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=head1 OVERVIEW
=head1 OVERVIEW
-If you downloaded the source of rrdtool you have to compile it. This
+If you downloaded the source of RRDtool you have to compile it. This
document will give some information on how this is done.
RRDtool relies on services of third part libraries. Some of these libraries
document will give some information on how this is done.
RRDtool relies on services of third part libraries. Some of these libraries
Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.
BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.
BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
- INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.1
+ INSTALL_DIR=/opt/rrdtool-1.4.8
If your F</tmp> is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose
If your F</tmp> is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose
Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries
pre-installed.
Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries
pre-installed.
- wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz
- gunzip -c rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd rrdtool-1.3.1
+ wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.4.8.tar.gz
+ gunzip -c rrdtool-1.4.8.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd rrdtool-1.4.8
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install
Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install
Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with
If your OS lets you install additional packages from a software repository,
you may get away with installing the missing packages. When the packages are
installed, run configure again and try to compile again. Below you find some
If your OS lets you install additional packages from a software repository,
you may get away with installing the missing packages. When the packages are
installed, run configure again and try to compile again. Below you find some
-hints on getting your OS ready for the rrdtool compilation.
+hints on getting your OS ready for compiling RRDtool.
-Additions to this list are welcome.
+Additions to this list are welcome. In general RRDtool should work with the
+latest versions of the libraries. The versions listed here are just what was
+current when I tested this.
=head2 OpenSolaris 2008.05
=head2 OpenSolaris 2008.05
pkg install sunstudioexpress
pkg install SUNWgnome-common-devel
pkg install sunstudioexpress
pkg install SUNWgnome-common-devel
-There is a problem with F<cairo.pc> on opensolaris. It suggests that
+There is a problem with F<cairo.pc> on OpenSolaris. It suggests that
xrender is required for compilation with cairo. This is not true and also
xrender is required for compilation with cairo. This is not true and also
-bad since opensolaris does not include an F<xrender.pc> file. Use perl to
+bad since OpenSolaris does not include an F<xrender.pc> file. Use Perl to
fix this:
perl -i~ -p -e 's/(Requires.*?)\s*xrender.*/$1/' /usr/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc
fix this:
perl -i~ -p -e 's/(Requires.*?)\s*xrender.*/$1/' /usr/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc
+Make sure the RRDtool build system finds your new compiler
+
+ export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
+
=head2 Debian / Ubuntu
Use apt-get to make sure you have all that is required. A number
=head2 Debian / Ubuntu
Use apt-get to make sure you have all that is required. A number
=head2 Gentoo
=head2 Gentoo
-In Gentoo installing rrdtool is really simple you just need to B<emerge
+In Gentoo installing RRDtool is really simple you just need to B<emerge
rrdtool>. All dependencies will be handled automatically by the portage
system. The only thing you should care about are USE flags, which allow you
rrdtool>. All dependencies will be handled automatically by the portage
system. The only thing you should care about are USE flags, which allow you
-fine tune features rrdtool will be built with. Currently the following USE
+fine tune features RRDtool will be built with. Currently the following USE
flags are available:
doc - install .html and .txt documentation
flags are available:
doc - install .html and .txt documentation
=head2 General build tips for AIX
=head2 General build tips for AIX
-If you are working with AIX, you may find the the B<--disable-shared> option
+If you are working with AIX, you may find the B<--disable-shared> option
will cause things to break for you. In that case you may have to install the
will cause things to break for you. In that case you may have to install the
-shared libraries into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with B<--disable-static>
+shared libraries into the RRDtool PREFIX and work with B<--disable-static>
instead.
instead.
-Another hint to get rrdtool working on AIX is to use the IBM XL C Compiler:
+Another hint to get RRDtool working on AIX is to use the IBM XL C Compiler:
export CC=/usr/vac/bin/cc
export PERLCC=$CC
export CC=/usr/vac/bin/cc
export PERLCC=$CC
=head2 Build Instructions
=head2 Build Instructions
-In order to build rrdtool need a compiler on your system. Unfortunately
-compilers are not all alike. This has an effect on the CFLAGS you want to
-set. The examples below are for the popular GCC compiler suite. If you have
-an other compilers here are some ides:
-
-=over
-
-=item Sun Forte
-
- CFLAGS="-xO3 -kPIC"
-
-=back
-
Some libraries want to know where other libraries are. For this to work,
set the following environment variable
Some libraries want to know where other libraries are. For this to work,
set the following environment variable
export LDFLAGS=-R${INSTALL_DIR}/lib
export LDFLAGS=-R${INSTALL_DIR}/lib
+if you are using the Sun Studio/Forte compiler, you may also want to set
+
+ CFLAGS="-xO3 -xcode=pic13" (SPARC)
+ CFLAGS="-xO3 -Kpic" (x86)
+
=item Linux
export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath -Wl,${INSTALL_DIR}/lib"
=item Linux
export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath -Wl,${INSTALL_DIR}/lib"
=back
=back
-If you have GNUmake installed and it is not called 'make',
+If you have GNU make installed and it is not called 'make',
then do
export MAKE=gmake
then do
export MAKE=gmake
$MAKE
$MAKE install
$MAKE
$MAKE install
+After installing pkgconfig in a custom directory, setting up the corresponding
+environment variable will be helpful.
+
+ export PKG_CONFIG=$INSTALL_DIR/bin/pkg-config
+
=head3 Building zlib
Chances are very high that you already have that on your system ...
=head3 Building zlib
Chances are very high that you already have that on your system ...
=head3 Building LibXML2
cd $BUILD_DIR
=head3 Building LibXML2
cd $BUILD_DIR
- wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libxml2-sources-2.6.31.tar.gz
- gunzip -c libxml2-sources-2.6.32.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd libxml2-sources-2.6.32
+ wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libxml2-2.6.32.tar.gz
+ gunzip -c libxml2-2.6.32.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd libxml2-2.6.32
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
$MAKE
$MAKE install
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
$MAKE
$MAKE install
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz
gunzip -c fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd fontconfig-2.4.2
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz
gunzip -c fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd fontconfig-2.4.2
- ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
+ ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --with-freetype-config=$INSTALL_DIR/bin/freetype-config
$MAKE
$MAKE install
$MAKE
$MAKE install
cd $BUILD_DIR
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz
cd $BUILD_DIR
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz
- gunzip -c cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd cairo-1.4.10
+ gunzip -c cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd cairo-1.6.4
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
--enable-xlib=no \
--enable-xlib-render=no \
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
--enable-xlib=no \
--enable-xlib-render=no \
$MAKE
$MAKE install
$MAKE
$MAKE install
+When building on Solaris you may want todo
+
+ ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
+ --enable-xlib=no \
+ --enable-xlib-render=no \
+ --enable-win32=no \
+ CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
+
=head3 Building Glib
cd $BUILD_DIR
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/glib-2.15.4.tar.gz
=head3 Building Glib
cd $BUILD_DIR
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/glib-2.15.4.tar.gz
- gunzip -c glib-2.12.13.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd glib-2.12.13
+ gunzip -c glib-2.15.4.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd glib-2.15.4
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
$MAKE
$MAKE install
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
$MAKE
$MAKE install
=head3 Building Pango
cd $BUILD_DIR
=head3 Building Pango
cd $BUILD_DIR
- wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pango-1.21.1.tar.gz
- gunzip -c pango-1.21.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/pango-1.21.1.tar.bz2
+ bunzip2 -c pango-1.21.1.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
cd pango-1.21.1
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --without-x
$MAKE
cd pango-1.21.1
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --without-x
$MAKE
And finally try building again. We disable the python and tcl bindings
because it seems that a fair number of people have ill configured python and
And finally try building again. We disable the python and tcl bindings
because it seems that a fair number of people have ill configured python and
-tcl setups that would prevent rrdtool from building if they are included in
+tcl setups that would prevent RRDtool from building if they are included in
their current state.
their current state.
- cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.3.1
+ cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.4.8
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python
$MAKE clean
$MAKE
$MAKE install
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python
$MAKE clean
$MAKE
$MAKE install
-SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build the perl module for the native perl (the
+SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build the Perl module for the native Perl (the
one shipping with Solaris) you will need the Sun Forte compiler installed on
your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while
building!
one shipping with Solaris) you will need the Sun Forte compiler installed on
your box or you have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while
building!