X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c52294946dbe983815e282b0a5542989a74adc48..61c213fe224da24ce33c9187263e75a17ca83a04:/docs/mac/install.txt diff --git a/docs/mac/install.txt b/docs/mac/install.txt index 6704369180..b04d0cb10b 100644 --- a/docs/mac/install.txt +++ b/docs/mac/install.txt @@ -1,29 +1,31 @@ +wxWidgets 2.6.0 for Mac installation +------------------------------------ + +On MacOS X, you can download Apple's free developer tools (gcc +and associated headers and libraries, such as the Carbon API). +You can then use configure in a similar way to compiling +wxWidgets on Linux (or on Windows using MinGW or Cygwin). See +'Apple Developer Tools' below for more details on using +configure. + +To target on MacOS 8 or 9, you need to buy Metrowerks +CodeWarrior. You can then compile Mac Classic or MacOS X +applications on Mac OS X, or compile Mac Classic or MacOS X +applications on Mac Classic. However you can only run and debug +each type of application on the target operating system. + Installing latest headers (and Carbon Support) ---------------------------------------------- -NOTE : these steps are not necessary for Pro 6, only for Pro 5.3 - -the latest build for carbon support lead to a few changes you will have to -follow, in order to successfully compile the code (also necessary if you don't -want to build the carbon targets) - -1. you need CodeWarrior Pro 5.3 , i.e. 5.0 with all the upgrades -2. you have to download the 3.4.0 (or greater) universal interfaces from - ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/UniversalHeaders3.4.1.img.bin -3. put the Interfaces and Libraries Folder into the MacOS Support folder and replace older versions -4. remove from the MacOS Support folder the separate OpenTransport folder -5. open the file MacOS Support:MacHeaders:MacHeaders.c and add the line - #include - after the - #include -6. rebuild all MacHeaders from the MacHeaders.mcp project in the same folder - -if you want to build the carbon targets, you will also need the latest -carbonized version of MSL from Metrowerks, at the time of writing, this meant -applying the changes from the folders -CodeWarrior Pro 5:Pre-Release:Carbon & MacOSX Development:Carbonized MSL and -CodeWarrior Pro 5:Pre-Release:Carbon & MacOSX Development:Carbonized Runtimes -(consult the file CodeWarrior Pro 5:Pre-Release:Carbon & MacOSX Development:Carbon & MacOSX README) +Patching headers: CodeWarrior 8.x +--------------------------------- + +If you run into trouble with WCHAR_MIN and WCHAR_MAX the for +MacOS X Support:Headers:(wchar_t Support fix):machine:ansi.h, +apply the patch ansi.diff. + +You may also need to comment out the _T definition in +ctype.h if you get multiple definition errors. setup.h ------- @@ -43,8 +45,9 @@ libraries and headers from http://developer.apple.com/opengl/index.html If you want OpenGL support with CodeWarrior, set wxUSE_OPENGL to 1 in include/wx/setup.h -If you don't want OpenGl support, remove the file "glcanvas.cpp" from the -project before compilation and leave the setting at 0 +If you don't want OpenGl support, set wxUSE_OPENGL to 0 (the +default) and remove the file OpenGLLibraryStub from the project +before compilation. If you want OpenGL support with the Apple Developer Tools under Mac OS X, add --with-opengl to the arguments of configure when configuring wxMac. @@ -54,50 +57,58 @@ Project Files The project files are stored as xml text files and converted to binary CodeWarrior projects in the distribution (see AppleScript Files below): - - *M5.xml -> *M5.mcp for CodeWarrior 5.3 - - *M6.xml -> *M6.mcp for CodeWarrior 6 - - *M7.xml -> *M7.mcp for CodeWarrior 7 - -In order to build the library (and then the samples) you need to make the -following projects (for 5.3) -:src:wxxindowsM5.mcp -:src:png:pngM5.mcp -:src:tiff:tiffM5.mcp -:src:jpeg:jpegM5.mcp -:src:zlib:zlibM5.mcp + + - *M8.xml -> *M8.mcp for CodeWarrior 8 and above. AppleScript Files ----------------- -Several AppleScript files are provided in the docs:mac directory (currently -only for CodeWarrior 5.3 related projects): - - M5xml2mcp.applescript to convert xml files to CodeWarrior projects - - M5mcp2xml.applescript to convert CodeWarrior projects to xml files - - M5build.applescript to automatically build all samples/demos projects +Several AppleScript files are provided in the docs:mac directory: + + - M8xml2mcp.applescript to convert xml files to CodeWarrior 8 projects + - M8mcp2xml.applescript to convert CodeWarrior 8 projects to xml files + - SetXMLCreator.applescript to set correct creator type (see below) + +To run the XML to MCP conversion scripts: -Apple Developers Tools ----------------------- +Double click on e.g. docs/mac/M8xml2mcp.applescript, then "run" +the applescript and when asked for a folder pick src/. Then it +takes a while to scan all dirs for the xml files and convert +them to mcps. If some conversions fail it means an mcp already +exists (back them up prior to running the script). -As in all Unix projects, you need to do something like this under MacOS 10.1 -with the Apple Developers Tools installed: +To set the correct creator type for importing into CodeWarrior, +you may need to run SetXMLCreator.applescript. + +Apple Developer Tools +--------------------- + +As in all Unix projects, you need to do something like this under MacOS X +with the Apple Developer Tools installed: 1) cd into the base dir -2) mkdir build -3) cd build +2) mkdir osx-build +3) cd osx-build 4) ../configure 5) make -If you want to install the library, you need to be able to log in as "root". -For this, "root" has to be activated in the NetInfo utility - there you will -also have to choose a password for the "root" user. Then +If you want to install the library into the system directories you'll need +to do this as root. The accepted way of running commands as root is to +use the built-in sudo mechanism. First of all, you must be using an +account marked as a "Computer Administrator". Then + +6) sudo make install +7) type -6) su -7) type -8) make install -9) exit +Note that while using this method is okay for development, it is not +recommended that you require endusers to install wxWidgets into their +system directories in order to use your program. One way to avoid this +is to configure wxWidgets with --disable-shared. Another way to avoid +it is to make a framework for wxWidgets. Making frameworks is beyond +the scope of this document. Note: -You might want to configure a static library instead: +We recommend you configure a static library instead: 4) ../configure --disable-shared @@ -105,6 +116,10 @@ or activate OpenGL: 4) ../configure --with-opengl +Note: +It is rarely desirable to install non-Apple software into system directories. +By configuring the library with --disable-shared and using the full path +to wx-config with the --in-place option you can avoid installing the library. Problems with .xpm files ------------------------ @@ -125,3 +140,4 @@ Missing PLStringFuncsLib ------------------------ You will have to build All Targets for MacOS Support:Libraries:Sources:PLStringFuncs:Glue:PLStringFuncsGlue.mcp +