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3 @setfilename Building.linux.info
4 @include base/article.texi
5 @include building/command.texi
11 @majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB.title} on @value{OS.@value{BG.platform}}
13 @include building/chapter.introduction.texi
15 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 @anchor{prerequisites}
17 @chapter Prerequisites
18 The following are the recommended specifications for building on @value{OS.linux}; but is not necessarily the only configuration that is possible:
21 @item Intel 32-bit or 64-bit kernel
22 @item Ubuntu 8.0.4, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1.2093
23 @item Ubuntu 8.10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093
24 @item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1.2093
25 @item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093
26 @item gcc 4.0.0 or higher is reported to work
29 @include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi
31 @include building/prerequisites.common.texi
33 The @b{GTK UI} introduces some significant extra build requirements. If you intend to disable building the GUI with @command{configure --disable-gtk} you will not need many of these packages installed:
41 @item zlib1g-dev (gui)
43 @item libglib2.0-dev (gui)
44 @item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui)
45 @item libgtk2.0-dev (gui)
46 @item libhal-dev (gui)
47 @item libhal-storage-dev (gui)
48 @item libgtkhtml3.14-dev (gui)
49 @item libgstreamer0.10-dev (gui)
50 @item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev (gui)
53 To install these packages:
55 sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential \
56 autoconf intltool libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libglib2.0-dev \
57 libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev \
58 libgtkhtml3.14-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
61 Fedora 10 package groups:
63 @item Development Tools
64 @item Development Libraries
65 @item X Software Development (gui)
66 @item GNOME Software Development (gui)
69 To install these package groups:
71 sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" \
72 "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"
75 Additional Fedora 10 packages:
77 @item zlib-devel (gui)
79 @item dbus-glib-devel (gui)
81 @item gtkhtml3-devel (gui)
82 @item gstreamer-devel (gui)
83 @item gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)
86 To install these packages:
88 sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel \
89 dbus-glib-devel hal-devel gtkhtml3-devel \
90 gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
94 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
95 @include building/chapter.quickstart.texi
99 @value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.
101 @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi