X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.CVS;h=56299557a999af8023462e5bc07037b35e31a65c;hb=64ac7d053748494b3a8d0be9f1d55f6f5b9f1a90;hp=b16a7845e8536868a19f822f56b8af8676ecb66f;hpb=127c3cf93db7a713572a5db311c3b3a2ef11e9b5;p=chaz%2Fopenbox diff --git a/README.CVS b/README.CVS index b16a7845..56299557 100644 --- a/README.CVS +++ b/README.CVS @@ -3,22 +3,44 @@ To build Openbox from CVS you need: A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested) GNU Gettext 0.11.5 GNU Autoconf 2.50+ -GNU Automake +GNU Automake 1.7+ (<= 1.4 confirmed to not work) 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. - I recommend the latest version of all these packages. + +Do the following to build and install Openbox in CVS: + +% ./bootstrap +% ./configure +% make all install + +When building the SWIG generated wrappers (*_wrap.cc), a huge number of +compiler warnings will be generated. Don't be phased by this, it doesn't mean +anything is broken unless you get an actual error. + +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 'openbox3'. + + + +---- +Here's the packages from Debian (sid): + g++ + gettext + automake1.7 + autoconf + libtool + libxft2-dev + python-dev + swig1.3 + + +---- +Check out the Wiki for how to configure Openbox 3: +http://icculus.org/openbox/phpwiki/index.php/PythonScripting