X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdbuild.pod;h=f52076e6114ad9db4531f4a03721a4cbe5908fda;hb=3882bb0c2d15f97298aaa7602d6353a1888f5547;hp=cbbf211372937a25b7957a63bc5267cc3ec9a65e;hpb=ba4d7092cc4f494328625ca5417110294225e0f4;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/doc/rrdbuild.pod index cbbf211..f52076e 100644 --- a/doc/rrdbuild.pod +++ b/doc/rrdbuild.pod @@ -17,15 +17,48 @@ This document will tell you about all the necessary steps to get going. =head2 Building +Before you start to build RRDtool, you have to decide two things: + +=over + +=item 1. + +In which directory you want to build the software. + +=item 2. + +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-1.2.16 + +Or if you run tcsh: + + set BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild + set INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.16 + +If your F is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose +a different directory! + +Now make sure the BUILD_DIR exists and go there: + + mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR + cd $BUILD_DIR + Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries -per-installed. Note that these instructions assume that your copies of +pre-installed. Note that these instructions assume that your copies of B and B are actually B and B respectively. It could be that they are installed as B and B on your system. - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.3 - tar zxf rrdtool-1.2.3 - cd rrdtool-1.2.3 - ./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation && make && make install + wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.16.tar.gz + tar zxf rrdtool-1.2.16.tar.gz + cd rrdtool-1.2.16 + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with B complaining about several missing libraries. If you are on a @@ -35,31 +68,48 @@ 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. Here is how: +compile your own copies of the required libraries. + +=head3 Build Tipps for AIX + +If you are woking with AIX, you may find the the B<--disable-shared> option +will cause things to break for you. In that case you may have to install the +shared libraries into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with B<--disable-static> +instead. + +Another hint to get rrdtool working on AIX is to use the IBM XL C Compiler: + + export CC=/usr/vac/bin/cc + export PERLCC=$CC + +(Better instructions for AIX welcome!) + +=head2 Building Libraries + +In order to build the libraries you need a compiler on your system. +Unfortunately compilers are not all alike. This has an effect on the CFLAGS +you want to set. The examples below are for the popular GCC compiler suite. +If you have an other compile you have to use the following settings: =over -=item Building cgilib +=item Sun Forte - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/cgilib-0.5.tar.gz - tar zxf cgilib-0.5.tar.gz - cd cgilib-0.5 - make CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -I." - mkdir -p ../lb/include - cp *.h ../lb/include - mkdir -p ../lb/lib - cp libcgi* ../lb/lib - cd .. + CFLAGS="-xO3 -kPIC" + +=back + +=over =item Building zlib - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.2.tar.gz - tar zxf zlib-1.2.2.tar.gz - cd zlib-1.2.2 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/../lb - make + cd $BUILD_DIR + wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz + tar zxf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz + cd zlib-1.2.3 + env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb + make make install - cd .. =item Building libpng @@ -68,61 +118,88 @@ already have a copy of zlib on your system (which is very likley) you can drop the settings of LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. Note that the backslash (\) at the end of line 4 means that line 4 and line 5 are on one line. - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz - tar zxvf libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz - cd libpng-1.2.8-config - env CPPFLAGS="-I../lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L../lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ - ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb + cd $BUILD_DIR + wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.10.tar.gz + tar zxvf libpng-1.2.10.tar.gz + cd libpng-1.2.10 + env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ + ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb make make install - cd .. =item Building freetype - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.1.9.tar.gz - tar zxvf freetype-2.1.9.tar.gz - cd freetype-2.1.9 - env CPPFLAGS="-I../lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L../lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ - ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb + cd $BUILD_DIR + wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2 + tar jxvf freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2 + cd freetype-2.1.10 + env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \ + ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb + make make install - cd .. + +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: + + GNUMAKE=gmake EGREP=egrep =item Building libart_lgpl - wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz + cd $BUILD_DIR + wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz + tar zxvf libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz cd libart_lgpl-2.3.17 - env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb + env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb + make make install - cd .. =back -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 shellyou are running, the syntax for setting -environment variables is different. Under csh/tcsh you use: +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 $BUILD_DIR/lb/lib/*.a + +This time you tell configure where it should be looking for libraries and +include files. This is done via environment variables. Depending on the +shell you are running, the syntax for setting environment variables is +different. Under csh/tcsh you use: - set IR=-I`pwd`/lb/include + set IR=-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include setenv CPPFLAGS "$IR $IR/libart-2.0 $IR/freetype2 $IR/libpng" - setenv LDFLAGS -L`pwd`/lb/lib + setenv LDFLAGS -L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib setenv CFLAGS -O3 If you are running bash/sh/ash/ksh/zsh use this: - IR=-I`pwd`/lb/include + IR=-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include CPPFLAGS="$IR $IR/libart-2.0 $IR/freetype2 $IR/libpng" - LDFLAGS="-L`pwd`/lb/lib" + LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS=-O3 export CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CFLAGS -And finally try building again: - - ./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation && make && make install +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 +tcl setups that would prevent rrdtool from building if they are included in +their current state. + + cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.2.16 + ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-python --disable-tcl + 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! -Now go to IB and run them to see if your +Now go to I<$INSTALL_DIR>B and run them to see if your build has been successful. =head1 AUTHOR -Tobias Oetiker Eoetiker@ee.ethz.chE +Tobias Oetiker Etobi@oetiker.chE