GNUstep SVN Installation Guide
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This page is a step-by-step "Howto compile the last svn version of GNUstep". It's mainly a short summary of different documents available (and for some too out-of-date). Wiki based, I hope this document will be the up-to-date installation guide.
Introduction
Three step are needed to build and install GNUstep from scratch :
- Building the Makefile package: this set up an environement to build everything else.
- Building library.
- Minimal configuration.
Building Makefile package
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk/ gnustep-make ./configure --prefix=/usr/GNUstep make make install
Extra configuration needed every time you use "GNUstep" from a command-line:
. /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh or . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh
Building Library
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk/ gnustep-base ./configure make make install
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk/ gnustep-gui ./configure make make install
svn co http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/back/trunk/ gnustep-back ./configure --enable-graphics=cairo --with-name=cairo --disable-glitz make make install
Minimal configuration
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo
You may also need to install package to use default font used by GNUstep. On Debian Etch, install ttf-bitstream-vera package.