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3. Compiling and Installing the packages

Get the following individual packages:

gnustep-make
gnustep-base
gnustep-gui
gnustep-back

See http://www.gnustep.org for information on where to get these packages.

Make sure you install (if necessary) all the previously mentioned libraries first before configuring and building GNUstep.

You should install these packages as root (read special note for the gnustep-base library, below, if you cannot do this).

For installation on specific systems, read the machine specific instructions at the end of this document or appropriate README files in the gnustep-make Documentation directory (such as README.MingW for Windows).

3.1 Installing the Core Libraries

3.1 Installing the Core Libraries

The GNUstep packages uses the Autoconf mechanism for configuration; it checks some host capabilties which are used by all GNUstep software. To configure just type:

./configure

The GNUstep makefile package needs a root directory. If the GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT environment variable is set then configure will determine the root directory from its value (by removing the final /System path component from it). You can also specify the root directory when you run configure with the prefix paramater; the following command makes /usr/local/GNUstep the root directory:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/GNUstep

If you do not have the GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT environment variable set and you do not specify a root directory when running configure, then configure will use /usr/GNUstep as the default root directory.

3.1.1 Alternate Library Setup

3.1.2 Building the Package

3.1.1 Alternate Library Setup

Read the installation instructions in the Makefile package (make) for more installation options. Make sure you use the same configuration options when configuring each GNUstep library.

3.1.2 Building the Package

To build the individual packages, use this familiar set of commands for each pacakge (add any additional options you decide upon):

./configure make make install

Start with the Makefile Pacakge (gnustep-make). After installing gnustep-make you need to execute GNUstep's shell configuration script, as follows:

. /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

before proceeding any further.

NOTE for gcc 2.X or MinGW users: Now install gnustep-objc. Before building gnustep-objc, edit the `GNUmakefile' and set the THREADING variable to the thread library used on your system (usually its posix, but you can leave it at single if you don't need threads). At this point you should probably re-configure, make and install gnustep-make, so it can pick up on any threading information that gnustep-objc provides.

Now install gnustep-base, gnustep-gui and finally gnustep-back.

NOTE: If you are trying to install the packages without root permission, you may need to change one thing in the base library. Edit the file gnustep-base/Tools/gdomap.h to uncomment the last line and modify the specified port number to a port which you know is not in use on your network. You should only do this if absolutely necessary since making this change will break communications with any systems where an identical change has not been made. Also, the standard gdomap port is the one officially registered with IANA and is reserved for use by gdomap - it should only be changed if you can't get your system administrator to start the gdomap server using it.

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