X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/8e1e6facb70151e7fb26c3731c3d30602a70129d..35b04374da6df3349e2849b2ae631839c2f8aa36:/docs/gtk/install.txt diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.txt b/docs/gtk/install.txt index cf349ac5c2..3679ccbe1b 100644 --- a/docs/gtk/install.txt +++ b/docs/gtk/install.txt @@ -1,496 +1,458 @@ +wxWidgets for GTK+ installation +------------------------------- - !!! 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 !!! +IMPORTANT NOTE: -* The most simple case ------------------------ + 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 wxWidgets you are + using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One + example: wxGTK 2.8.0, gcc 3.4.5, Fedora Core 4 + +* The simplest case +------------------- + +If you compile wxWidgets on Linux for the first time and don't like to read +install instructions just do (in the base dir): + +> mkdir buildgtk +> cd buildgtk +> ../configure --with-gtk +> make +> su +> make install +> ldconfig +[if you get "ldconfig: command not found", try using "/sbin/ldconfig"] + +If you don't do the 'make install' part, you can still use the libraries from +the buildgtk directory, but they may not be available to other users. -If you compile wxWindows on Unix for the first time and don't -like to read install instructions just do (in the base dir): +If you want to remove wxWidgets on Unix you can do this: -./configure +> su +> make uninstall +> ldconfig + +Note that by default, GTK+ 2.X is used. GTK+ 1.2 can be specified +with --with-gtk=1. + +* The expert case +----------------- + +If you want to do some more serious cross-platform programming with wxWidgets, +such as for GTK+ and Motif, you can now build two complete libraries and use +them concurrently. To do this, create a separate 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 and one without. + +For building three versions (one GTK+, one Motif and a debug version of the GTK +source) you'd do this: + +mkdir buildmotif +cd buildmotif +../configure --with-motif make -su -make install -ldconfig -exit +cd .. -If you want to remove wxWindows on Unix you can do this: +mkdir buildgtk +cd buildgtk +../configure --with-gtk +make +cd .. -su -make uninstall -ldconfif -exit +mkdir buildgtkd +cd buildgtkd +../configure --with-gtk --enable-debug +make +cd .. -* The most simple errors ------------------------- +Note that you can install all those libraries concurrently, you just need to +pass the appropriate flags when using them. -configure reports, that you don't have GTK 1.X installed -although you are certainly sure you have. Well, you have -installed it, but you also have another version of the -GTK installed, which you may need to removed including -other versions of glib (and its headers). Also, look -for the PATH variable and check if it includes the path -to the correct gtk-config! The check your LDPATH if -it points to the correct library. There is no way to -compile wxGTK if configure doesn't pass this test as -all this test does is compile and link a GTK program. - -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. - -If there is just any way for you to use egcs, use egcs. -We are sorry, but we cannot fix gcc. - -You get immediate segfault when starting any sample -or application: This is _always_ 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. - -* The most simple program -------------------------- - -Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere -with - -g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o myfoo - -* General ------------------------ +* The simplest errors +--------------------- + +For any configure errors: please look at config.log file which was generated +during configure run, it usually contains some useful information. + +configure reports, that you don't have GTK+ 1.2/2.0 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). Or maybe you installed it in a non-default +location and configure can't find it there, so please check that your PATH +variable includes the path to the correct gtk-config/pkg-config. Also check +that your LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent variable contains the path to GTK+ +libraries if they were installed in a non-default location. + +You get errors from make: please use GNU make instead of the native make +program. Currently wxWidgets can be built only with GNU make, BSD make and +Solaris make. Other versions might work or not (any which don't have VPATH +support definitely won't). + +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. -The Unix variants of wxWindows use GNU configure. If you have -problems with your make use GNU make instead. +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. -If you have general problems with installation, read my -homepage at +* The simplest program +---------------------- - http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt - -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 YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know -this has no effect, but I tried... +Now create your super-application myfoo.cpp and compile anywhere with + +g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo * GUI libraries ------------------------ +--------------- -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, but only without Drag'n'Drop. -wxWindows does work with the 1.1.X versions of the GTK+ library. +wxWidgets/GTK+ requires the GTK+ library to be installed on your system. It has +to be a stable version, preferably GTK+ 2.x.y, where x is an even number. +GTK+ version 1.2 is highly discouraged, but if you decide to still use it, +please use version 1.2.10 (at least 1.2.3 is required, 1.2.7 is strongly recommended). + +You can get the newest version of the GTK+ from the GTK+ homepage at: -You can get the newest version of the GTK+ from the GTK homepage -at http://www.gtk.org - -We also mirror GTK+ 1.2.1 at my ftp site soon. You'll find information -about downloading at my homepage. - + +We also mirror GTK+ at my ftp site. You'll find information about downloading +at my homepage. + * Additional libraries ------------------------ +---------------------- + +wxWidgets/Gtk 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/Gtk 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" +You can disable thread support by running + +./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. - -* Create your configuration ------------------------------ -Usage: - ./configure options - -If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, -set environment variables CC and CCC as +* Building wxGTK on OS/2 +------------------------ - % setenv CC cc - % setenv CCC CC - % ./configure options +Please send comments and question about the OS/2 installation +to Stefan Neis and patches to +the wxWidgets mailing list. + +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. + +You'll need OS/2 Warp (4.51) or eCS(1.0), X-Free86/2 (3.3.6 or newer), +GTK+ (1.2.5 or newer), emx (0.9d fix 4), 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). + +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. + +Open an OS/2 prompt and switch to the directory above. +Set MAKESHELL or MAKE_SHELL (which one is needed depends on the version of +make) to a Unix like shell, e.g. +SET MAKESHELL=ash +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. +Depending on your installation you might want to also set INSTALL, for me +it tends to try to use the system's tcpip\pcomos\install.exe which causes +problems, e.g. +SET INSTALL=/install-sh -c + +Notice that the delivered configure scripts are fully OS/2 aware, so you +can simply run + ash -c "configure --with-gtk=1" +and make and possibly make install as described above. + +* Building wxGTK on SGI +----------------------- Using the SGI native compilers, it is recommended that you -also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These +also set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS before running configure. These should be set to : -CFLAGS="-mips3 -n32" +CFLAGS="-mips3 -n32" CXXFLAGS="-mips3 -n32" -This is essential if you want to use the resultant binaries -on any other machine than the one it was compiled on. If you -have a 64bit machine (Octane) you should also do this to ensure -you don't accidently build the libraries as 64bit (which is +This is essential if you want to use the resultant binaries +on any other machine than the one it was compiled on. If you +have a 64bit machine (Octane) you should also do this to ensure +you don't accidently build the libraries as 64bit (which is untested). The SGI native compiler support has only been tested on Irix 6.5. -to see all the options please use: +* Building wxGTK 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. - ./configure --help +* Create your configuration +--------------------------- + +Usage: + ./configure options -The basic philosophy is that if you want to use different -configurations, like a debug and a release version, -or use the same source tree on different systems, -you have only to change the environment variable OSTYPE. -(Sadly this variable is not set by default on some systems -in some shells - on SGI's for example). So you will have to -set it there. This variable HAS to be set before starting -configure, so that it knows which system it tries to -configure for. +If you want to use system's C and C++ compiler, +set environment variables CC and CXX as + + % setenv CC cc + % setenv CXX CC + % ./configure [options] -Configure will complain if the system variable OSTYPE has -not been defined. And Make in some circumstances as well... +to see all the options please use: + + ./configure --help + +It is recommended to build wxWidgets in another directory (maybe a +subdirectory of your wxWidgets installation) as this allows you to +have multiple configurations (for example, debug and release or GTK +and Motif) simultaneously. * General options -------------------- +----------------- - !! DON'T USE YET !! +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. 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 +if you use all of our SVN repository you have to choose a toolkit. You must do this by running configure with either of: - --with-gtk Use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK) - - --with-motif Use either Motif or Lesstif - Configure will look for both. + --with-gtk=2 Use the GTK+ 2.0. Default. + --with-gtk=1 Use the GTK+ 1.2. + --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-threads Compile with thread support. Threads - support is also required for the - socket code to work. - - --without-shared Do not create shared libraries. - - --without-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. - - --with-profile Add profiling info to the object - files. Currently broken, I think. - - --with-mem_tracing Add built-in memory tracing. - - --with-dmalloc Use the dmalloc memory debugger. - Read more at www.letters.com/dmalloc/ - - --with-debug_info Add debug info to object files and - executables for use with debuggers - such as gdb (or its many frontends). - - --with-debug_flag Define __DEBUG__ and __WXDEBUG__ when - compiling. This enable wxWindows' very - useful internal debugging tricks (such - as automatically reporting illegal calls) - to work. Note that program and library - must be compiled with the same debug - options. + --disable-threads Compile without thread support. -* Feature Options -------------------- + --disable-shared Do not create shared libraries, but + build static libraries instead. + + --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 + such as Sun with gcc 2.8.X which + would otherwise produce segvs. + + --enable-unicode Enable Unicode support. + + --enable-profile Add profiling info to the object + files. Currently broken, I think. + + --enable-no_rtti Enable compilation without creation of + C++ RTTI information in object files. + This will speed-up compilation and reduce + binary size. + + --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 + actual compilation... + + --enable-no_deps Enable compilation without creation of + dependency information. + + --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. - !! DON'T USE YET !! + --enable-mem_tracing Add built-in memory tracing. + + --enable-dmalloc Use the dmalloc memory debugger. + Read more at www.letters.com/dmalloc/ + + --enable-debug_info Add debug info to object files and + executables for use with debuggers + such as gdb (or its many frontends). + + --enable-debug_flag Define __DEBUG__ and __WXDEBUG__ when + compiling. This enable wxWidgets' very + useful internal debugging tricks (such + as automatically reporting illegal calls) + to work. Note that program and library + must be compiled with the same debug + options. + + --enable-debug Same as --enable-debug_info and + --enable-debug_flag together. Unless you have + some very specific needs, you should use this + option instead of --enable-debug_info/flag ones + separately. + +* Feature Options +----------------- 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 +drastically reduced by removing features from wxWidgets that are not used in your program. The most relevant such features are - --without-libpng Disables PNG image format code. - - --without-libjpeg Disables JPEG image format code. - - --without-odbc Disables ODBC code. - - --without-wxresources Disables the use of *.wxr type - resources. - - --without-threads Disables threads. Will also - disable sockets. - - --without-sockets Disables sockets. - - --without-dnd Disables Drag'n'Drop. - - --without-clipboard Disables Clipboard. - - --without-serial Disables object instance serialiasation. - - --without-streams Disables the wxStream classes. - + --with-odbc Enables ODBC code. This is disabled + by default because iODBC is under the + L-GPL license which is less liberal than + wxWidgets license. + + --without-libpng Disables PNG image format code. + + --without-libjpeg Disables JPEG image format code. + + --without-libtiff Disables TIFF image format code. + + --without-expat Disable XML classes based on Expat parser. + + --disable-pnm Disables PNM image format code. + + --disable-gif Disables GIF image format code. + + --disable-pcx Disables PCX image format code. + + --disable-iff Disables IFF image format code. + + --disable-resources Disables the use of *.wxr type resources. + + --disable-threads Disables threads. Will also disable sockets. + + --disable-sockets Disables sockets. + + --disable-dnd Disables Drag'n'Drop. + + --disable-clipboard Disables Clipboard. + + --disable-serial Disables object instance serialisation. + + --disable-streams Disables the wxStream classes. + + --disable-file Disables the wxFile class. + + --disable-textfile Disables the wxTextFile class. + + --disable-intl Disables the internationalisation. + + --disable-validators Disables validators. + + --disable-accel Disables accelerators support. + 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) -Now the makefiles are created (by configure) and you can compile +Now the makefiles are created (by configure) and you can compile the library by typing: - make + make make yourself some coffee, as it will take some time. On an old -386SX possibly week. During compilation, you'll get a few +386SX possibly two weeks. During compilation, you'll get a few warning messages depending in your compiler. -if you want to be more selective, you can change into a specific -directiry and type "make" there. +If you want to be more selective, you can change into a specific +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 + 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 -------------------------- -There are two ways to create your own 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 --cxxflags --libs` -o myfoo 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` + $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm - $(CC) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o + $(CC) `wx-config --cxxflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o -clean: +clean: rm -f *.o minimal -This is certain to become the standard way unless we decide -to sitch 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 -the usual number of GNU tools, at least +2) The other way creates a project within the source code +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. -GNU automake version 1.4 -GNU autoheader version 2.14 -GNU autoconf version 2.14 - -and quite possibly - -GNU make -GNU cc - -and if you have all this then you probably know enough to -go ahead yourself :-) - -** Something about Makefiles ------------------------------- - -On general principle it should only contain ONE line, which is as follows: - - include ../../setup/general/makeapp - -this will include all the necessary definitions for creating the applications - -the only case where you might want to add another line is the following: -this version of configure also supports creation of source archives of the -application for easy distribution and updates to newer version of wxWindows. - For this purpose all files in the application-directory will be put into -a gziped tar-file in the full notation user//* -if you want to include some other files that you want "more visible", like -a README. or a shell script for easy -compilation/installation/distribution, then you have to add a variable - - DISTRIBUTE_ADDITIONAL= - -to the Makefile. -So it would look like this: - - DISTRIBUTE_ADDITIONAL=README.TheApp - include ../../setup/general/makeapp - -As we have already talked about distribution the command to create a -distribution is: - - make distrib - -NOTE: If you are in the base directory of wxWindows it will create -distribution packages for wxWindows as well as for all packages in the -user directory. - So if you want to create only packages for the files in user, -then go to the directory other and type: - - make distrib - -or if you only want one application to be created then -enter the specific directory and type there: -make distrib - -All the distribution files will be put in the directory -distrib at the base of the wxWindows-tree (where also configure -and template.mak can be found). - -** Something about Makefile.in --------------------------------- - -As you have already seen with Makefile, configure makes a lot of use -if the include statement in make to keep the Makefiles as simple as -possible. - -So basically there are only variables to define and then a include command. -Exception to this rule is if you have special rules for some stuff... -These rules should go AFTER the include statement!!! - -so the general header looks like this: - - # wxWindows base directory - WXBASEDIR=@WXBASEDIR@ - # set the OS type for compilation - OS=@OS@ - # compile a library only - RULE=bin - -and the general footer will look like this: - - # include the definitions now - include ../../../template.mak - -the key variable is RULE, which defines what make should create -in this directory. - -here are some examples: - - RULE description - =========================================================================== - bin creates a local binary (for a global binary prefix bin with g) - additional variables needed: - BIN_TARGET this gives the name of your application - BIN_OBJ this gives the object files needed to - link the application - optional variables are: - BIN_SRC this gives the list of c/c++ files for - which dependencies will be checked. - (This can be achieved with: make depend) - BIN_LINK this gives commands for additional - libraries needed to link the application - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - bin2 creates two local binaries (for global binaries prefix bin2 with g) - in addition to the variables specified above you MUST also - provide the same variables with BIN2_ instead of BIN_ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - lib creates a local library (for a global binary prefix bin with g) - additional variables needed: - LIB_TARGET this gives the name of your library - LIB_OBJ this gives the object files needed for - the library to be build. - optional variables are: - LIB_SRC this gives the list of c/c++ files for - which dependencies will be checked. - libbin and libgbin are also possible and will need in addition - the variables from bin - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - gslib is similar to lib, but it creates a shared library if the system - supports it. - additional variables needed: - LIB_MAJOR major number of the shared library - LIB_MINOR minor number of the shared library - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - other additional variables: - - ADD_COMPILE define additional includes/defines that - are needed to compile the object files - (if you need to reference some directory - utils - like wxGrid -, then please - reference them with the variables defined - in template.mak - e.g.: $(SRCDIR),$(UTILS), - $(SAMPLES),$(OTHERS)) - - NEEDED_DEFINES lists all the defines that HAVE to be set in - /include/wx/setup.h to compile correctly. - - SRC_DIR lists all directories that are needed to - compile. (i.e: lists all the directories, - where there are source-files.) But it is - also needed to clean an object and for - machines, for which make does not support - VPATH - -currently there are the following compiling rules provided: -object files are created for the following file extensions: -.c .cc .cpp - -Please have a closer look at the Makefiles in this distribution. - -* Platforms configure is working with ---------------------------------------- - -Please report build succes on any machine. Especially non- -Linux operating systems (which I don't have). - -Original author of the autoconf system for wxxt-1.66 and for this INSTALL -file: - - Martin Sperl sperl@dsn.ast.univie.ac.at - -Ported to wxGTK 0.1: - - Wolfram Gloger wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de - -Thanks alot to both of them. +---------------------- In the hope that it will be useful, - Robert Roebling roebling@sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de - - + Robert Roebling +