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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 8.04, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1
23 @item Ubuntu 8.10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1
24 @item Ubuntu 9.04, gcc 4.3.3, yasm 0.7.1
25 @item Ubuntu 9.10, gcc 4.4.1, yasm 0.8.0
26 @item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1
27 @item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1
28 @item Fedora 11, gcc 4.4.0, yasm 0.7.2
29 @item Fedora 12, gcc 4.4.2, yasm 0.7.2
30 @item gcc 4.0.0 or higher is reported to work
33 @include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi
35 @include building/prerequisites.common.texi
37 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:
39 Ubuntu 9.10 - 10.04 packages:
41 @item subversion (cli/gui)
43 @item build-essential (cli/gui)
44 @item autoconf (cli/gui)
45 @item libtool (cli/gui)
46 @item zlib1g-dev (cli/gui)
47 @item libbz2-dev (cli/gui)
49 @item libglib2.0-dev (gui)
50 @item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui)
51 @item libgtk2.0-dev (gui)
52 @item libgudev-1.0-dev (gui)
53 @item libwebkit-dev (gui)
54 @item libnotify-dev (gui)
55 @item libgstreamer0.10-dev (gui)
56 @item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev (gui)
59 To install these packages:
61 sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential \
62 autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev \
63 libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgudev-1.0-dev \
64 libwebkit-dev libnotify-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev \
65 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
68 Fedora 12 - 13 package groups:
70 @item Development Tools
71 @item Development Libraries
72 @item X Software Development (gui)
73 @item GNOME Software Development (gui)
76 To install these package groups:
78 sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" \
79 "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"
82 Additional Fedora packages:
85 @item zlib-devel (cli/gui)
86 @item bzip2-devel (cli/gui)
87 @item dbus-glib-devel (gui)
88 @item libgudev1-devel (gui)
89 @item webkitgtk-devel (gui)
90 @item libnotify-devel (gui)
91 @item gstreamer-devel (gui)
92 @item gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)
95 To install these packages:
97 sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel \
98 dbus-glib-devel libgudev1-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel\
99 gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
102 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
103 @include building/chapter.quickstart.texi
107 @value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.
109 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
110 @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi
111 @include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi
112 @include building/appendix.repo.texi