X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/7c9955d147ed92cdd79d795ed94d6e03fca06a52..e06b0afba5b1acf36241d33982d5d88cccefa2e8:/docs/mgl/install.txt diff --git a/docs/mgl/install.txt b/docs/mgl/install.txt index af68f2b36b..8ed50983f9 100644 --- a/docs/mgl/install.txt +++ b/docs/mgl/install.txt @@ -1,46 +1,46 @@ -wxWindows 2.5 for MGL installation ------------------------------------- +wxWidgets for MGL installation +------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTE: + wxMGL is currently in need of some work to bring it up to the + standard of some of the other wxWidgets ports. + If you experience problems installing, please re-read these instructions and other related files (todo.txt, bugs.txt and osname.txt for your platform if it exists) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and then send a patch to the author. - - When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWindows you are - using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxMGL 2.5.0, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0 + + When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are + using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One + example: wxMGL 2.8.0, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0 First steps ----------- -- Download SciTech MGL library (version 5.0) from http://www.scitechsoft.com. - The downloads page is here (you need MGL version 5.0beta7 or newer): - http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/embedded/mgl_home.html - +- Download SciTech MGL library from http://www.scitechsoft.com. The + downloads page is here (you need MGL version 5.0beta7 or newer): + http://scitechsoft.com/products/dev/mgl_download/mgl_down.html + Install MGL according to provided instructions. In particular, make sure that MGL_ROOT and NUCLEUS_PATH environment variables are set before attempting to build wxMGL. Make sure you installed all MGL components, including the "fonts" package - (it's called mgl50b7-font.tar.gz in Linux version). It is important to have + (it's called mgl_-font.tar.gz in Linux version). It is important to have SciTech's basic fonts in $(MGL_ROOT)/fonts directory (you may want to add - Arial TrueType font for better output quality) and basic cursors in + Arial TrueType font for better output quality) and basic cursors in $(MGL_ROOT)/cursors. wxMGL depends on their presence. - Download wxMGL-x.y.z.tgz, where x.y.z is the version number. Download documentation in a preferred format, such as - wxWindows-HTML.zip or wxWindows-PDF.zip. + wxWidgets-HTML.zip or wxWidgets-PDF.zip. - Make a directory such as ~/wx and unarchive the files into this directory. -- It is recommended that you install bison and flex; using yacc - and lex may require tweaking of the makefiles. - -- You can now use configure or makefiles to build wxWindows and the samples. +- You can now use configure or makefiles to build wxWidgets and the samples. In case of problems, please use GNU make. @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ Following systems are supported by wxMGL so far: ---------------------------- These instructions apply to installation on a Unix system (such as Linux). Please -see bellow for information on using configure on non-Unix platforms. +see below for information on using configure on non-Unix platforms. -If you compile wxWindows on Linux for the first time and don't like to read +If you compile wxWidgets on Linux for the first time and don't like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): > ./configure --with-mgl @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Afterwards you can continue with > ldconfig > exit -If you want to remove wxWindows on Unix you can do this: +If you want to remove wxWidgets on Unix you can do this: > su > make uninstall @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ and you will get a list of supported options. 'make install' will install wx-config script that can (and should) be used to get compiler flags that are needed to build your program. wx-config --cxxflags will output necessary C++ compiler flags and wx-config --libs will list all -needed libraries. See an example of wxWindows application makefile: +needed libraries. See an example of wxWidgets application makefile: minimal: minimal.o $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` @@ -111,31 +111,83 @@ minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm Even though configure is a Unix script, you can use it to build MS-DOS version of the wxMGL library. There are two possible ways to achieve this: you can either cross-compile from Unix or compile natively. Either way you will needed -the DJGPP port of GCC compiler freely available from http://www.djgpp.org. You will -also need DJGPP version of SciTech MGL (this must be built using native tools). - -Cross-compilation is very easy. It works like ordinary compilation with configure, -you only have to specify the target: +the DJGPP port of GCC compiler freely available from: + http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/getting.html + +Scitech MGL must be compiled natively, and to do this you will need to download +the following files (from the current/v2 and current/v2gnu directories). You +should get the latest versions available rather than the exact versions shown +below, they are just an example of what to look for: + +djdev203.zip B 1,530,778 020811 DJGPP development kit 2.03 +bnu2161b.zip B 3,483,132 050708 GNU Binutils 2.16.1 for DJGPP V2 +gcc344b.zip B 3,772,211 050527 GNU GCC 3.4.4 for DJGPP V2 +gpp344b.zip B 4,026,725 050527 GNU C++ Compiler 3.4.4 for DJGPP V2 + +If you want to build wxMGL natively using the DJGPP compiler, you will have to +install a couple of Unix utilities. I think the following is the minimum that +will work: + +bsh204b.zip B 454,308 020106 GNU Bash shell 2.04 for DJGPP V2 +fil41b.zip B 1,738,170 030830 GNU fileutils 4.1 for DJGPP V2 +find41b.zip B 306,826 010505 GNU findutils 4.1 for DJGPP V2 +grep24b.zip B 254,997 000116 GNU Grep 2.4 for DJGPP V2 +mak3791b.zip B 272,798 020106 GNU Make 3.79.1 for DJGPP V2 +sed414b.zip B 159,920 050331 GNU Sed 4.1.4 for DJGPP V2 +shl2011b.zip B 1,195,021 020419 GNU sh-utils 2.01 for DJGPP V2 + +You'll probably also want a debugger: +gdb611b.zip B 1,585,648 040629 GNU GDB Debugger 6.1.1 for DJGPP V2 + +And maybe some of these: +faq230b.zip B 679,865 000203 FAQ 2.30 for DJGPP v2.03 +dif281b.zip B 402,859 040911 GNU Diffutils 2.8.1 for DJGPP V2 +gwk314b.zip B 968,667 050321 GNU Awk 3.1.4 for DJGPP V2 +gzip135b.zip B 146,138 041215 GNU gzip 1.3.5 for DJGPP V2 +lss374b.zip B 199,805 020405 GNU Less 374 for DJGPP V2 +pat254b.zip B 114,250 040326 GNU Patch 2.5.4 for DJGPP V2 +tar112ab.zip B 236,427 000305 GNU Tar 1.12a for DJGPP V2 +whic211b.zip B 86,296 000911 GNU which 2.11 for DJGPP V2 + +The system you compile on must support long file names. You can use Windows 9x +or an x86 version of Windows 2000/XP or later. For example: + +C:\>set MGL_ROOT=c:/scitech +C:\>set DJGPP=c:/djgpp/djgpp.env +C:\>PATH=c:\djgpp\bin +C:\>set PS1=\w\$ +C:\>bash +c:/$ mkdir build +c:/$ cd build +c:/build$ ../wxWidgets/configure +c:/build$ make +c:/build$ cd samples/minimal +c:/build/samples/minimal$ make + +Cross-compilation is very easy. It works like ordinary compilation with +configure, you only have to specify the target: > ./configure --with-mgl --build=i586-linux --host=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp > make -If you want to build wxMGL natively using DJGPP compiler, you will have to install -a couple of Unix utilities. The easiest way to get them is to install the Cygwin -package (available from RedHat, see http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=cygwin for exact -URL). Cygwin contains win32 compiler, so make sure you did *not* install it! Once -you have Cygwin utilities and DJGPP compiler in your PATH, run bash.exe and type +For this to work, you must have installed a cross compiler on your system. -> ./configure --with-mgl -> make +Linux rpms are available here: + http://ap1.pp.fi/djgpp/gcc/cross-compiler/index.html -in wxWindows top directory. You can build wxMGL in MS-DOS with configure, sorry. +NetBSD has a binary package which can be installed with: + # pkg_add cross-i386-msdosdjgpp + +For other systems you will need to obtain the djgpp sources and compile them +yourself. * Building wxMGL for MS-DOS using Watcom C/C++ ----------------------------------------------- -You will need Watcom C/C++ compiler version 11 or newer (Watcom is going to be + + +You will need Watcom C/C++ compiler version 11 or newer (Watcom is going to be OpenSourced by SciTech, check out http://www.openwatcom.org). 1. Edit $(WXDIR)\include\wx\univ\setup.h to suit your needs (in same way as you @@ -145,7 +197,7 @@ OpenSourced by SciTech, check out http://www.openwatcom.org). > wmake -f makefile.wat all 3. You can compile the samples by typing 'wmake -f makefile.mgl all' in sample - directory if this file is available. If it is not, copy makefile.wat to + directory if this file is available. If it is not, copy makefile.wat to makefile.mgl and replace the line that says !include $(WXDIR)\src\makeprog.wat @@ -155,6 +207,39 @@ OpenSourced by SciTech, check out http://www.openwatcom.org). !include $(WXDIR)\src\mgl\makeprog.wat +Compilation notes for MGL with gcc +---------------------------------- + +The mvis library doesn't compile with current versions of gcc. However wxMGL +does not use this part of MGL, so it can be taken out of the compile, e.g.: + +--- scitech/src/makefile.orig 2004-04-15 20:36:32.000000000 +0100 ++++ scitech/src/makefile 2005-04-26 01:50:12.000000000 +0100 +@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ + + # Target to build libraries for one compiler for SciTech MGL Graphics Library + +-all_mgl: $(T_PM) $(T_GCONSOLE) $(T_SNAP) $(T_TECH) $(T_MVIS) $(T_FIXED) \ ++all_mgl: $(T_PM) $(T_GCONSOLE) $(T_SNAP) $(T_TECH) $(T_FIXED) \ + $(T_GM) $(T_GLUT) $(T_MGL) + @$(ECHO) ============================================================================= + @$(ECHO) DONE: Single compiler MGL build completed successfully! + +The following small change is also required to include/tcl/hashmap.hpp: + +--- scitech/include/tcl/hashtab.hpp.orig 2006-01-20 19:51:12.000000000 +0000 ++++ scitech/include/tcl/hashtab.hpp 2006-01-22 14:12:12.000000000 +0000 +@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ + TCHashTableNode **prev; + + friend class TCGenHashTable; +- friend ostream& operator << (ostream& o,TCGenHashTable& h); ++ friend ostream& operator << (ostream& o, class TCGenHashTable& h); + public: + // Constructor to satisfy some compilers :-( + TCHashTableNode() {}; + + Bug reports ----------- @@ -164,3 +249,4 @@ compiler and the error message(s) to the wxwin-developers mailing list at: wx-dev@lists.wxwindows.org Vaclav Slavik, Julian Smart, Robert Roebling and Vadim Zeitlin, February 2002. +Mike Wetherell 2005/2006