make: *** [Makefile:36: AppleCameraInterface] Error 1

[thetoblin]

I get the following error when I when I try to clone from github and proceed with make. I'm on a Macbook Air using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (fresh install).

Any ideas?

tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse$ git clone https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie.git
Cloning into 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 1101 (delta 11), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 1083
Receiving objects: 100% (1101/1101), 377.88 KiB | 1.25 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (738/738), done.

tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse$ cd bcwc_pcie/
tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse/bcwc_pcie$ git clone https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd-firmware
Cloning into 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 10, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (10/10), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 895 (delta 4), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 885
Receiving objects: 100% (895/895), 292.64 KiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (589/589), done.

tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse/bcwc_pcie$ cd facetimehd-firmware/
tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd-firmware$ make

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio
make: *** [Makefile:36: AppleCameraInterface] Error 1

tobka@mactobka:~/Diverse/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd-firmware$ sudo make

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio
make: *** [Makefile:36: AppleCameraInterface] Error 1

[yongkangzhao]

had to manually install curl so the "which curl xzcat cpio" can see it
sudo apt-get install curl