BuildCVS.txt

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   2                 How to build the sources from CVS
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   4
   5 Please use the install.txt files in docs/gtk, docs/msw, docs/motif, docs/mac
   6 etc. alongside these instructions.
   7
   8 I) Windows using plain makefiles
   9 ----------------------------------------
  10
  11 a) If using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0
  12
  13 Ensure that the command-line compiler and tools (including
  14 nmake) are installed and ready to run.  Depending on your
  15 installation there may be a batch file (named something like
  16 VCVARS32.BAT) that needs to be run to set correct environment
  17 varaibles and PATH entries.
  18
  19 Continue with item c) below.
  20
  21
  22 b) If using the GNU Mingw32 or GNU Cygwin32 compilers
  23
  24 You can get Mingw32 from  http://www.mingw.org
  25
  26 Cygwin32 is available at  http://www.cygwin.com
  27
  28 The makefile might have small problems with Cygwin's tools
  29 so it is recommended to use Mingw32 and its toolchain instead
  30 if possible.
  31
  32 -> Set your path so that it includes the directory
  33    where your compiler and tools reside
  34
  35 -> If your are using an old Mingw32 version (gcc-2.95 or older),
  36    you might need to fix some headers with the patches contained
  37    in the wxWin\Mingw32-gcc295.patches file. PLEASE APPLY THESE
  38    PATCHES BY HAND! There are apparently a few different versions
  39    of the headers floating around. Note that these patches are
  40    not needed if you are using Mingw32 gcc-2.95.2 or newer.
  41
  42 -> Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
  43    the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
  44    If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable
  45    appropiately.
  46
  47
  48 c) Build instructions
  49
  50 -> Assumming that you installed the wxWindows sources
  51    into c:\wxWin
  52 -> Copy c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup0.h
  53    to   c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h
  54 -> Edit c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h so that
  55    most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1), for example:
  56    #define wxUSE_ODBC          0
  57    #define wxUSE_SOCKETS       1
  58    #define wxUSE_HTML          1
  59    #define wxUSE_THREADS       1
  60    #define wxUSE_FS_INET       0
  61    #define wxUSE_FS_ZIP        1
  62    #define wxUSE_BUSYINFO      1
  63    #define wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS  1
  64    #define wxUSE_ZIPSTREAM     1
  65    #define wxUSE_LIBJPEG       1
  66    #define wxUSE_LIBPNG        1
  67
  68    and std iostreams are disabled with
  69    #define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM   0
  70
  71 -> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw
  72 -> type: make -f makefile.g95  (if using GNU tools)
  73 or type: nmake -f makefile.vc   (if using MS VC++)
  74
  75
  76 II) Unix ports
  77 --------------
  78
  79 Building wxGTK or wxMotif completely without configure
  80 won't ever work, but there is now a new makefile system
  81 that works without libtool and automake, using only
  82 configure to create what is needed.
  83
  84 In order to create configure, you need to have the
  85 GNU autoconf package (version 2.13 or 2.14) installed
  86 on your system and type run "autoconf" in the base
  87 directory (or run the autogen.sh script in the same
  88 directory, which just calls autoconf).
  89
  90 Set WXWIN environment variable to the base directory such
  91 as ~/wxWindows (this is actually not really needed).
  92
  93 -> type: export WXWIN=~/wxWindows
  94 -> type: md mybuild
  95 -> type: cd mybuild
  96 -> type: ../configure --with-motif
  97 or type: ../configure --with-gtk
  98 -> type: make
  99 -> type: su <type root password>
 100 -> type: make install
 101 -> type: ldconfig
 102 -> type: exit
 103
 104 Call configure with --disable-shared to create a static
 105 library. Calling "make uninstall" will remove the installed
 106 library and "make dist" will create a distribution (not
 107 yet complete).
 108
 109 III) Windows using configure
 110 ----------------------------------------
 111
 112 Take a look at Unix->Windows cross compiling. With minor
 113 modifications, this should work in Windows if you've got the cygnus
 114 utilities (bash, GNU make, etc) and either mingw32 or cygwin32 installed.
 115 See http://www.cygnus.com for these programs, or go straight to their
 116 ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/.
 117
 118 Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see
 119 section I).
 120
 121 IV) Classic MacOS using CodeWarrior (eg MacOS 8.x/9.x)
 122 ----------------------------------------
 123
 124 Refer to the readme.txt and install.txt files in docs/mac to build
 125 wxWindows under Classic Mac OS using CodeWarrior.
 126
 127 If you are checking out the CVS sources using cvs under Mac OS X and
 128 compiling under Classic Mac OS, make sure that all text files have a
 129 Mac OS type of 'TEXT' otherwise CodeWarrior may ignore them. Checking
 130 out the CVS sources using cvs under Mac OS X creates untyped files
 131 which can lead to compialtion errors under CodeWarrior which are hard
 132 to track down.
 133
 134 V) MacOS X using configure and the Developer Tools
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 136
 137 You need to have the Developer Tools installed. If this is not the case,
 138 you will need to register at the Apple Developer web site (this is a free
 139 registration) in order to download the Developer Tools installer.
 140
 141 In order to create configure, you need to have the
 142 GNU autoconf package (version 2.13 or 2.14) installed
 143 on your system and type run "autoconf" in the base
 144 directory (or run the autogen.sh script in the same
 145 directory, which just calls autoconf).
 146
 147 -> type: mkdir macbuild
 148 -> type: cd macbuild
 149 -> type: ../configure --with-mac
 150 or type: ../configure
 151 -> type: make
 152
 153 VI) OS/2
 154 ----------------------------------------
 155
 156 VII) Unix->Windows cross-compiling using configure
 157 --------------------------------------------------
 158
 159 First you'll need a cross-compiler; linux glibc binaries of mingw32 and
 160 cygwin32 (both based on egcs) can be found at
 161 ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Otherwise you can
 162 compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs.
 163
 164 [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32
 165 binaries are always linked against cygwin.dll. This dll encapsulates most
 166 standard Unix C extensions, which is very handy if you're porting unix
 167 software to windows. However, wxMSW doesn't need this, so mingw32 is
 168 preferable if you write portable C(++). ]
 169
 170 You might want to build both Unix and Windows binaries in the same source
 171 tree; to do this make subdirs for each e.g. unix and win32. If you've
 172 already build wxWindows in the main dir, do a 'make distclean' there,
 173 otherwise configure will get confused. (In any case, read the section 'Unix
 174 using configure' and make sure you're able to build a native wxWindows
 175 library; cross-compiling errors can be pretty obscure and you'll want to be
 176 sure that your configure setup is basically sound.)
 177
 178 To cross compile the windows library, do
 179 -> cd win32
 180 (or whatever you called it)
 181 Now run configure. There are two ways to do this
 182 -> ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --build=i586-linux --with-mingw \
 183    --enable-dnd=no --without-odbc
 184 where --build= should read whatever platform you're building on. Configure
 185 will notice that build and host platforms differ, and automatically prepend
 186 i586-mingw32- to gcc, ar, ld, etc (make sure they're in the PATH!).
 187 The other way to run configure is by specifying the names of the binaries
 188 yourself:
 189 -> CC=i586-mingw32-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32-g++ RANLIB=i586-mingw32-ranlib \
 190    DLLTOOL=i586-mingw32-dlltool LD=i586-mingw32-ld NM=i586-mingw32-nm \
 191    ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --with-mingw --enable-dnd=no
 192
 193 (all assuming you're using mingw32)
 194 Drag'n'drop is disabled because mingw32 lacks (AFAIK) OLE headers.
 195
 196 [ Update: some new mingw32 versions now have a new set of windows header
 197 files, which apparently can handle ole. Untested at the moment ]
 198
 199 ODBC files don't compile as of 13.10.99 - may be this will be fixed by the
 200 moment you're reading these lines.
 201
 202 Configure will conclude that shared libraries are out of the question and
 203 opt for a static one. I haven't looked into DLL creation yet.
 204
 205 Type
 206 -> make
 207 and wait, wait, wait. Don't leave the room, because the minute you do there
 208 will be a compile error :-)
 209
 210 NB: you risk to get quite a few warnings about "ANSI C++ forbids implicit
 211     conversion from 'void *'" in all places where va_arg macro is used. This
 212     is due to a bug in (some versions of) mingw32 headers which may be
 213     corrected by editing the file
 214
 215     ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
 216
 217     (instead of egcs-2.91.57 you may have something different), searching for
 218     the lines
 219
 220 /* Define __gnuc_va_list.  */
 221
 222 #ifndef __GNUC_VA_LIST
 223 #define __GNUC_VA_LIST
 224 #if defined(__svr4__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(_M_UNIX) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 225 typedef char *__gnuc_va_list;
 226 #else
 227 typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
 228 #endif
 229 #endif
 230
 231     and adding "|| defined(_WIN32)" to the list of platforms on which
 232     __gnuc_va_list is char *.
 233
 234 If this is successful, you end up with a libwx_msw.a in win32/lib.  Now try
 235 building the minimal sample:
 236
 237 -> cd samples/minimal
 238 -> make
 239
 240 and run it with wine, for example (or copy to a Windows box)
 241 -> wine minimal.exe
 242
 243 If all is well, do an install; from win32
 244 -> make install
 245
 246 Native and cross-compiled installations can co-exist peacefully
 247 (as long as their widget sets differ), except for wx-config. You might
 248 want to rename the cross-compiled one to i586-mingw32-wx-config, or something.
 249
 250 Cross-compiling TODO:
 251 ---------------------
 252 - resource compiling must be done manually for now (should/can we link the
 253 default wx resources into libwx_msw.a?) [ No we can't; the linker won't
 254 link it in... you have to supply an object file ]
 255 - dynamic libraries
 256 - static executables are HUGE -- there must be room for improvement.
 257