X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdbuild.pod;h=64df7540e28d1a965d9229ef5276e18c5c40b8ef;hb=c334a639fbb935dde211b572aa3eaf568b65e6c0;hp=f8437a960e6a3a692cd4a6a7bcd6f65370e36e1a;hpb=dc217fb6f3a8f03e4f643e42a84428d14747d7b2;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/doc/rrdbuild.pod index f8437a9..64df754 100644 --- a/doc/rrdbuild.pod +++ b/doc/rrdbuild.pod @@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ ones before you can build RRDtool. This document will tell you about all the necessary steps to get going. +These instructions assume you are using a B shell. If you use csh/tcsh, +then you can either type F to switch to bash for the compilation or if +you know what you are doing just replace the export bits with +setenv. + +We further assume that your copies of B and B are actually B and B respectively. It could be that they are installed as +B and B on your system. + =head2 Building Before you start to build RRDtool, you have to decide two things: @@ -32,15 +41,10 @@ Where you want to install the software. =back Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables. -Depending on the shell you are using, you can do either (bash,zsh): BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.99907080300 -Or if you run tcsh: - - set BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild - set INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.99907080300 If your F is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose a different directory! @@ -51,12 +55,10 @@ Now make sure the BUILD_DIR exists and go there: cd $BUILD_DIR Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries -pre-installed. Note that these instructions assume that your copies of -B and B are actually B and B respectively. It -could be that they are installed as B and B on your system. +pre-installed. wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.99907080300.tar.gz - tar zxf rrdtool-1.2.99907080300.tar.gz + gunzip -c rrdtool-1.2.99907080300.tar.gz | tar xf - cd rrdtool-1.2.99907080300 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install @@ -68,7 +70,11 @@ package for each library you install. Once you have the missing bits on board, just re-run the last line of the instructions above. But again this may have been too optimistic, and you actually have to -compile your own copies of the required libraries. +compile your own copies of some of the required libraries. Things like +libpng and zlib are pretty standard so you will probably have them on your +system anyway. Freetype, Fontinst, Cairo, Pango may be installed, but it is +possible that they are pretty old and thus don't live up to the +expectations, so you may want to compile their latest versions. =head3 Build Tipps for AIX @@ -101,17 +107,58 @@ If you have an other compile you have to use the following settings: =over +Some libraries want to know where other libraries are. For this to work, +set the following environamen variable + + export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig + export PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH + +Since we are compiling libraries dynamically, you they must further know +where to find each other. This is done by setting an appropriate LDFLAG. +Unfortunatly the syntax differs from system to system: + +=over + +=item Solaris + + export LDFLAGS=-R${INSTALL_DIR}/lib + +=item Linux + + export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath -Wl,${INSTALL_DIR}/lib" + +=item HPUX + + export LDFLAGS="+b${INSTALL_DIR}/lib" + +=item AIX + + export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-blibpath:${INSTALL_DIR}/lib" + +=back + +If you have GNUmake installed and it is not called 'make', +then do + + export MAKE=gmake + export GNUMAKE=gmake + +otherwhise just do + + export MAKE=make + + =item Building zlib Chances are very high that you already have that on your system ... cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz - tar zxf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz + gunzip -c zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz | tar xf - cd zlib-1.2.3 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install =item Building libpng @@ -122,28 +169,26 @@ the end of line 4 means that line 4 and line 5 are on one line. cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz - tar zxvf libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz + gunzip -c libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz | tar xf - cd libpng-1.2.10 - env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ - ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb - make - make install + env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR + $MAKE + $MAKE install =item Building freetype cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz - tar zxvf freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz + gunzip -c freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz | tar xf - cd freetype-2.3.5 - env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ - ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install If you run into problems building freetype on Solaris, you may want to try to -add the following at the end of the configure line: +add the following at the start the configure line: - GNUMAKE=gmake EGREP=egrep + env EGREP=egrep =item Building fontconfig @@ -154,71 +199,52 @@ config file. cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz - tar zxvf fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz + gunzip -c fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz | tar xf - cd fontconfig-2.4.2 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install =item Building Cairo cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz - tar zxvf cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz + gunzip -c cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz | tar xf - cd cairo-1.4.10 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \ + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \ --enable-xlib=no \ --enable-xlib-render=no \ - --enable-win32=no - make - make install + --enable-win32=no \ + CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install =item Building Glib cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/glib-2.12.13.tar.gz - tar zxvf glib-2.12.13.tar.gz + gunzip -c glib-2.12.13.tar.gz | tar xf - cd glib-2.12.13 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install =item Building Pango cd $BUILD_DIR wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pango-1.17.5.tar.gz - tar zxvf pango-1.17.5.tar.gz + gunzip -c pango-1.17.5.tar.gz | tar xf - cd pango-1.17.5 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" + $MAKE + $MAKE install =back -Now all the dependent libraries are built and you can try again. Since these -are static libraries, you may have to use F to make them accessible. -Especially BSD systems like Mac OS X may require this, Linux and Solaris -will do just fine without since their F command does ranlibs job as well. - - ranlib $BUILD_DIR/lb/lib/*.a - -This time you tell configure where it should be looking for libraries and -include files. This is done via environment variables. Depending on the -shell you are running, the syntax for setting environment variables is -different. Under csh/tcsh you use: - - set IR="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include -I$INSTALL_DIR/include" - setenv CPPFLAGS "$IR" - setenv LDFLAGS -L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib - setenv CFLAGS -O3 - -If you are running bash/sh/ash/ksh/zsh use this: - - IR="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include -I$INSTALL_DIR/include" - CPPFLAGS="$IR" - LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib -R$INSTALL_DIR/lib -L$INSTALL_DIR/lib" - CFLAGS=-O3 - export CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CFLAGS +Now all the dependent libraries are built and you can try again. This time +you tell configure where it should be looking for libraries and include +files. This is done via environment variables. Depending on the shell you +are running, the syntax for setting environment variables is different. And finally try building again. We disable the python and tcl bindings because it seems that a fair number of people have ill configured python and @@ -226,18 +252,18 @@ tcl setups that would prevent rrdtool from building if they are included in their current state. cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.2.99907080300 - ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl - make clean - make - make install + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python + $MAKE clean + $MAKE + $MAKE install SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build the perl module for the native perl (the -one shipping with solaris) you will need the sun forte compiler -installed on your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile -while building! +one shipping with solaris) you will need the sun forte compiler installed on +your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while +building! -Now go to I<$INSTALL_DIR>B and run them to see if your -build has been successful. +Now go to I<$INSTALL_DIR>B and run them to see if +your build has been successful. =head1 AUTHOR