X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/868741e9d30e1b62e8ee27614543e8ae820fd15d..235a997f9aea9d80774e296d314682e99e0c46f1:/docs/x11/install.txt diff --git a/docs/x11/install.txt b/docs/x11/install.txt index 44e0c95391..ee1a011bb6 100644 --- a/docs/x11/install.txt +++ b/docs/x11/install.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -wxWindows 2.3 for X11 installation ------------------------------------- +wxWidgets for X11 installation +------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTE: @@ -8,39 +8,39 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: 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 + + When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One - example: wxX11 2.3.0, egcs 1.1.1, Redhat 5.0 + example: wxX11 2.8.0, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2 First steps ----------- -- Download wxWindows-X-x.y.z.tgz, where x.y.z is the version number. +- Download wxX11-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 also need - libXpm if you want to have XPM support in wxWindows (recommended). + libXpm if you want to have XPM support in wxWidgets (recommended). -- You can now use configure to build wxWindows and the samples. +- You can now use configure to build wxWidgets and the samples. Using configure is the recommended way to build the library. If it doesn't work for you for whatever reason, please report it (together with detailed information about your platform and the (relevant part of) contents of - config.log file) to wx-dev@lists.wxwindows.org. + config.log file) to wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org. COMPILING USING CONFIGURE ========================= -* The most simple case ------------------------ +* The simplest case +------------------- -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-x11 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ 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 @@ -68,19 +68,21 @@ If you want to remove wxWindows on Unix you can do this: * The expert case ----------------- -If you want to do some more serious cross-platform programming with wxWindows, +If you want to do some more serious cross-platform programming with wxWidgets, such as for GTK and X11, you can now build two complete libraries and use -them concurretly. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build -of wxWindows - you may also want to create different versions of wxWindows +them concurrently. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build +of wxWidgets - you may also want to create different versions of wxWidgets and test them concurrently. Most typically, this would be a version configured -with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can currently -be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for that purpose. +with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can +currently be installed, so you'd have to use local version of the library for +that purpose. + For building three versions (one GTK, one X11 and a debug version of the GTK source) you'd do this: md buildx11 cd buildx11 -../configure --with-x11 --with-universal +../configure --with-x11 make cd .. @@ -96,125 +98,109 @@ cd buildgtkd make cd .. -* The most simple errors ------------------------- +* The simplest errors +--------------------- -You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a broken -compiler, which includes almost everything that is called gcc. If you use gcc 2.8 -you have to disable optimsation as the compiler will give up with an internal -compiler error. +You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a +broken compiler. GCC 2.8 and earlier versions and egcs are likely to cause +problems due to incomplete support for C++ and optimisation bugs. Best to use +GCC 2.95 or later. -If there is just any way for you to use egcs, use egcs. We cannot fix gcc. +You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is +either due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than +your program - typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the +library but not for your program - or due to using a compiler with optimisation +bugs. -You get immediate segfault when starting any sample or application: This is either -due to having compiled the library with different flags or options than your program - -typically you might have the __WXDEBUG__ option set for the library but not for your -program - or due to using a broken compiler (and its optimisation) such as GCC 2.8. +* The simplest program +---------------------- -* The most simple program -------------------------- +Now create your super-application myfoo.cpp and compile anywhere with -Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with - -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo * General ------------------------ +--------- -The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have problems with your -make use GNU make instead. +The Unix variants of wxWidgets use GNU configure. If you have problems with +your make use GNU make instead. -If you have general problems with installation, read my homepage at +If you have general problems with installation, see the wxWidgets website at - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt + http://www.wxwidgets.org/ for newest information. If you still don't have any success, please send a bug report to one of our mailing lists (see my homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF -YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT DISTRIBUTION +YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF X, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know this has no effect, but I tried... * GUI libraries ------------------------ - -wxWindows/X11 requires the X11 library to be installed on your system. As -an alternative, you may also use the free library "lesstif" which implements -most of the X11 API without the licence restrictions of X11. - -You can get the newest version of the Lesstif from the lesstif homepage at: +--------------- - http://www.lesstif.org +wxWidgets/X11 requires the X11 library to be installed on your system. * Additional libraries ------------------------ +---------------------- + +wxWidgets/X11 requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with +threads. This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all +Linux-Versions that are based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in +many aspects. As of writing this, virtually all Linux distributions have ++correct glibc 2 support. -wxWindows/X11 requires a thread library and X libraries known to work with threads. -This is the case on all commercial Unix-Variants and all Linux-Versions that are -based on glibc 2 except RedHat 5.0 which is broken in many aspects. As of writing -this, these Linux distributions have correct glibc 2 support: - - - RedHat 5.1 - - Debian 2.0 - - Stampede - - DLD 6.0 - - SuSE 6.0 - You can disable thread support by running -./configure "--disable-threads" +./configure --disable-threads make su make install ldconfig exit -NB: DO NOT COMPILE WXGTK WITH GCC AND THREADS, SINCE ALL PROGRAMS WILL -CRASH UPON START-UP! Just always use egcs and be happy. - -* Building wxGTK on OS/2 --------------------------- +* Building wxX11 on OS/2 +------------------------ Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation -to Andrea Venturoli and patches to -the wxWindows mailing list. +to Stefan Neis and patches to +the wxWidgets mailing list. -You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.00FP#6), X-Free86/2 (3.3.3 or newer), -Lesstif (0.89.1 or newer), emx (0.9d fix 1), flex (2.5.4), -yacc (1.8), unix like shell, e.g. 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). +In the following list, the version numbers indicate the configuration that +was actually used by myself, newer version should cause no problems and +even older ones are expected to work most of the time. -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__ -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. +You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.51) or eCS(1.0), X-Free86/2 (3.3.6 or newer), +emx (0.9d fix 4), flex (2.5.4), yacc (1.8) or bison (1.25), +a Unix like shell (pdksh-5.2.14 or ash), Autoconf (2.57), GNU file +utilities (3.13), GNU text utilities (1.19), GNU shell utilites (1.12), +m4 (1.4), sed (2.05), grep (2.0), Awk (3.0.3), GNU Make (3.75). -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-x11 -as described above. +Preferably, you should have Posix/2 installed and C(PLUS)_INCLUDE_PATH and +LIBRARY_PATH set up accordingly, however, wxGTK will even work without it. +Presence of Posix/2 will be auto-detected. -To verify Lesstif installation, configure will try to compile a +Open an OS/2 prompt and switch to the directory above. +Set MAKESHELL (and depending on your installation also INSTALL, for me +it tends to try to use the system's tcpip\pcomos\install.exe which causes +problems...) to a Unix like shell, e.g. +SET MAKESHELL=ash + +Be warned that depending on the precise version of your make, the +variable that needs to be set might be MAKE_SHELL instead of MAKESHELL. +If you have a really deficient version of GNU make, it might even be +necessary to set SHELL or even COMSPEC to a unix like shell as well. + +Notice that the delivered configure scripts are fully OS/2 aware, so you +can simply run + ash -c "configure --with-x11" +and make and possibly make install as described above. + +To verify X11 installation, configure will try to compile a sample program that requires X headers/libraries to be either available via C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH or you need to explicitly set CFLAGS prior to running configure. -If you have pthreads library installed, it will be autodetected -and the library will be compiled with thread-support. - -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 wxX11 on SGI --------------------------- +----------------------- Using the SGI native compilers, it is recommended that you also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These @@ -231,18 +217,32 @@ untested). The SGI native compiler support has only been tested on Irix 6.5. +* Building wxX11 on Cygwin +-------------------------- + +The normal build instructions should work fine on Cygwin. The one difference +with Cygwin is that when using the "--enable-shared" configure option (which +is the default) the API is exported explicitly using __declspec(dllexport) +rather than all global symbols being available. + +This shouldn't make a difference using the library and should be a little +more efficient. However if an export attribute has been missed somewhere you +will see linking errors. If this happens then you can work around the +problem by setting LDFLAGS=-Wl,--export-all-symbols. Please also let us know +about it on the wx-dev mailing list. + * Create your configuration ------------------------------ +--------------------------- Usage: - ./configure options + ./configure [options] If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, set environment variables CXX and CC as % setenv CC cc % setenv CXX CC - % ./configure options + % ./configure [options] to see all the options please use: @@ -263,23 +263,16 @@ not been defined. And Make in some circumstances as well... * General options -------------------- +----------------- 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. -Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested -in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). - You have to add --with-x11 on platforms, where X11 is -not the default (on Linux, configure will deafult to GTK). - - --without-gtk Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK). - - --with-x11 Use X11. +not the default (on Linux, configure will default to GTK). - --with-universal Needs to be specified with X11. + --with-x11 Use X11. The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. @@ -289,6 +282,10 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. --disable-shared Do not create shared libraries. + --enable-monolithic Build wxWidgets as single library instead + of as several smaller libraries (which is + the default since wxWidgets 2.5.0). + --disable-optimise Do not optimise the code. Can sometimes be useful for debugging and is required on some architectures @@ -312,9 +309,10 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. --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-permissive Enable compilation without checking for strict + ANSI conformance. Useful to prevent the build + dying with errors as soon as you compile with + Solaris' ANSI-defying headers. --enable-mem_tracing Add built-in memory tracing. @@ -326,7 +324,7 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. such as gdb (or its many frontends). --enable-debug_flag Define __DEBUG__ and __WXDEBUG__ when - compiling. This enable wxWindows' very + compiling. This enable wxWidgets' very useful internal debugging tricks (such as automatically reporting illegal calls) to work. Note that program and library @@ -334,14 +332,14 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build. options. * Feature Options -------------------- +----------------- -Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested -in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). +Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested +in wxWidgets snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not). -When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK +When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxX11 you'll be surprised at its immense size. This can sometimes be -drastically reduced by removing features from wxWindows that +drastically reduced by removing features from wxWidgets that are not used in your program. The most relevant such features are @@ -350,6 +348,8 @@ are --without-libjpeg Disables JPEG image format code. { --without-odbc Disables ODBC code. Not yet. } + + --without-expat Disable XML classes based on Expat parser. --disable-resources Disables the use of *.wxr type resources. @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ are --disable-clipboard Disables Clipboard. - --disable-serial Disables object instance serialiasation. + --disable-serial Disables object instance serialisation. --disable-streams Disables the wxStream classes. @@ -381,11 +381,15 @@ Apart from disabling certain features you can very often "strip" the program of its debugging information resulting in a significant reduction in size. +Please see the output of "./configure --help" for comprehensive list +of all configurable options. + + * Compiling -------------- +----------- -The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxGTK -or ~/wxWin or whatever) +The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxX11 +or whatever) Now the makefiles are created (by configure) and you can compile the library by typing: @@ -397,33 +401,33 @@ make yourself some coffee, as it will take some time. On an old warning messages depending in your compiler. If you want to be more selective, you can change into a specific -directiry and type "make" there. +directory and type "make" there. -Then you may install the library and it's header files under +Then you may install the library and its header files under /usr/local/include/wx and /usr/local/lib respectively. You have to log in as root (i.e. run "su" and enter the root password) and type make install -You can remove any traces of wxWindows by typing +You can remove any traces of wxWidgets by typing make uninstall 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. * Creating a new Project --------------------------- +------------------------ 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 +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cxxflags` -o myfoo Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look like this @@ -433,23 +437,29 @@ CXX = g++ minimal: minimal.o $(CXX) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` -minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CXX) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o +minimal.o: minimal.cpp + $(CXX) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o clean: rm -f *.o minimal This is certain to become the standard way unless we decide -to sitch to tmake. +to stick to tmake. + +If your application uses only some of wxWidgets libraries, you can +specify required libraries when running wx-config. For example, +`wx-config --libs=html,core` will only output link command to link +with libraries required by core GUI classes and wxHTML classes. See +the manual for more information on the libraries. 2) The other way creates a project within the source code -directories of wxWindows. For this endeavour, you'll need +directories of wxWidgets. For this endeavour, you'll need 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. * Further notes by Julian Smart ---------------------------------- +------------------------------- - You may find the following script useful for compiling wxX11, especially if installing from zips (which don't preserve file @@ -460,26 +470,26 @@ and configure before you can type make. # makewxx11 # Sets permissions (in case we extracted wxX11 from zip files) # and makes wxX11. - # Call from top-level wxWindows directory. + # Call from top-level wxWidgets directory. # Note that this uses standard (but commonly-used) configure options; # if you're feeling brave, you may wish to compile with threads: # if they're not supported by the target platform, they will be disabled # anyhow # -- Julian Smart chmod a+x configure config.sub config.guess - ./configure --with-shared --with-x11 --with-universal --without-gtk --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets --without-odbc + ./configure --with-x11 --with-shared --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets --without-odbc make -------:x-----Cut here-----:x----- This script will build wxX11 using shared libraries. If you want to build - a static wxWindows library, use --disable-shared. + a static wxWidgets library, use --disable-shared. Troubleshooting --------------- -- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable argument - functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the include - path. +- Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable + argument functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the + include path. - If you operator-related compile errors or strange memory problems (for example in deletion of string arrays), set wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS @@ -500,7 +510,7 @@ Other Notes recommended to use --with-debug_info and --with-debug_flag configure switches while developing your application. To compile in non-debug mode, remove the -D__WXDEBUG__ switch in make.env (or if using the - configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without_debug_flag + configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without-debug_flag and --with-debug_info to --without-debug_info in the makewxx11 script). @@ -510,7 +520,6 @@ Bug reports Please send bug reports with a description of your environment, compiler and the error message(s) to the wxwin-developers mailing list at: - wx-dev@lists.wxwindows.org + wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org -Julian Smart, Robert Roebling and Vadim Zeitlin, February 2002.