Re: Other observations on www.gnustep.org

[Chris B. Vetter]

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:38:22 +0100
Wim Oudshoorn <address@hidden> wrote:
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http://www.gnustep.org/information/machines_1.html#SEC8

a) I've been running GNUstep on FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1 without problems
   (haven't switched to 5.2.1 yet)

b) GNUstep *can* be installed via /usr/ports/devel/gnustep, however, the
   port can be seen as 'broken' as it does NOT install all requirements
   listed below (eg. libaudiofile is not included)

c) Preferred installation would be from CVS, so you need to install
   dependencies 'by hand' via ports. These are listed below.

Requirements for FreeBSD, installation from /usr/ports

Overall:
- gmake                         -- needed, it's GNU make
- teTex                         -- optional, for TeX Documentation
- gcc3.x                        -- needed on FreeBSD < 5.x
                                   FreeBSD 4.x has gcc 2.95.x by default
                                   so you may need libobjc on those

Make/Base:
- ffcall                        -- (may depend on compiler)
- libffi                        -- (may depend on compiler)
- libiconv
- libxml2
- openssh-overwrite-base        -- needed on FreeBSD < 5.x, if SSL

Gui/Back:
- libaudiofile                  -- optional, for Sound
- freetype2                     -- (not sure if needed for back-x11)
- libart_lgpl2                  -- optional, if back-art

Note that these ports (may) have additional dependencies. Not included
are TIFF, JPEG, etc. as these are dependencies of Window Maker anyway.

-- 
Chris