1 @input texinfo @c -*- Texinfo -*-
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 Fedora 8, gcc 4.1.2, yasm 0.6.2.1985
23 @item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.6.2.1985
24 @item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093
25 @item gcc 4.0.0 or higher is reported to work
28 @include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi
30 The @b{GTK UI} introduces some significant extra build requirements. If you intend to disable building the GUI with @command{configure --disable-gtk} you may not need any of these packages installed:
40 @item libdbus-glib-1-dev
43 @item libhal-storage-dev
44 @item libgtkhtml3.14-dev
45 @item libgstreamer0.10-dev
46 @item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
49 @include building/prerequisites.common.texi
51 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 @include building/chapter.quickstart.texi
56 @value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.
58 @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi