Difference between revisions of "GNUstep SVN Installation Guide"

Latest revision as of 15:50, 22 April 2017

This page is a step-by-step "How-to compile the latest svn version of GNUstep". It's mainly a short summary of different documents available.

NOTE: Instruction on installing GNUstep on Windows are available at Installation on Windows.

Prerequisites

Make sure to have the libraries mentioned as Dependencies installed – from their specific web sites or using your packaging system. (Note that some distributions/variants put header files into separate *-dev or *-devel packages. In this case these must be installed, too!) You may also want to have a look at the article Platform compatibility for notes on your platform.

Download

 svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/modules/core

Makefile Package

You should install these packages as root.

sudo

Now, start with the Makefile Package.

cd core/make
./configure
make
make install

For configurations options see ./configure --help. For example ./configure --with-layout=fhs enables a more FHS-conformable filesystem layout. ./configure --prefix=MYPATH will install into MYPATH instead of the standard /usr/GNUstep. Typical options are / (into root directly, as NeXT or Apple do), /usr/local/GNUstep, /opt/GNUstep.

Extra configuration needed every time you use "GNUstep" from a command-line:

. /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

For Bourne compatible shells, or

. /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh

For csh or tcsh.

Base/Foundation Library

cd core/base
./configure
make
make install

GUI/AppKit Library

cd core/gui
./configure
make
make install

Backend Library

The most stable GNUstep backend currently is the one dependent on cairo. The libart backend is no longer actively developed. You may want to try one of the different backends by using the configure option "--enable-graphics=" with either art, xlib, opal or cairo as parameter.

cd core/back
./configure
make
make install

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-This page is a step-by-step "Howto compile the last svn version of GNUstep".
+This page is a step-by-step "How-to compile the latest svn version of GNUstep".  It's mainly a short summary of different documents available.
-It's mainly a short summary of different documents available (and for some too out-of-date).
-Wiki based, I hope this document will be the up-to-date installation guide.
-== Introduction ==
+<b>NOTE:</b> Instruction on installing GNUstep on Windows are available at [[Installation on Windows]].
-Three step are needed to build and install GNUstep from scratch :
-* Building the Makefile package: this set up an environement to build everything else.
-* Building library.
-* Minimal configuration.
+== Prerequisites ==
+Make sure to have the libraries mentioned as [[Dependencies]] installed &ndash; from their specific web sites or using your packaging system. (Note that some distributions/variants put header files into separate *-dev or *-devel packages. In this case these must be installed, too!) You may also want to have a look at the article [[Platform compatibility]] for notes on your platform.
-== Building Makefile package ==
+==Download==
+  svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/modules/core
+See also [[Using Subversion]].
+Or use git to check out each core component separately. E.g. for make:
+  git svn clone http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk make
+== Makefile Package ==
+You should install these packages as root.
+<pre>
+sudo
+</pre>
+Now, start with the Makefile Package.
 <pre>
-svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk/ gnustep-make
+cd core/make
-./configure --prefix=/usr/GNUstep
+./configure
 make
 make install
 </pre>
+For configurations options see <code>./configure --help</code>. For example <code>./configure --with-layout=fhs</code> enables a more FHS-conformable filesystem layout. <code>./configure --prefix=MYPATH</code> will install into MYPATH instead of the standard /usr/GNUstep. Typical options are / (into root directly, as NeXT or Apple do), /usr/local/GNUstep, /opt/GNUstep.
 Extra configuration needed every time you use "GNUstep" from a command-line:
+<pre>
 . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
-or
+</pre>
-source /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh
+For Bourne compatible shells, or
+<pre>
+. /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh
+</pre>
+For csh or tcsh.
-== Building Library ==
+== Base/Foundation Library ==
 <pre>
-svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk/ gnustep-base
+cd core/base
 ./configure
 make
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 </pre>
+== GUI/AppKit Library ==
 <pre>
-svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk/ gnustep-gui
+cd core/gui
 ./configure
 make
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 </pre>
+== Backend Library ==
+The most stable GNUstep [[backend]] currently is the one dependent on cairo. The libart backend is no longer actively developed. You may want to try one of the different backends by using the configure option "--enable-graphics=" with either art, xlib, opal or cairo as parameter.
 <pre>
-svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/back/trunk/ gnustep-back
+cd core/back
-./configure --enable-graphics=cairo --with-name=cairo --disable-glitz
+./configure
 make
 make install
 </pre>
-== Minimal configuration ==
+<!-- put this into platform:linux or sth! == Minimal configuration ==
-<pre>
+You may need to install package to use default font used by GNUstep. On Debian Etch, install <tt>ttf-bitstream-vera</tt> package. -->
-defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo
-</pre>
-You may also need to install package to use default font used by GNUstep. On Debian Etch, install ttf-bitstream-vera package.