
make install

Example