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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 8.04 - 9.10 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 libhal-dev (gui)
53 @item libhal-storage-dev (gui)
54 @item libwebkit-dev (gui)
55 @item libnotify-dev (gui)
56 @item libgstreamer0.10-dev (gui)
57 @item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev (gui)
60 Ubuntu 8.04, substitute libwebkitgtk-dev for libwebkit-dev
62 To install these packages:
64 sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential \
65 autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev \
66 libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev \
67 libwebkit-dev libnotify-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev \
68 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
71 Fedora 9 - 12 package groups:
73 @item Development Tools
74 @item Development Libraries
75 @item X Software Development (gui)
76 @item GNOME Software Development (gui)
79 To install these package groups:
81 sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" \
82 "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"
85 Additional Fedora packages:
88 @item zlib-devel (cli/gui)
89 @item bzip2-devel (cli/gui)
90 @item dbus-glib-devel (gui)
92 @item webkitgtk-devel (gui)
93 @item libnotify-devel (gui)
94 @item gstreamer-devel (gui)
95 @item gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)
98 Fedora 9 & 10, substitute WebKit-gtk-devel for webkitgtk-devel
100 To install these packages:
102 sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel \
103 dbus-glib-devel hal-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel\
104 gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
107 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
108 @include building/chapter.quickstart.texi
112 @value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.
114 @c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
115 @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi
116 @include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi
117 @include building/appendix.repo.texi