It's not too late. I just need to redownload OpenCV and reconfigure it. Just a half hour, maybe. I have succeeded at building OpenCV from git before, but I do not know what is different this time. Let me make sure that I have properly installed LibAVCodec!
BTW, Brennon Brimhall, Thanks for the quick reply!
EDIT:
I just booted Ubuntu and checked the libavcodec installation status and found out that it wasn't properly installed. I forgot libavcodec-dev, but installed libavcodec-53! Now, let me retry the build, and hopefully I won't encounter any problems!
The build is still failing continuously. What do I do? I have uploaded a txt file with the output, created by make | tee dev_build.txt
I have tried re-installing libavcodec-dev libavcodec53 libavcodec-extra-53 but the problem persists. Should I compile it myself, or should I get a different mirror, update my system, or am I downloading a completely wrong package?
UPDATE:
I am compiling the code in the fashion that Brennon suggested, downloading the
latest stable build from SourceForge. Currently it is compiling. I will include a build log, build_log.txt.
Thanks for your help