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

diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.txt b/docs/gtk/install.txt
index bec266257b9147c77c2a5130dee90469a3f9bf9c..5cc34a7f415a1116752bcde418f61d1aa4b90618 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/gtk/install.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/install.txt
@@ -6,22 +6,47 @@
 * The most simple case
 -----------------------
 
-If you compile wxWindows on Unix for the first time and don't like to read 
+If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read 
 install instructions just do (in the base dir):
 
-./configure
-make
-su <type root password>
-make install
-ldconfig
-exit
+> ./configure --with-gtk
+> make
+> su <type root password>
+> make install
+> 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
+> su <type root password>
+> make install
+> ldconfig
+> exit
 
 If you want to remove wxWindows on Unix you can do this:
 
-su <type root password>
-make uninstall
-ldconfig
-exit
+> su <type root password>
+> make uninstall
+> ldconfig
+> exit
 
 * The expert case
 -----------------
@@ -253,7 +278,7 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
                                This will speed-up compilation and reduce 
                                binary size.
                                
-       --enable-no_rtti        Enable compilation without creation of
+       --enable-no_exceptions  Enable compilation without creation of
                                C++ exception information in object files. 
                                This will speed-up compilation and reduce 
                                binary size. Also fewer crashes during the