build from source

[David Hoyt]

>   CCLD   libgsttag-1.0.la
> /bin/grep: C:/dev/MinGW/msys/1.0/home/erlkoenig/libffi_install/lib/libffi.la:
> No such file or directory
> 
> I'm still stuck on this ...

I take it you've already read through tutorials on autotools (e.g. http://bit.ly/13ALhwq).

You can try specifying a prefix on configure if libraries are not being installed to the correct location. e.g.: configure --prefix=<path to desired location>. 

You could reference OSSBuild's build script for GStreamer dependencies: http://code.google.com/p/ossbuild/source/browse/trunk/Libraries/Build-All-Windows-x86.sh which might help direct you. It's rather old at this point, but fine for getting an idea of how you could approach things.

Also, if you take a look at that script, you'll see that to do a native build on Windows from the ground up is no easy thing. There are many, many dependencies (and many transitive dependencies at that). You could consider, instead, cross-compiling from Linux. The environment is definitely more sane. Just a thought...