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Following are procedures for installing GNUstep on different Operating Systems.<br>
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Following are procedures for installing GNUstep on different Operating Systems.
References:
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* You may also want to take a look at the [[dependencies]].
[http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/User/GNUstep/gnustep-howto_toc.html Platform Compatibility HowTO]
 
  
=== AIX ===
 
  
=== BSD ===
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= BSD-based systems =
==== Darwin ====
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To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can [[Platform:BSD|be found here]].
===== Intel =====
 
===== PowerPC =====
 
==== FreeBSD ====
 
You can install GNUstep via ''/usr/ports/devel/gnustep''. However, not all required dependancies are installed.
 
  
If you install the following in advance, you should be fine:
 
* wmaker
 
* libxml2
 
* libxslt
 
* libgmp4
 
* libart_lgpl2
 
* libaudiofile
 
* ffcall
 
* glitz
 
You may also want to install ''/usr/ports/net/mDNSResponder''.
 
  
'''Note''':
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= HP/UX  =
There is a bug in libkvm that '''requires''' a mounted ''/proc''. Until this bug is fixed, make sure you have an entry for ''/proc'' in your ''/etc/fstab'':
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* GNUstep-core-1.0, please see http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/CPAM_with_TWW/References_Manual#GNUstep_and_CPAM. look for the gnustep-core-1.0.sb and gnustep-core-1.0.pb file for building and packaging information.
  
<pre>
 
proc                    /proc          procfs  rw              0      0
 
</pre>
 
  
References:
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= Linux-based systems =
[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=gnustep&stype=all FreeBSD GNUstep ports],  
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To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can [[Platform:Linux|be found here]].
[http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=gnustep&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive Freshports GNUstep]
 
==== Mac OS X ====
 
==== NetBSD ====
 
==== OpenBSD ====
 
  
=== HP/UX  ===
 
We should stay away from HPUX-10.20, it is not supported by HP anymore.
 
  
=== Irix ===
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= Solaris =
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Take a look at the required and recommended [[dependencies]]. Most of these can be found at [http://www.blastwave.org/ BlastWave] (which I personally recommend) or [http://www.sunfreeware.com/ Sun Freeware].
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The notable exception are [http://www.haible.de/bruno/packages-ffcall.html ffcall]/[http://sources.redhat.com/libffi/ libffi], [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/ Bonjour] and [http://www.portaudio.com/ portaudio] (as of 2008-05-23).
  
=== Linux ===
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If you plan on compiling those from source, make sure to enable the creation of SHARED libraries. ''Bonjour'' and ''ffcall'' compile right out of the box. For ''portaudio'' to compile, you will need to grab a daily-snapshot and you need to install [http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/osndsys Open Sound System headers].
==== Debian ====
 
Since Debian "Sarge" you can just say
 
  
apt-get install x-window-system-core wmaker gnustep gnustep-devel gnustep-games
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Then, if you follow the installation instructions for GNUstep, you should not run into any problems.
  
to get GNUstep, X11 and Window Maker installed.
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=== Intel ===
  
But what happen if you have stable (3.0) release ?
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''Intentionally left blank''.
  
Here is an answer from gnustep irc channel:
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=== Sparc ===
<pre>
 
<fsmunoz> change every occurence of "stable" for "testing"
 
<fsmunoz> remove the security.debian.org line
 
<fsmunoz> do apt-get update
 
<fsmunoz> apt-get dist-upgrade
 
<fsmunoz> repeat  this last one until nothing gets installed or removed.
 
<fsmunoz> the, replace "testing" with "unstable"
 
<fsmunoz> then, apt-get update
 
<fsmunoz> apt-get dist-upgrade
 
<fsmunoz> repeat, repeat.
 
<fsmunoz> done
 
</pre>
 
==== RedHat ====
 
==== Slackware ====
 
==== SuSE ====
 
  
=== Solaris ===
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* http://www.linuks.mine.nu/gnustep/solaris is one of package sources to create Solaris packages for GNUstep.
==== Intel ====
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* GNUstep-core-1.0, please see http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/CPAM_with_TWW#GNUstep_and_TWW_HPMS. look for the gnustep-core-1.0.sb and gnustep-core-1.0.pb file for building and packaging information.
==== Sparc ====
 
  
=== Windows ===
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=== GNUstep Solaris 10 U2 vmware appliance ===
==== Cygwin ====
 
==== MingW ====
 
  
=== Others ===
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* [http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp Download sol u2 image], you need to have a Sun site account.
==== LiveCD for Intel ====
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* You can run this image in VMware server or VMware player 1.0.3.
Current version is 0.9.4.2
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* Install Sun Studio 11 with latest patches.
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* Objective Compiler
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** compile your own
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** get it from [http://www.blastwave.org/ BlastWave] using pkg-get.
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* download all the GNUstep tar balls and follow build instruction.
  
Find the instructions to install and the CD itself [http://livecd.gnustep.org/ here]
 
  
==== Linksys NSLU2 ====
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= OpenSolaris =
References: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/2005-02/msg00124.html
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This will be an add-on packages to OpenSolaris distributions using TWW tools to create SPARC/Intel packages in SVR4 formats. "pkg-inst gnustep-user-1.0 gnustep-developer-1.0 gnustep-apps-1.0" will install GNUstep user,developer and GNUstep native applications. pkg-rm will perform the reverse of installation.
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It will have a nice name like GNUstep O.S. (OpenSolaris).
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= Darwin =
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Two issues differentiate Darwin from its FreeBSD cousin.
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# Darwin uses the Apple [[Objective-C runtime]], not the GNU version
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# Darwin uses the Apple version of GCC, not the GNU version
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See [[Platform:BSD#Darwin]].
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= Windows =
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There are many Unix Environment solutions for windows. Currently GNUstep is using [http://www.mingw.org/ MingW] as its UNIX environment foundation for Windows.
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=== MingW ===
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See [[Installation on Windows]] for details on MingW setup. Also look at precompiled binary installer, available from [ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/binaries/windows/ GNUstep's ftp site].
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= Others =
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To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can [[Platform:Other|be found here]].
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Following are procedures for installing GNUstep on different Operating Systems.


BSD-based systems

To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can be found here.


HP/UX


Linux-based systems

To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can be found here.


Solaris

Take a look at the required and recommended dependencies. Most of these can be found at BlastWave (which I personally recommend) or Sun Freeware. The notable exception are ffcall/libffi, Bonjour and portaudio (as of 2008-05-23).

If you plan on compiling those from source, make sure to enable the creation of SHARED libraries. Bonjour and ffcall compile right out of the box. For portaudio to compile, you will need to grab a daily-snapshot and you need to install Open Sound System headers.

Then, if you follow the installation instructions for GNUstep, you should not run into any problems.

Intel

Intentionally left blank.

Sparc

GNUstep Solaris 10 U2 vmware appliance

  • Download sol u2 image, you need to have a Sun site account.
  • You can run this image in VMware server or VMware player 1.0.3.
  • Install Sun Studio 11 with latest patches.
  • Objective Compiler
    • compile your own
    • get it from BlastWave using pkg-get.
  • download all the GNUstep tar balls and follow build instruction.


OpenSolaris

This will be an add-on packages to OpenSolaris distributions using TWW tools to create SPARC/Intel packages in SVR4 formats. "pkg-inst gnustep-user-1.0 gnustep-developer-1.0 gnustep-apps-1.0" will install GNUstep user,developer and GNUstep native applications. pkg-rm will perform the reverse of installation.

It will have a nice name like GNUstep O.S. (OpenSolaris).


Darwin

Two issues differentiate Darwin from its FreeBSD cousin.

  1. Darwin uses the Apple Objective-C runtime, not the GNU version
  2. Darwin uses the Apple version of GCC, not the GNU version

See Platform:BSD#Darwin.

Windows

There are many Unix Environment solutions for windows. Currently GNUstep is using MingW as its UNIX environment foundation for Windows.

MingW

See Installation on Windows for details on MingW setup. Also look at precompiled binary installer, available from GNUstep's ftp site.


Others

To keep this list as brief as possible, information about these systems can be found here.