title: make: *** No rule to make target 'distclean'. Stop
body: <p>I'm trying to compile VLC, I already did ./configure, exported PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR and when I try to configure.sh, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>64-pc-linux-gnu
  checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
  checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
  checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
  checking whether build environment is sane... yes
  checking for x86_64-linux-gnu-strip... x86_64-linux-gnu-strip
  checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
  checking for gawk... no
  checking for mawk... mawk
  checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
  checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
  configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I run "make distclean", I get the </p>
  
  <pre><code>make: *** No rule to make target 'distclean'.  Stop.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What can I do?</p>