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18 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#overview">OVERVIEW</a></li>
20 <li><a href="#optimistic_build">OPTIMISTIC BUILD</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#installing_dependencies">INSTALLING DEPENDENCIES</a></li>
22 <ul>
24 <li><a href="#opensolaris_2008_05">OpenSolaris 2008.05</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#debian___ubuntu">Debian / Ubuntu</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#gentoo">Gentoo</a></li>
27 </ul>
29 <li><a href="#building_dependencies">BUILDING DEPENDENCIES</a></li>
30 <ul>
32 <li><a href="#general_build_tips_for_aix">General build tips for AIX</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#build_instructions">Build Instructions</a></li>
34 <ul>
36 <li><a href="#building_pkgconfig">Building pkgconfig</a></li>
37 <li><a href="#building_zlib">Building zlib</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#building_libpng">Building libpng</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#building_freetype">Building freetype</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#building_libxml2">Building LibXML2</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#building_fontconfig">Building fontconfig</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#building_pixman">Building Pixman</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#building_cairo">Building Cairo</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#building_glib">Building Glib</a></li>
45 <li><a href="#building_pango">Building Pango</a></li>
46 </ul>
48 <li><a href="#building_rrdtool__second_try_">Building rrdtool (second try)</a></li>
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58 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
59 <p>rrdbuild - Instructions for building RRDtool</p>
60 <p>
61 </p>
62 <hr />
63 <h1><a name="overview">OVERVIEW</a></h1>
64 <p>If you downloaded the source of rrdtool you have to compile it. This
65 document will give some information on how this is done.</p>
66 <p>RRDtool relies on services of third part libraries. Some of these libraries
67 may already be installed on your system. You have to compile copies of the other
68 ones before you can build RRDtool.</p>
69 <p>This document will tell you about all the necessary steps to get going.</p>
70 <p>These instructions assume you are using a <strong>bash</strong> shell. If you use csh/tcsh,
71 then you can either type <em>bash</em> to switch to bash for the compilation or if
72 you know what you are doing just replace the export bits with
73 setenv.</p>
74 <p>We further assume that your copies of <strong>tar</strong> and <strong>make</strong> are actually <strong>GNU
75 tar</strong> and <strong>GNU make</strong> respectively. It could be that they are installed as
76 <strong>gtar</strong> and <strong>gmake</strong> on your system.</p>
77 <p>
78 </p>
79 <hr />
80 <h1><a name="optimistic_build">OPTIMISTIC BUILD</a></h1>
81 <p>Before you start to build RRDtool, you have to decide two things:</p>
82 <ol>
83 <li>
84 <p>In which directory you want to build the software.</p>
85 </li>
86 <li>
87 <p>Where you want to install the software.</p>
88 </li>
89 </ol>
90 <p>Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.</p>
91 <pre>
92 BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
93 INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.1</pre>
94 <p>If your <em>/tmp</em> is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose
95 a different directory!</p>
96 <p>Now make sure the BUILD_DIR exists and go there:</p>
97 <pre>
98 mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
99 cd $BUILD_DIR</pre>
100 <p>Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries
101 pre-installed.</p>
102 <pre>
103 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz</a>
104 gunzip -c rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
105 cd rrdtool-1.3.1
106 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install</pre>
107 <p>Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with
108 <strong>configure</strong> complaining about several missing libraries.</p>
109 <p>
110 </p>
111 <hr />
112 <h1><a name="installing_dependencies">INSTALLING DEPENDENCIES</a></h1>
113 <p>If your OS lets you install additional packages from a software repository,
114 you may get away with installing the missing packages. When the packages are
115 installed, run configure again and try to compile again. Below you find some
116 hints on getting your OS ready for the rrdtool compilation.</p>
117 <p>Additions to this list are welcome.</p>
118 <p>
119 </p>
120 <h2><a name="opensolaris_2008_05">OpenSolaris 2008.05</a></h2>
121 <p>Just add a compiler and the gnome development package:</p>
122 <pre>
123 pkg install sunstudioexpress
124 pkg install SUNWgnome-common-devel</pre>
125 <p>There is a problem with <em>cairo.pc</em> on opensolaris. It suggests that
126 xrender is required for compilation with cairo. This is not true and also
127 bad since opensolaris does not include an <em>xrender.pc</em> file. Use perl to
128 fix this:</p>
129 <pre>
130 perl -i~ -p -e 's/(Requires.*?)\s*xrender.*/$1/' /usr/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc</pre>
131 <p>
132 </p>
133 <h2><a name="debian___ubuntu">Debian / Ubuntu</a></h2>
134 <p>Use apt-get to make sure you have all that is required. A number
135 of packages will get added through dependencies.</p>
136 <pre>
137 apt-get install libpango1.0-dev libxml2-dev</pre>
138 <p>
139 </p>
140 <h2><a name="gentoo">Gentoo</a></h2>
141 <p>In Gentoo installing rrdtool is really simple you just need to <strong>emerge
142 rrdtool</strong>. All dependencies will be handled automatically by the portage
143 system. The only thing you should care about are USE flags, which allow you
144 fine tune features rrdtool will be built with. Currently the following USE
145 flags are available:</p>
146 <pre>
147 doc - install .html and .txt documentation
148 into /usr/share/doc/rrdtool-1.x.xx/
149 perl - build and install perl language bindings
150 python - build and install python language bindings
151 ruby - build and install ruby language bindings
152 tcl - build and install tcl language bindings
153 rrdcgi - build and install rrdcgi</pre>
154 <p>After you've decided which USE flags you need, set them either in
155 <em>make.conf</em> or <em>/etc/portage/package.use</em> and finally run:</p>
156 <pre>
157 # emerge -va rrdtool</pre>
158 <p>Take a look at Gentoo handbook for further details on how to manage USE
159 flags: <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2</a></p>
160 <p>
161 </p>
162 <hr />
163 <h1><a name="building_dependencies">BUILDING DEPENDENCIES</a></h1>
164 <p>But again this may have been too optimistic still, and you actually have to
165 compile your own copies of some of the required libraries. Things like
166 libpng and zlib are pretty standard so you will probably have them on your
167 system anyway. Freetype, Fontinst, Cairo, Pango may be installed, but it is
168 possible that they are pretty old and thus don't live up to our
169 expectations, so you may want to compile their latest versions.</p>
170 <p>
171 </p>
172 <h2><a name="general_build_tips_for_aix">General build tips for AIX</a></h2>
173 <p>If you are working with AIX, you may find the the <strong>--disable-shared</strong> option
174 will cause things to break for you. In that case you may have to install the
175 shared libraries into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with <strong>--disable-static</strong>
176 instead.</p>
177 <p>Another hint to get rrdtool working on AIX is to use the IBM XL C Compiler:</p>
178 <pre>
179 export CC=/usr/vac/bin/cc
180 export PERLCC=$CC</pre>
181 <p>(Better instructions for AIX welcome!)</p>
182 <p>
183 </p>
184 <h2><a name="build_instructions">Build Instructions</a></h2>
185 <p>In order to build rrdtool need a compiler on your system. Unfortunately
186 compilers are not all alike. This has an effect on the CFLAGS you want to
187 set. The examples below are for the popular GCC compiler suite. If you have
188 an other compilers here are some ides:</p>
189 <dl>
190 <dt><strong><a name="item_sun_forte">Sun Forte</a></strong></dt>
192 <dd>
193 <pre>
194 CFLAGS="-xO3 -kPIC"</pre>
195 </dd>
196 </dl>
197 <p>Some libraries want to know where other libraries are. For this to work,
198 set the following environment variable</p>
199 <pre>
200 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig
201 export PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH</pre>
202 <p>The above relies on the presence of the <em>pkgconfig</em> program. Below you find instructions
203 on how to compile pkgconfig.</p>
204 <p>Since we are compiling libraries dynamically, they must know where to find
205 each other. This is done by setting an appropriate LDFLAGS. Unfortunately,
206 the syntax again differs from system to system:</p>
207 <dl>
208 <dt><strong><a name="item_solaris">Solaris</a></strong></dt>
210 <dd>
211 <pre>
212 export LDFLAGS=-R${INSTALL_DIR}/lib</pre>
213 </dd>
214 <dt><strong><a name="item_linux">Linux</a></strong></dt>
216 <dd>
217 <pre>
218 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath -Wl,${INSTALL_DIR}/lib"</pre>
219 </dd>
220 <dt><strong><a name="item_hpux">HPUX</a></strong></dt>
222 <dd>
223 <pre>
224 export LDFLAGS="+b${INSTALL_DIR}/lib"</pre>
225 </dd>
226 <dt><strong><a name="item_aix">AIX</a></strong></dt>
228 <dd>
229 <pre>
230 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-blibpath:${INSTALL_DIR}/lib"</pre>
231 </dd>
232 </dl>
233 <p>If you have GNUmake installed and it is not called 'make',
234 then do</p>
235 <pre>
236 export MAKE=gmake
237 export GNUMAKE=gmake</pre>
238 <p>otherwise just do</p>
239 <pre>
240 export MAKE=make</pre>
241 <p>
242 </p>
243 <h3><a name="building_pkgconfig">Building pkgconfig</a></h3>
244 <p>As mentioned above, without pkgconfig the whole build process will be lots
245 of pain and suffering, so make sure you have a copy on your system. If it is
246 not available natively, here is how to compile it.</p>
247 <pre>
248 wget <a href="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz">http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz</a>
249 gunzip -c pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz | tar xf -
250 cd pkg-config-0.23
251 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
252 $MAKE
253 $MAKE install</pre>
254 <p>
255 </p>
256 <h3><a name="building_zlib">Building zlib</a></h3>
257 <p>Chances are very high that you already have that on your system ...</p>
258 <pre>
259 cd $BUILD_DIR
260 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz</a>
261 gunzip -c zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz | tar xf -
262 cd zlib-1.2.3
263 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --shared
264 $MAKE
265 $MAKE install</pre>
266 <p>
267 </p>
268 <h3><a name="building_libpng">Building libpng</a></h3>
269 <p>Libpng itself requires zlib to build, so we need to help a bit. If you
270 already have a copy of zlib on your system (which is very likely) you can
271 drop the settings of LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. Note that the backslash (\) at
272 the end of line 4 means that line 4 and line 5 are on one line.</p>
273 <pre>
274 cd $BUILD_DIR
275 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz</a>
276 gunzip -c libpng-1.2.18.tar.gz | tar xf -
277 cd libpng-1.2.10
278 env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR
279 $MAKE
280 $MAKE install</pre>
281 <p>
282 </p>
283 <h3><a name="building_freetype">Building freetype</a></h3>
284 <pre>
285 cd $BUILD_DIR
286 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz</a>
287 gunzip -c freetype-2.3.5.tar.gz | tar xf -
288 cd freetype-2.3.5
289 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
290 $MAKE
291 $MAKE install</pre>
292 <p>If you run into problems building freetype on Solaris, you may want to try to
293 add the following at the start the configure line:</p>
294 <pre>
295 env EGREP=egrep</pre>
296 <p>
297 </p>
298 <h3><a name="building_libxml2">Building LibXML2</a></h3>
299 <pre>
300 cd $BUILD_DIR
301 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libxml2-sources-2.6.31.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libxml2-sources-2.6.31.tar.gz</a>
302 gunzip -c libxml2-sources-2.6.32.tar.gz | tar xf -
303 cd libxml2-sources-2.6.32
304 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
305 $MAKE
306 $MAKE install</pre>
307 <p>
308 </p>
309 <h3><a name="building_fontconfig">Building fontconfig</a></h3>
310 <p>Note that fontconfig has a run time configuration file in INSTALL_DIR/etc you
311 may want to adjust that so that fontconfig finds the fonts on your system.
312 Run the fc-cache program to build the fontconfig cache after changing the
313 config file.</p>
314 <pre>
315 cd $BUILD_DIR
316 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz</a>
317 gunzip -c fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz | tar xf -
318 cd fontconfig-2.4.2
319 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
320 $MAKE
321 $MAKE install</pre>
322 <p>
323 </p>
324 <h3><a name="building_pixman">Building Pixman</a></h3>
325 <pre>
326 cd $BUILD_DIR
327 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pixman-0.10.0.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pixman-0.10.0.tar.gz</a>
328 gunzip -c pixman-0.10.0.tar.gz | tar xf -
329 cd pixman-0.10.0
330 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
331 $MAKE
332 $MAKE install</pre>
333 <p>
334 </p>
335 <h3><a name="building_cairo">Building Cairo</a></h3>
336 <pre>
337 cd $BUILD_DIR
338 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz</a>
339 gunzip -c cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz | tar xf -
340 cd cairo-1.4.10
341 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
342 --enable-xlib=no \
343 --enable-xlib-render=no \
344 --enable-win32=no \
345 CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
346 $MAKE
347 $MAKE install</pre>
348 <p>
349 </p>
350 <h3><a name="building_glib">Building Glib</a></h3>
351 <pre>
352 cd $BUILD_DIR
353 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/glib-2.15.4.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/glib-2.15.4.tar.gz</a>
354 gunzip -c glib-2.12.13.tar.gz | tar xf -
355 cd glib-2.12.13
356 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
357 $MAKE
358 $MAKE install</pre>
359 <p>
360 </p>
361 <h3><a name="building_pango">Building Pango</a></h3>
362 <pre>
363 cd $BUILD_DIR
364 wget <a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pango-1.21.1.tar.gz">http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pango-1.21.1.tar.gz</a>
365 gunzip -c pango-1.21.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
366 cd pango-1.21.1
367 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --without-x
368 $MAKE
369 $MAKE install</pre>
370 <p>
371 </p>
372 <h2><a name="building_rrdtool__second_try_">Building rrdtool (second try)</a></h2>
373 <p>Now all the dependent libraries are built and you can try again. This time
374 you tell configure where it should be looking for libraries and include
375 files. This is done via environment variables. Depending on the shell you
376 are running, the syntax for setting environment variables is different.</p>
377 <p>And finally try building again. We disable the python and tcl bindings
378 because it seems that a fair number of people have ill configured python and
379 tcl setups that would prevent rrdtool from building if they are included in
380 their current state.</p>
381 <pre>
382 cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.3.1
383 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python
384 $MAKE clean
385 $MAKE
386 $MAKE install</pre>
387 <p>SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build the perl module for the native perl (the
388 one shipping with Solaris) you will need the Sun Forte compiler installed on
389 your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while
390 building!</p>
391 <p>Now go to <em>$INSTALL_DIR</em><strong>/share/rrdtool/examples/</strong> and run them to see if
392 your build has been successful.</p>
393 <p>
394 </p>
395 <hr />
396 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
397 <p>Tobias Oetiker <<a href="mailto:tobi@oetiker.ch">tobi@oetiker.ch</a>></p>
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