Dependencies

The following is the current (as of July 18, 2006) list of direct dependencies for GNUstep.

Note :

• some of these dependencies are dependent of each other (e.g. tiff requires jpeg, and libungif requires freetype2)
• each of these dependencies may require additional libraries, which are not listed here
• the given names may not accurately reflect the actual package name as provided by your system

GNUstep-make

Required

• GCC with ObjC support -- preferably version 4.x
• GNU make -- called gmake or gnumake on some systems

Optional

• gdb -- for debugging
• Window Maker -- this would install a lot of dependencies beforehand

GNUstep-base

Required

• GNUstep-make
• ffcall or libffi -- stack-frame handling

Recommended

• libxml2 -- for XML-based property-lists
• libxslt -- for style sheet support for use with XML
• openssl -- for HTTPS connections in NSURL

Optional

• libiconv -- Unicode support, only install if not provided by your system / glibc
• libgmp4 -- arbitrary precision arithmetic
• libbfd -- universal "Binary File Descriptor" library, part of GNU binutils
• mDNSResponder -- for Bonjour service discover

GNUstep-gui

Required

• GNUstep-base
• tiff -- TIFF support

Recommended

• jpeg -- JPEG support
• png -- PNG support

Optional

• libungif -- for reading and writing GIF images
• aspell -- spell checking
• cups-base -- printing
• libaudiofile -- sound
• portaudio -- sound, needs at least portaudio-v19

GNUstep-back

XLIB

Required

• GNUstep-gui

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

ART

Required

• GNUstep-gui
• freetype2 -- TrueType font rendering engine
• libart_lgpl2 -- 2D graphics supporting

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

CAIRO

Required

• GNUstep-gui
• libart_lgpl2 -- 2D graphics supporting
• glitz -- OpenGL image compositing library
• cairo -- PDF 1.4 imaging model

Recommended

• libXft -- font API

Documentation

• TeTeX -- if you want to create the API documentation