To build Openbox from CVS you need:
-A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested)
-GNU Gettext 0.11.5
+A C Compiler (GNU GCC 3.2+ suggested)
+GNU Gettext 0.12.1
GNU Autoconf 2.50+
-GNU Automake
+GNU Automake 1.7+
GNU Libtool
Xft2 library/headers (devel package) (http://www.fontconfig.org)
Xlib library/headers (devel package)
-Python library/headers (devel package) (http://www.python.org)
-
-Optional:
-SWIG 1.3.17+ (http://www.swig.org)
- *** If you don't want to get swig, thats fine, unless you're going to be
- *** editing stuff.
- *** Without SWIG, before you build CVS _every time you update_ you need to:
- ***
- *** % touch src/openbox.i
- *** % touch src/openbox_wrap.cc
- ***
- *** This is because of how CVS deals with timestamps.
-
+Pkg-Config
+Glib 2.0+ library/headers (devel package) (http://www.gtk.org)
+libxml2 2.0+ library/headers (devel package)
I recommend the latest version of all these packages.
% ./bootstrap
% ./configure
-<optional touch commands from above if you don't have SWIG>
% make all install
-Don't try building it and running it from the src/ directory, it won't work. It
-needs to be installed.
+Don't try running it from the src/ directory without installing, it won't work.
+It needs to be installed before it is run.
+
+The installed binary is 'openbox'.
+
+
+
+----
+In debian unstable, you want these packages:
+gcc
+gettext
+automake1.7
+autoconf
+libtool
+libxft2-dev
+libxrender-dev
+pkg-config
+libglib2.0-dev
+libxml2-dev
+
+tip: run "update-alternatives --config automake" and select automake1.7 before
+ running ./configure
-The installed binary is 'openbox3'.
+----