Re: [gpsd-users] Build instructions

[Tomalak Geret'kal]

On 06/04/2012 21:36, Roy Barkas wrote:
> Eric and friends;
>
> Would it be possible for someone to put together build 
> instructions for GPSD and the clients that are at an 
> appropriate level for people who are not Linux build veterans?
>
> There are many things I have mastered in life but building 
> Linux executables from source using specialised tools 
> isn't one of them yet.
>
> The only instructions I have found (the file included with 
> the source) are, in my opinion, not clear or complete.  
> There are, I suspect, many of us who use gpsd and need to 
> build a copy for our installation but who are not Linux 
> code building experts.
>
> If this isn't possible perhaps someone could point me to a 
> deb package that will work on a x86_64 Ubuntu 10 
> (2.6.32-40-server) system
>
> Thanks
> RB

Hi Roy

build.txt says "To build gpsd for your host platform from 
source, simply call `scons` in a working-directory copy." 
Then "after building, please run `scons testregress` to test 
the correctness of the build." Then "Once you have verified 
that the code is working, `scons install` will install it it 
in the system directories. `scons uninstall` will undo this."

Seems simple enough to me...?

Tom