Dependencies

The following is the current (as of July 18, 2006) list of direct dependencies for GNUstep.

Note :

• some of these dependencies are dependent of each other (eg. tiff requires jpeg, and libungif requires freetype2)
• each of these dependencies may require additional libraries, which are not listed here
• the given names may not accurately reflect the actual package name as provided by your system

GNUstep-make

Required

• GCC -- preferably version 4.x
• GNU make -- called gmake or gnumake on some systems

Optional

• gdb
• Window Maker

GNUstep-base

Required

• GNUstep-make
• ffcall or libffi -- stack-frame handling

Recommended

• libxml2 -- for XML-based property-lists
• libxslt -- for stylesheet support for use with XML
• openssl -- for https connections in NSURL

Optional

• libiconv -- unicode support, only install if not provided by your system / glibc
• libgmp4 -- arbitrary precision arithmetic
• libbfd -- universal "Binary File Descriptor" library

GNUstep-gui

Required

• GNUstep-base
• tiff

Recommended

• jpeg
• png

Optional

• libungif
• aspell -- spell checking
• cups-base -- printing
• libaudiofile -- sound
• portaudio -- sound, needs at least portaudio-v19

GNUstep-back XLIB

Required

• GNUstep-gui

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

GNUstep-back ART

Required

• GNUstep-gui
• freetype2 -- TrueType font rendering engine
• libart_lgpl2 -- 2D graphics supporting

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

GNUstep-back CAIRO

Required

• GNUstep-gui
• libart_lgpl2 -- 2D graphics supporting
• glitz -- OpenGL image compositing library
• cairo -- PDF 1.4 imaging model

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

Documentation

• tetex -- if you want to create the API documentation