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COMPILING Oblige

Dependencies

  1. C++ compiler (GNU's G++) and associated tools

    • packages: g++ binutils

  2. GNU make

    • package: make

  3. FLTK 1.3

    • website: http://www.fltk.org/
    • package: libfltk1.3-dev
    • You may also need: libxft-dev libxinerama-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev

  4. zlib

  5. XDG Utils

    • (only needed for Linux, to install the desktop and icon files)
    • package: xdg-utils

Linux Compilation

Assuming all those dependencies are met, then the following shell command will build the Oblige binary. (The '>' is just the prompt)

> make

Windows Compilation

I personally compile the Win32 binaries on Linux using what's called a "Cross Compiler". That means I don't need to reboot out of Linux in order to create the Win32 packages.

Sorry, but if you want to compile the Win32 binary under Windows itself then you are on your own.

Assuming you have a working cross-compiler, like the "mingw32" package in Debian or Ubuntu Linux, then the following command will build the EXE:

> make -f Makefile.xming

INSTALLING Oblige

For a system-wide Linux installation you should run "make install" as root (the superuser) after building, which installs the binary program plus all the script and data files. It also uses the XDG tools to install a desktop file and icon, allowing Oblige to appear in your system's applications menu -- though if this step fails, Oblige will still work when invoked from the command line.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

To build FLTK with the WIN32 cross-compiler:

  1. read README.CMake.txt and copy the cross-compiling snippet in there to a file: Toolchain-mingw32.cmake

  2. edit Toolchain-mingw32.cmake and set the proper paths for the cross-compiling tools (for me: i586-mingw32msvc)

  3. mkdir mingw ; cd mingw

  4. cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../Toolchain-mingw32.cmake CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DOPTION_USE_GL=OFF -DOPTION_USE_THREADS=OFF

  5. make

    • Note that the build fails when it gets to some stuff which require FLUID to process some .fl files. That doesn't matter since the needed libraries (in mingw/lib) have been built by then.