@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 linux @c %**end of header @majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB.title} on @value{OS.@value{BG.platform}} @contents @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 8.0.4, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1.2093 @item Ubuntu 8.10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093 @item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.7.1.2093 @item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093 @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 8.10 packages: @itemize @bullet @item build-essential @item autoconf (gui) @item intltool (gui) @item libtool (gui) @item zlib1g-dev (gui) @item libbz2-dev @item libglib2.0-dev (gui) @item libdbus-glib-1-dev (gui) @item libgtk2.0-dev (gui) @item libhal-dev (gui) @item libhal-storage-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 intltool libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libglib2.0-dev \ libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev \ libwebkit-dev libnotify-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev \ libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev @end example Fedora 10 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 10 packages: @itemize @bullet @item zlib-devel (gui) @item bzip2-devel @item dbus-glib-devel (gui) @item hal-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 hal-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. @c %**------------------------------------------------------------------------- @include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi @include building/chapter.troubleshooting.texi @include building/appendix.repo.texi