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diff --git a/Hurd/GNUstep.mdwn b/Hurd/GNUstep.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..95b2a622 --- /dev/null +++ b/Hurd/GNUstep.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# <a name="Setting_up_GNUstep_on_the_Hurd"> </a> Setting up GNUstep on the Hurd + +GNUstep is not available on the Debian distribution for GNU/Hurd, but it can be built manually. This is, how to do it. + +#### <a name="Prerequisites"> Prerequisites </a> + +This packages should already be installed (Debian package names in brackets): ffcall (libffcall1, libffcall1-dev), libffi (libffi4), libffi4-dev, openssl (openssl), libtiff (libtiff4), libpng (libpng12-0, libpng3), libjpg (libjpeg62), libxml (libxml1, libxml2, libxml2-dev & dependencies), xslt (libxslt1.1, libxslt1-dev & dependencies), ssl (libssl0.9.8, libssl-dev), libungif4-dev libungif4g, aspell (libaspell15, libaspell-dev, aspell & apspell-[for your language, e. g. en]) windowmaker (wmaker), Objective-C-Compiler (gobjc and depending packages) + +#### <a name="Getting_the_sources"> Getting the sources </a> + +To do an up-to-date-installation, download the daily snapshot from GNUstep into one new directory and unzip/untar them: + + wget ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/daily-snapshots/core.current.tar.bz2 + +#### <a name="Building_GNUstep"> </a> Building GNUstep + +Everything needed for the GNUstep base system is included into the expanded tarball. This is how to build it: + +Do the following installation as root! + + cd core/make + ./configure + make && make install + cd .. + . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh (see the dot at the begin!) + cd ../base + ./configure + Edit the file Headers/Additions/GNUstepBase/config.h and add "#define BROKEN_SO_REUSEADDR 1" somewhere + make && make install + cd ../gui + ./configure + make && make install + cd ../back + make && make install + +Now, you've built the GNUstep base system. When you want to start a GNUstep application later or want to build one, open a bash shell and enter this command: + + . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh + +This sets some necessary environment variables. + +#### <a name="Building_GNUstep_apps"> </a> Building GNUstep apps + +You can find some GNUstep applications here: <http://www.gnustep.org/experience/apps.html> + +and here: [http://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Main\_Page](http://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Main_Page) + +#### <a name="Known_problems"> Known problems </a> + +##### <a name="GNUMail"> </a> GNUMail + +After starting GNUMail, you can only once get mails from a pop3-server. If you want to fetch mails again, you have to restart it. + +##### <a name="GWorkspace_0_8"> GWorkspace 0.8 </a> + +GWorkspace 0.8 expects a /etc/mtab file. If you want to use it, you must manually make this file. + +Example for a /etc/mtab file: + + /dev/hd0s1 / ext2 rw 1 1 + +---- + +-- Thomas Schlesinger - 03 Mar 2006 |