Problem Compiling LibreELEC 8.0.0

I'm trying to compile libreELEC 8.0.0 and I'm always getting compilation errors.
I tried to compile libreELEC on LinuxMint 17.3, LinuxMint 18 and Ubuntu Server 16.10 and the compilation process always fails on libcec compilation.
I have checked out tag 8.0.0.
Compilation errors

First i cloned the repo using git clone. Then I checked out the libreelec-8.0 branch executing: git checkout libreelec-8.0. And then I moved the head to tag 8.0.0 with the command: git checkout tags/8.0.0

Quote from vpeter

Try

Code

git clone https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv.git
git reset --hard 8.0.0

I cloned the repo again and reset to tag 8.0.0, now the compilation error in libcec is gone, but I get another error:

Could NOT find VAAPI (missing: VAAPI_libva_LIBRARY VAAPI_libva-x11_LIBRARY
  VAAPI_INCLUDE_DIR) (Required is at least version "0.38.0")
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /media/Data/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0.0/toolchain/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:388 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  modules/FindVAAPI.cmake:41 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  scripts/common/Macros.cmake:399 (find_package)
  CMakeLists.txt:144 (core_optional_dep)




-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

CMakeError.log

No, I'm not building as root.

The problem was in my old options file in the home folder. After I replaced the file with the new options file and made my changes in the new file the problem disappeared.