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The most simple way to get an up-to-date installation of GNUstep on Debian or Ubuntu is to add the [https://launchpad.net/~gnustep-dev/+archive/weekly GNUstep weekly PPA] to your distribution sources, provided by the GNUstep Developers team on Launchpad. On how to do this in detail, see the PPA page.
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Usually it is a good a idea to just use the package manager of your distribution to get a stable and well integrated GNUstep environment:
  
== Compiling manually ==
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sudo apt-get install gnustep gnustep-devel
  
* Uses clang and libobjc2 for all the new features like ARC, Blocks, etc.
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If you want to develop new apps and try the newest features consider the approach described below.
* Works with a fresh install and likely with a more completed installation.
 
* Works on Ubuntu 12.10 Server.
 
* Works on Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop.
 
* If you're trying Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop, see bottom of the page for help.
 
  
After this, you can try to install EtoileOS: see [[EtoileOS under Ubuntu Linux]].
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= Compiling Everything from Scratch  =
  
<pre>
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The following repo contains scripts that  compile and install everything needed for GNUstep Objective-C 2.0.  The script uses clang and libobjc2 for all the awesome new features like ARC, blocks/Grand Central Dispatch, etc.
sudo apt-get install aptitude
 
# Dependencies
 
sudo aptitude -y install build-essential git subversion ninja cmake
 
# Dependencies for GNUStep Base
 
sudo aptitude -y install libffi-dev libxml2-dev libgnutls-dev libicu-dev
 
# Dependencies for libdispatch
 
sudo aptitude -y install libblocksruntime-dev libkqueue-dev libpthread-workqueue-dev autoconf libtool
 
  
cd ~
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For example, to build GNUstep under Ubuntu 19.04, do:
git clone git://github.com/nickhutchinson/libdispatch.git
 
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/modules/core
 
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/libobjc2/trunk libobjc2
 
svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk llvm
 
cd llvm/tools
 
svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk clang
 
  
cd ~/llvm
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git clone https://github.com/plaurent/gnustep-build
mkdir build
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cd gnustep-build/ubuntu-19.04-clang-8.0-runtime-2.0/
cd build
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./GNUstep-buildon-ubuntu1904.sh
cmake ..
 
make -j8  # 8=your number of build CPUs
 
  
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:~/llvm/build/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
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The demo.sh and demo-gui.sh scripts show example code and compilation examples (using command line as well as the recommended GNUmakefile approach.)
echo "export CC=clang"  >> ~/.bashrc
 
echo "export CXX=clang++" >> ~/.bashrc
 
source ~/.bashrc
 
clang -v
 
clang++ -v
 
  
cd ~/libobjc2
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Reference manuals for GNUStep, including available APIs, etc, are available at http://www.gnustep.org/developers/documentation.html
mkdir build
 
cd build
 
cmake ..
 
make -j8
 
sudo -E make install
 
  
cd ~/core/make
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General Note: When compiling your own code, it is generally good to tell clang both the family and version of the runtime: -fobjc-runtime=gnustep-2.0
./configure --enable-debug-by-default --with-layout=gnustep --enable-objc-nonfragile-abi
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(The current version number can be had by looking at the latest ANNOUNCE filename in https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2 (e.g., ANNOUNCE.1.8.1))
make && sudo -E make install
 
echo ". /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
 
source ~/.bashrc
 
 
 
sudo /sbin/ldconfig
 
 
 
cd ~/core/base/
 
./configure
 
make -j8
 
sudo -E make install
 
 
 
cd ~/libdispatch
 
sh autogen.sh
 
./configure CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/kqueue" LDFLAGS="-lkqueue -lpthread_workqueue -pthread -lm"
 
make -j8
 
sudo -E make install
 
sudo ldconfig
 
 
 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
# TEST COMPILING SOME CODE FROM THE INTERNET
 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
You can compile the following code with:
 
 
 
clang `gnustep-config --objc-flags` `gnustep-config --objc-libs` -fobjc-runtime=gnustep -fblocks -fobjc-arc -lobjc  blocktest.m
 
 
 
clang `gnustep-config --objc-flags` `gnustep-config --objc-libs` -fobjc-runtime=gnustep -fblocks -lobjc -ldispatch -lgnustep-base  Fraction.m helloGCD_objc.m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cat > blocktest.m << EOF
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
 
 
int main() {
 
    void (^hello)(void) = ^(void) {
 
        printf("Hello, block!\n");
 
    };
 
    hello();
 
    return 0;
 
}
 
EOF
 
 
 
cat > helloGCD_objc.m << EOF
 
 
 
#include <dispatch/dispatch.h>
 
#import <stdio.h>
 
#import "Fraction.h"
 
 
 
int main( int argc, const char *argv[] ) {
 
  dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_queue_create(NULL, NULL);
 
  Fraction *frac = [[Fraction alloc] init];
 
 
 
  [frac setNumerator: 1];
 
  [frac setDenominator: 3];
 
 
 
  // print it
 
  dispatch_sync(queue, ^{
 
    printf( "The fraction is: " );
 
    [frac print];
 
    printf( "\n" );
 
  });
 
  dispatch_release(queue);
 
 
 
  return 0;
 
}
 
 
 
EOF
 
 
 
cat > Fraction.h << EOF
 
 
 
#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>
 
 
 
@interface Fraction: NSObject {
 
  int numerator;
 
  int denominator;
 
}
 
 
 
-(void) print;
 
-(void) setNumerator: (int) n;
 
-(void) setDenominator: (int) d;
 
-(int) numerator;
 
-(int) denominator;
 
@end
 
 
 
EOF
 
 
 
 
 
cat > Fraction.m << EOF
 
#import "Fraction.h"
 
#import <stdio.h>
 
 
 
@implementation Fraction
 
-(void) print {
 
  printf( "%i/%i", numerator, denominator );
 
}
 
 
 
-(void) setNumerator: (int) n {
 
  numerator = n;
 
}
 
 
 
-(void) setDenominator: (int) d {
 
  denominator = d;
 
}
 
 
 
-(int) denominator {
 
  return denominator;
 
}
 
 
 
-(int) numerator {
 
  return numerator;
 
}
 
@end
 
 
 
EOF
 
 
 
 
 
# ------------------------------------------------------
 
# ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL STEPS FOR INSTALLING GUI AND BACK
 
# (i.e., if you're running Ubuntu Desktop)
 
# ------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
sudo aptitude install -y libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev
 
sudo aptitude install -y libcairo-dev libx11-dev:i386 libxt-dev
 
 
 
cd ~/core/gui
 
./configure
 
make -j8
 
sudo -E make install
 
 
 
cd ~/core/back
 
./configure
 
make -j8
 
sudo -E make install
 
 
 
You can compile the following code with:
 
 
 
clang `gnustep-config --objc-flags` `gnustep-config --objc-libs`  -fobjc-runtime=gnustep -fblocks -lobjc -fobjc-arc -ldispatch -lgnustep-base -lgnustep-gui  guitest.m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cat > guitest.m << EOF
 
#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
 
 
 
int main()
 
{
 
NSApplication *app;  // Without these 2 lines, seg fault may occur
 
app = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
 
 
 
NSAlert * alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
 
[alert setMessageText:@"Hello alert"];
 
[alert addButtonWithTitle:@"All done"];
 
[alert runModal];
 
}
 
EOF
 
 
 
 
 
</pre>
 
 
 
 
 
* General Note: When compiling, it is generally good to tell clang both the family and version of the runtime: -fobjc-runtime=gnustep-1.7
 
(The current version number can be had by looking at the latest ANNOUNCE filename in http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/libobjc2/trunk/ (e.g., ANNOUNCE.1.7))
 
 
 
 
 
<b>Ubuntu 12.04 Help</b>
 
 
 
In Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop, the installed version of CMake is 2.8.7 but you need 2.8.8 or later to compile LLVM.
 
 
 
 
 
<pre>
 
patryk@telperion:~/llvm/build$ cmake ..
 
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (cmake_minimum_required):
 
  CMake 2.8.8 or higher is required.  You are running version 2.8.7
 
 
 
 
 
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
 
patryk@telperion:~/llvm/build$
 
</pre>
 
 
 
The solution is to download and compile CMake yourself, using the existing CMake 2.8.7 and then replacing it.
 
 
 
# Download the latest CMake version from the CMake web site (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html), and uncompress iin a folder.
 
# Create a _build directory in the CMake sources folder.
 
# From the _build directory, run the following commands to build and install CMake from sources:
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
 
make
 
cpack -G DEB
 
sudo apt-get remove cmake cmake-data
 
sudo dpkg -i cmake*.deb
 
</pre>
 
 
 
You probably will also need to upgrade to a newer GCC:
 
 
 
<pre>
 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
 
sudo apt-get update
 
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
 
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 50
 
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 50
 
</pre>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If running make -j8 in llvm failed with a "syntax error in VERSION script" error,
 
you may be able to overcome it by doing the following steps <b>after getting the error</b>:
 
 
 
<pre>
 
# After make -j8 returned a syntax error in VERSION script error
 
cd ~/llvm/build
 
make clean
 
cd ~/llvm/build/tools/lto
 
make -j8
 
cd ~/llvm/build
 
make -j8
 
</pre>
 

Latest revision as of 21:05, 17 April 2022

Usually it is a good a idea to just use the package manager of your distribution to get a stable and well integrated GNUstep environment:

sudo apt-get install gnustep gnustep-devel

If you want to develop new apps and try the newest features consider the approach described below.

Compiling Everything from Scratch

The following repo contains scripts that compile and install everything needed for GNUstep Objective-C 2.0. The script uses clang and libobjc2 for all the awesome new features like ARC, blocks/Grand Central Dispatch, etc.

For example, to build GNUstep under Ubuntu 19.04, do:

git clone https://github.com/plaurent/gnustep-build
cd gnustep-build/ubuntu-19.04-clang-8.0-runtime-2.0/
./GNUstep-buildon-ubuntu1904.sh

The demo.sh and demo-gui.sh scripts show example code and compilation examples (using command line as well as the recommended GNUmakefile approach.)

Reference manuals for GNUStep, including available APIs, etc, are available at http://www.gnustep.org/developers/documentation.html

General Note: When compiling your own code, it is generally good to tell clang both the family and version of the runtime: -fobjc-runtime=gnustep-2.0 (The current version number can be had by looking at the latest ANNOUNCE filename in https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2 (e.g., ANNOUNCE.1.8.1))