doc/texi/Building.linux.texi

   1 @input texinfo @c -*- Texinfo -*-
   2 @c %**start of header
   3 @setfilename Building.linux.info
   4 @include base/article.texi
   5 @include building/command.texi
   6 @paragraphindent none
   7
   8 @set BG.platform linux
   9 @c %**end of header
  10
  11 @majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB.title} on @value{OS.@value{BG.platform}}
  12 @contents
  13 @include building/chapter.introduction.texi
  14
  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:
  19
  20 @itemize @bullet
  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
  27 @end itemize
  28
  29 @include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi
  30
  31 @include building/prerequisites.common.texi
  32
  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:
  34
  35 Ubuntu 8.10 packages:
  36 @itemize @bullet
  37 @item subversion (cli/gui)
  38 @item yasm (cli/gui)
  39 @item build-essential (cli/gui)
  40 @item autoconf (cli/gui)
  41 @item libtool (cli/gui)
  42 @item zlib1g-dev (cli/gui)
  43 @item libbz2-dev (cli/gui)
  44 @item intltool (gui)
  45 @item libglib2.0-dev (gui)
  46 @item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui)
  47 @item libgtk2.0-dev (gui)
  48 @item libhal-dev (gui)
  49 @item libhal-storage-dev (gui)
  50 @item libwebkit-dev (gui)
  51 @item libnotify-dev (gui)
  52 @item libgstreamer0.10-dev (gui)
  53 @item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev (gui)
  54 @end itemize
  55
  56 To install these packages:
  57 @example
  58 sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential \
  59 autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev \
  60 libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev \
  61 libwebkit-dev libnotify-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev \
  62 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
  63 @end example
  64
  65 Fedora 10 package groups:
  66 @itemize @bullet
  67 @item Development Tools
  68 @item Development Libraries
  69 @item X Software Development (gui)
  70 @item GNOME Software Development (gui)
  71 @end itemize
  72
  73 To install these package groups:
  74 @example
  75 sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" \
  76 "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"
  77 @end example
  78
  79 Additional Fedora 10 packages:
  80 @itemize @bullet
  81 @item yasm (cli/gui)
  82 @item zlib-devel (cli/gui)
  83 @item bzip2-devel (cli/gui)
  84 @item dbus-glib-devel (gui)
  85 @item hal-devel (gui)
  86 @item webkitgtk-devel (gui)
  87 @item libnotify-devel (gui)
  88 @item gstreamer-devel (gui)
  89 @item gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)
  90 @end itemize
  91
  92 To install these packages:
  93 @example
  94 sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel \
  95 dbus-glib-devel hal-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel\
  96 gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
  97 @end example
  98
  99
 100 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 101 @include building/chapter.quickstart.texi
 102
 103 @anchor{overview}
 104 @chapter Overview
 105 @value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.
 106
 107 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 108 @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi
 109 @include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi
 110 @include building/appendix.repo.texi