\input texinfo @c -*- Texinfo -*- @c %**start of header @setfilename Building.linux.info @include base/article.texi @include building/command.texi @paragraphindent none @set BG-platform @value{OS-linux} @c %**end of header @majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB-title} on @value{BG-platform} @contents @sp 1 @include building/chapter.introduction.texi @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @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 13.10, gcc 4.8, yasm 1.2.x @item Fedora 20, gcc 4.8, yasm 1.2.x @item gcc 4.5 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 13.10 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 libxml2-dev (cli/gui) @item libogg-dev (cli/gui) @item libtheora-dev (cli/gui) @item libvorbis-dev (cli/gui) @item libsamplerate-dev (cli/gui) @item libfribidi-dev (cli/gui) @item libfreetype6-dev (cli/gui) @item libfontconfig1-dev (cli/gui) @item libass-dev (cli/gui) @item intltool (gui) @item libglib2.0-dev (gui) @item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui) @item libgtk-3-dev (gui) @item libgudev-1.0-dev (gui) @item libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev (gui) @item libnotify-dev (gui) @item libgstreamer1.0-dev (gui) @item libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (gui) @item libappindicator-dev (gui) @end itemize To install these packages: @example sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential autoconf libtool \ zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev \ libsamplerate-dev libxml2-dev libfribidi-dev libfreetype6-dev \ libfontconfig1-dev libass-dev intltool libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev \ libgtk-3-dev libgudev-1.0-dev libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libnotify-dev \ libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libappindicator-dev @end example Fedora 20 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 libogg-devel (cli/gui) @item libtheora-devel (cli/gui) @item libvorbis-devel (cli/gui) @item libsamplerate-devel (cli/gui) @item libxml2-devel (cli/gui) @item fribidi-devel (cli/gui) @item freetype-devel (cli/gui) @item fontconfig-devel (cli/gui) @item libass-devel (cli/gui) @item dbus-glib-devel (gui) @item libgudev1-devel (gui) @item webkitgtk3-devel (gui) @item libnotify-devel (gui) @item gstreamer1-devel (gui) @item gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel (gui) @end itemize To install these packages: @example sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel libogg-devel libtheora-devel \ libvorbis-devel libsamplerate-devel libxml2-devel fribidi-devel \ freetype-devel fontconfig-devel libass-devel dbus-glib-devel \ libgudev1-devel webkitgtk3-devel libnotify-devel \ gstreamer1-devel gstreamer1-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. @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi @include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi @include building/appendix.repo.texi