Added wxQuantize, wxSplashScreen, wxEffects & added palette to wxImage

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / gtk / install.txt

diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.txt b/docs/gtk/install.txt
index 5cc34a7f415a1116752bcde418f61d1aa4b90618..9c9a1f9cbb7b15d7fde772860a4a32fab84e6b72 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/gtk/install.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/install.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
   !!! When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are 
       using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One 
 
   !!! When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are 
       using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One 

-      example: wxGTK 2.1 beta 6, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 5.0 !!!
+      example: wxGTK 2.2.0, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 6.2 !!!

 
 * The most simple case
 -----------------------
 
 * The most simple case
 -----------------------


@@ -16,23 +16,6 @@ install instructions just do (in the base dir):
 > ldconfig
 > exit
 
 > ldconfig
 > exit
 

-On all variants of Unix except Linux (and maybe except *BSD), shared libraries 
-are not supportet out of the box due to the utter stupidity of libtool, so you'll 
-have to do this to get shared library support:
-
-> ./configure --with-gtk --disable-static --enable-shared
-
-Then you'll have to edit the wrongly created libtool script. There are two
-important entries with respect to shared library creation, which are
-
-  archive_cmds="\$LD -shared ....
-  archive_expsym_cmds="\$LD -shared ....
-  
-which should be something like
-
-  archive_cmds="\$CC -shared ....
-  archive_expsym_cmds="\$CC -shared ....
-  

 Afterwards you can continue with
 
 > make
 Afterwards you can continue with
 
 > make


@@ -82,7 +65,7 @@ cd ..
 * The most simple errors
 ------------------------
 
 * The most simple errors
 ------------------------
 

-configure reports, that you don't have GTK 1.X installed although you are 
+configure reports, that you don't have GTK 1.2 installed although you are 

 very sure you have. Well, you have installed it, but you also have another 
 version of the GTK installed, which you may need to remove including other 
 versions of glib (and its headers). Also, look for the PATH variable and check 
 very sure you have. Well, you have installed it, but you also have another 
 version of the GTK installed, which you may need to remove including other 
 versions of glib (and its headers). Also, look for the PATH variable and check 


@@ -107,7 +90,7 @@ program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its optimisation) such as GCC 2
 
 Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with
 
 
 Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with
 

-g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo
+gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo

 
 * General
 -----------------------
 
 * General
 -----------------------


@@ -128,15 +111,13 @@ YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried...
 -----------------------
 
 wxWindows/GTK requires the GTK+ library to be installed on your system. It has to 
 -----------------------
 
 wxWindows/GTK requires the GTK+ library to be installed on your system. It has to 

-be a stable version, preferebly version 1.2.3. You can use GTK 1.0 in connection 
-with wxWindows, albeit without Drag'n'Drop. wxWindows does work with the 1.1.X 
-versions of the GTK+ library.
+be a stable version, preferebly version 1.2.3.

 
 You can get the newest version of the GTK+ from the GTK homepage at:
 
   http://www.gtk.org
   
 
 You can get the newest version of the GTK+ from the GTK homepage at:
 
   http://www.gtk.org
   

-We also mirror GTK+ 1.0.6 at my ftp site. You'll find information about downloading 
+We also mirror GTK+ 1.2.3 at my ftp site. You'll find information about downloading 

 at my homepage.
   
 * Additional libraries
 at my homepage.
   
 * Additional libraries


@@ -162,7 +143,7 @@ make install
 ldconfig
 exit
   
 ldconfig
 exit
   

-NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL CRASH UPON 
+NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC 2.7 AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL CRASH UPON 

 START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy.
 
 * Building wxGTK on OS/2
 START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy.
 
 * Building wxGTK on OS/2


@@ -170,11 +151,11 @@ START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy.
 
 Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation
 to Andrea Venturoli <a.ventu@flashnet.it> and patches to
 
 Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation
 to Andrea Venturoli <a.ventu@flashnet.it> and patches to

-make the installation work (better) to me (Robert Roebling).
+the wxWindows mailing list.

 
 

-You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.00FP#6), X-Free86/2 (3.3.3), 
-gtk+ (?), emx (0.9d fix 1), flex (2.5.4), yacc (1.8), 
-korn shell (5.2.13), Autoconf (?),  GNU file utilities (3.6), 
+You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.00FP#6), X-Free86/2 (3.3.3 or newer), 
+GTK+ (1.2.5 or newer), emx (0.9d fix 1), flex (2.5.4), yacc (1.8), 
+korn shell (5.2.13), Autoconf (2.13),  GNU file utilities (3.6), 

 GNU text utilities (1.3), GNU shell utilites (1.12), m4 (1.4), 
 sed (2.05), grep (2.0), Awk (3.0.3), GNU Make (3.76.1).
 
 GNU text utilities (1.3), GNU shell utilites (1.12), m4 (1.4), 
 sed (2.05), grep (2.0), Awk (3.0.3), GNU Make (3.76.1).
 


@@ -182,11 +163,27 @@ Open an OS/2 prompt and switch to the directory above.
 First set some global environment variables we need:
 
 SET CXXFLAGS=-Zmtd -D__ST_MT_ERRNO__
 First set some global environment variables we need:
 
 SET CXXFLAGS=-Zmtd -D__ST_MT_ERRNO__

+SET CFLAGS=-Zmtd -D__ST_MT_ERRNO__

 SET OSTYPE=OS2X              
 SET COMSPEC=sh
 
 Notice you can choose whatever you want, if you don't like OS2X.
 
 SET OSTYPE=OS2X              
 SET COMSPEC=sh
 
 Notice you can choose whatever you want, if you don't like OS2X.
 

+Now, run autoconf in the main directory and in the samples, demos
+and utils subdirectory. This will generate the OS/2 specific
+versions of the configure scripts. Now run
+    configure --with-gtk
+as described above.
+
+If you have pthreads library installed, but have a gtk version
+which does not yet support threading, you need to explicitly
+diable threading by using the option --disable-threads.
+
+Note that configure assumes your flex will generate files named
+"lexyy.c", not "lex.yy.c". If you have a version which does
+generate "lex.yy.c", you need to manually change the generated
+makefile.
+

 * Building wxGTK on SGI
 --------------------------
 
 * Building wxGTK on SGI
 --------------------------
 


@@ -243,35 +240,32 @@ Given below are the commands to change the default behaviour,
 i.e. if it says "--disable-threads" it means that threads
 are enabled by default.
 
 i.e. if it says "--disable-threads" it means that threads
 are enabled by default.
 

-Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested
-in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not).
-

 Normally, you won't have to choose a toolkit, because when
 you download wxGTK, it will default to --with-gtk etc. But
 if you use all of our CVS repository you have to choose a 
 toolkit. You must do this by running configure with either of:
 
 Normally, you won't have to choose a toolkit, because when
 you download wxGTK, it will default to --with-gtk etc. But
 if you use all of our CVS repository you have to choose a 
 toolkit. You must do this by running configure with either of:
 

-        --without-gtk            Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK)
+    --without-gtk            Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK)

        
        --with-motif             Use either Motif or Lesstif
                                 Configure will look for both. 
 
 The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
 
        
        --with-motif             Use either Motif or Lesstif
                                 Configure will look for both. 
 
 The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
 

-       --disable-threads       Compile without thread support. Threads
-                               support is also required for the
-                               socket code to work.
+       --disable-threads       Compile without thread support.

 
        --disable-shared        Do not create shared libraries.
 
 
        --disable-shared        Do not create shared libraries.
 

-       --disable-optimise      Do not optimise the code. Can
+       --enable-static         Create static libraries.
+
+       --disable-optimise          Do not optimise the code. Can

                                sometimes be useful for debugging
                                and is required on some architectures
                                such as Sun with gcc 2.8.X which
                                would otherwise produce segvs.
 
        --enable-profile        Add profiling info to the object 
                                sometimes be useful for debugging
                                and is required on some architectures
                                such as Sun with gcc 2.8.X which
                                would otherwise produce segvs.
 
        --enable-profile        Add profiling info to the object 

-                               files. Currently broken, I think.
+                                           files. Currently broken, I think.

                                
        --enable-no_rtti        Enable compilation without creation of
                                C++ RTTI information in object files. 
                                
        --enable-no_rtti        Enable compilation without creation of
                                C++ RTTI information in object files. 


@@ -284,16 +278,23 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
                                binary size. Also fewer crashes during the
                                actual compilation...
                                
                                binary size. Also fewer crashes during the
                                actual compilation...
                                

-       --enable-mem_tracing    Add built-in memory tracing. 
+       --enable-no_deps        Enable compilation without creation of
+                               dependency information.
+                               
+       --enable-permissive     Enable compilation without creation of
+                               giving erros as soon as you compile with
+                                           Solaris' ANSI-defying headers.
+                               
+       --enable-mem_tracing    Add built-in memory tracing.

                                
        --enable-dmalloc        Use the dmalloc memory debugger.
                                Read more at www.letters.com/dmalloc/
                                
                                
        --enable-dmalloc        Use the dmalloc memory debugger.
                                Read more at www.letters.com/dmalloc/
                                

-       --enable-debug_info     Add debug info to object files and
+       --enable-debug_info         Add debug info to object files and

                                executables for use with debuggers
                                executables for use with debuggers

-                               such as gdb (or its many frontends).
+                                           such as gdb (or its many frontends).

 
 

-       --enable-debug_flag     Define __DEBUG__ and __WXDEBUG__ when
+       --enable-debug_flag         Define __DEBUG__ and __WXDEBUG__ when

                                compiling. This enable wxWindows' very
                                useful internal debugging tricks (such
                                as automatically reporting illegal calls)
                                compiling. This enable wxWindows' very
                                useful internal debugging tricks (such
                                as automatically reporting illegal calls)


@@ -304,22 +305,29 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
 * Feature Options
 -------------------
 
 * Feature Options
 -------------------
 

-Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested
-in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not).
-

 When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK
 you'll be surprised at its immense size. This can sometimes be
 drastically reduced by removing features from wxWindows that 
 are not used in your program. The most relevant such features
 are
 
 When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK
 you'll be surprised at its immense size. This can sometimes be
 drastically reduced by removing features from wxWindows that 
 are not used in your program. The most relevant such features
 are
 

-       --without-libpng        Disables PNG image format code.
+       --with-odbc             Enables ODBC code. This is disabled
+                            by default because iODBC is under the
+                            L-GPL license.
+       
+       --without-libpng            Disables PNG image format code.

        
        

-       --without-libjpeg       Disables JPEG image format code.
+       --without-libjpeg           Disables JPEG image format code.

        
        

-{      --without-odbc          Disables ODBC code. Not yet. }
+       --without-libtiff           Disables TIFF image format code.
+    
+       --disable-pnm               Disables PNM image format code.

        
        

-        --disable-resources     Disables the use of *.wxr type
+       --disable-gif               Disables GIF image format code.
+       
+       --disable-pcx               Disables PCX image format code.
+       
+    --disable-resources     Disables the use of *.wxr type

                                resources.
                
        --disable-threads       Disables threads. Will also
                                resources.
                
        --disable-threads       Disables threads. Will also


@@ -381,7 +389,7 @@ You can remove any traces of wxWindows by typing
 If you want to save disk space by removing unnecessary
 object-files:
 
 If you want to save disk space by removing unnecessary
 object-files:
 

-        make clean
+           make clean

 
 in the various directories will do the work for you.
 
 
 in the various directories will do the work for you.
 


@@ -391,12 +399,12 @@ in the various directories will do the work for you.
 1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files
 automatically using wx-config
 
 1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files
 automatically using wx-config
 

-g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cflags` -o myfoo
+gcc myfoo.cpp `wx-config --cflags --libs` -o myfoo

 
 Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look
 like this
 
 
 Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look
 like this
 

-CC = g++
+CC = gcc

 
 minimal: minimal.o
     $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` 
 
 minimal: minimal.o
     $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` 


@@ -412,25 +420,13 @@ to sitch to tmake.
 
 2) The other way creates a project within the source code 
 directories of wxWindows. For this endeavour, you'll need
 
 2) The other way creates a project within the source code 
 directories of wxWindows. For this endeavour, you'll need

-the usual number of GNU tools, at least
-
-GNU automake version 1.4
-GNU autoheader version 2.14
-GNU autoconf version 2.14
-GNU libtool version 1.3
-
-and quite possibly 
-
-GNU make
-GNU C++
-
-and if you have all this then you probably know enough to
-go ahead yourself :-)
+GNU autoconf version 2.14 and add an entry to your Makefile.in
+to the bottom of the configure.in script and run autoconf
+and configure before you can type make.

 
 ----------------------
 
 In the hope that it will be useful,
 
 
 ----------------------
 
 In the hope that it will be useful,
 

-        Robert Roebling <roebling@sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
-       
-       
+        Robert Roebling
+