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@setfilename Building.linux.info
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@include building/command.texi
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@set BG.platform linux
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@majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB.title} on @value{OS.@value{BG.platform}}
@contents
@include building/chapter.introduction.texi

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@anchor{prerequisites}
@chapter Prerequisites
The following are the recommended specifications for building on @value{OS.linux}; but is not necessarily the only configuration that is possible:

@itemize @bullet
@item Intel 32-bit or 64-bit kernel
@item Ubuntu 8.04, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1
@item Ubuntu 8.10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1
@item Ubuntu 9.04, gcc 4.3.3, yasm 0.7.1
@item Ubuntu 9.10, gcc 4.4.1, yasm 0.8.0
@item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1
@item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1
@item Fedora 11, gcc 4.4.0, yasm 0.7.2
@item Fedora 12, gcc 4.4.2, yasm 0.7.2
@item gcc 4.0.0 or higher is reported to work
@end itemize

@include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi

@include building/prerequisites.common.texi

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:

Ubuntu 9.10 - 10.04 packages:
@itemize @bullet
@item subversion (cli/gui)
@item yasm (cli/gui)
@item build-essential (cli/gui)
@item autoconf (cli/gui)
@item libtool (cli/gui)
@item zlib1g-dev (cli/gui)
@item libbz2-dev (cli/gui)
@item intltool (gui)
@item libglib2.0-dev (gui)
@item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui)
@item libgtk2.0-dev (gui)
@item libgudev-1.0-dev (gui)
@item libwebkit-dev (gui)
@item libnotify-dev (gui)
@item libgstreamer0.10-dev (gui)
@item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev (gui)
@end itemize

To install these packages:
@example
sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential \
autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev \
libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgudev-1.0-dev \
libwebkit-dev libnotify-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev \
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
@end example

Fedora 12 - 13 package groups:
@itemize @bullet
@item Development Tools
@item Development Libraries
@item X Software Development (gui)
@item GNOME Software Development (gui)
@end itemize

To install these package groups:
@example
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" \
"X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"
@end example

Additional Fedora packages:
@itemize @bullet
@item yasm (cli/gui)
@item zlib-devel (cli/gui)
@item bzip2-devel (cli/gui)
@item dbus-glib-devel (gui)
@item libgudev1-devel (gui)
@item webkitgtk-devel (gui)
@item libnotify-devel (gui)
@item gstreamer-devel (gui)
@item gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)
@end itemize

To install these packages:
@example
sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel \
dbus-glib-devel libgudev1-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel \
gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
@end example

@c %**-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@include building/chapter.quickstart.texi

@anchor{overview}
@chapter Overview
@value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.

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@include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi
@include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi
@include building/appendix.repo.texi