docs/mac/install.txt

   1 wxWidgets for Mac installation
   2 ------------------------------
   3
   4 On MacOS X, you can download Apple's free developer tools (gcc
   5 and associated headers and libraries, such as the Carbon API).
   6 You can then use configure in a similar way to compiling
   7 wxWidgets on Linux (or on Windows using MinGW or Cygwin). See
   8 'Apple Developer Tools' below for more details on using
   9 configure.
  10
  11 To target on MacOS 8 or 9, you need to buy Metrowerks
  12 CodeWarrior. You can then compile Mac Classic or MacOS X
  13 applications on Mac OS X, or compile Mac Classic or MacOS X
  14 applications on Mac Classic. However you can only run and debug
  15 each type of application on the target operating system.
  16
  17
  18 Apple Developer Tools: command line
  19 -----------------------------------
  20
  21 As in all Unix projects, you need to do something like this under MacOS X
  22 with the Apple Developer Tools installed:
  23
  24 1) cd into the base dir
  25 2) mkdir osx-build
  26 3) cd osx-build
  27 4) ../configure
  28 5) make
  29
  30 If you want to install the library into the system directories you'll need
  31 to do this as root.  The accepted way of running commands as root is to
  32 use the built-in sudo mechanism.  First of all, you must be using an
  33 account marked as a "Computer Administrator".  Then
  34
  35 6) sudo make install
  36 7) type <YOUR OWN PASSWORD>
  37
  38 Note that while using this method is okay for development, it is not
  39 recommended that you require endusers to install wxWidgets into their
  40 system directories in order to use your program.  One way to avoid this
  41 is to configure wxWidgets with --disable-shared.  Another way to avoid
  42 it is to make a framework for wxWidgets.  Making frameworks is beyond
  43 the scope of this document.
  44
  45 Note:
  46 We recommend you configure a static library instead:
  47
  48 4) ../configure --disable-shared
  49
  50 or activate OpenGL:
  51
  52 4) ../configure --with-opengl
  53
  54 Note:
  55 It is rarely desirable to install non-Apple software into system directories.
  56 By configuring the library with --disable-shared and using the full path
  57 to wx-config with the --in-place option you can avoid installing the library.
  58
  59
  60 Apple Developer Tools: XCode
  61 ----------------------------
  62
  63 You can use the project in src/wxWindows.xcodeproj to build wxWidgets,
  64 and there is a sample project supplied with the minimal sample.
  65
  66 Creating universal binaries
  67 ---------------------------
  68
  69 The Xcode projects for the wxWidgets library and minimal project are set up
  70 to create universal binaries.
  71
  72 If using the Apple command line tools, pass --enable-universal_binary when
  73 configuring wxWidgets. If you use wx-config --libs to link your application,
  74 he necessary linker flags will be added. When compiling your own files,
  75 you need to add -arch ppc -arch i386 to your CFLAGS.
  76
  77 As an alternative to using --enable-universal_binary, you can build for
  78 each architecture separately and then use the lipo tool to glue the
  79 binaries together. Assuming building on a PPC system:
  80
  81 1. First build in the usual way to get the PPC library.
  82
  83 2. Then, build for Intel, in a different folder. This time use:
  84
  85 export CFLAGS="-g -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386"
  86 export LDFLAGS="-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk"
  87
  88 ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-static=yes --enable-shared=no \
  89   --target=i386-apple-darwin8 --host=powerpc-apple-darwin8 --build=i386-apple-darwin8
  90
  91 You will need to reverse the powerpc and i386 parameters everywhere to build PPC on an Intel
  92 machine.
  93
  94 3. Use lipo to glue the binaries together.
  95
  96 See also:
  97 http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2005/tn2137.html
  98
  99
 100 Building with CodeWarrior
 101 -------------------------
 102
 103 (Note that using the Apple tools is recommended.)
 104
 105 Installing latest headers (and Carbon Support)
 106 ----------------------------------------------
 107
 108 Patching headers: CodeWarrior 8.x
 109 ---------------------------------
 110
 111 If you run into trouble with WCHAR_MIN and WCHAR_MAX the for
 112 MacOS X Support:Headers:(wchar_t Support fix):machine:ansi.h,
 113 apply the patch ansi.diff.
 114
 115 You may also need to comment out the _T definition in
 116 ctype.h if you get multiple definition errors.
 117
 118 setup.h
 119 -------
 120
 121 in order to build wxMac with CodeWarrior, you must copy or alias the file
 122 include/wx/mac/setup0.h to include/wx/setup.h.
 123
 124 this step is not needed when using the Apple Developer Tools under Mac OS X
 125 since the setup.h file is automatically generated during the configuration.
 126
 127 OpenGL
 128 ------
 129
 130 In order to build opengl support with CodeWarrior, you must install the opengl
 131 libraries and headers from http://developer.apple.com/opengl/index.html
 132
 133 If you want OpenGL support with CodeWarrior, set wxUSE_OPENGL to 1 in
 134 include/wx/setup.h
 135
 136 If you don't want OpenGl support, set wxUSE_OPENGL to 0 (the
 137 default) and remove the file OpenGLLibraryStub from the project
 138 before compilation.
 139
 140 If you want OpenGL support with the Apple Developer Tools under Mac OS X, add
 141 --with-opengl to the arguments of configure when configuring wxMac.
 142
 143 Project Files
 144 -------------
 145
 146 The project files are stored as xml text files and converted to binary
 147 CodeWarrior projects in the distribution (see AppleScript Files below):
 148
 149   - *M8.xml -> *M8.mcp for CodeWarrior 8 and above.
 150
 151 AppleScript Files
 152 -----------------
 153
 154 Several AppleScript files are provided in the docs:mac directory:
 155
 156   - M8xml2mcp.applescript to convert xml files to CodeWarrior 8 projects
 157   - M8mcp2xml.applescript to convert CodeWarrior 8 projects to xml files
 158   - SetXMLCreator.applescript to set correct creator type (see below)
 159
 160 To run the XML to MCP conversion scripts:
 161
 162 Double click on e.g. docs/mac/M8xml2mcp.applescript, then "run"
 163 the applescript and when asked for a folder pick src/. Then it
 164 takes a while to scan all dirs for the xml files and convert
 165 them to mcps. If some conversions fail it means an mcp already
 166 exists (back them up prior to running the script).
 167
 168 To set the correct creator type for importing into CodeWarrior,
 169 you may need to run SetXMLCreator.applescript.
 170
 171 Problems with .xpm files
 172 ------------------------
 173
 174 if you have downloaded all the files and get errors like :
 175
 176 Error   : the file 'wx/generic/tip.xpm' cannot be opened
 177 tipdlg.cpp line 201   #include "wx/generic/tip.xpm"
 178
 179 then your cvs has changed the type of the .xpm files to something other than
 180 text, in order to fix this either change the type by using a resource editor
 181 or drag the files from /include/wx/generic/..xpm on the SetTypeFromExtension
 182 application that is included in this folder. This small applet itself queries
 183 the Internet Config, so you will have to associate the "xpm" extension with
 184 CodeWarrior before making use of this applet.
 185
 186 Missing PLStringFuncsLib
 187 ------------------------
 188
 189 You will have to build All Targets for MacOS Support:Libraries:Sources:PLStringFuncs:Glue:PLStringFuncsGlue.mcp
 190
 191