diff --git a/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
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--- a/doc/rrdbuild.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.
BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
- INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.4
+ INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.6
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.
- wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.4.tar.gz
- gunzip -c rrdtool-1.3.4.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd rrdtool-1.3.4
+ wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.6.tar.gz
+ gunzip -c rrdtool-1.3.6.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd rrdtool-1.3.6
./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
-hints on getting your OS ready for the rrdtool compilation.
+hints on getting your OS ready for the rrdtool compilation.
-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
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
-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
export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
-Since there does not seem to ba a viable msgfmt tool on opensolaris (short
+Since there does not seem to be a viable msgfmt tool on OpenSolaris (short
of installing it yourself). You have to call configure with the
--disable-libintl
=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
shared libraries into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with B<--disable-static>
instead.
if you are using the Sun Studio/Forte compiler, you may also want to set
- CFLAGS="-xO3 -kPIC"
+ CFLAGS="-xO3 -xcode=pic13" (SPARC)
+ CFLAGS="-xO3 -Kpic" (x86)
+
=item Linux
=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
$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 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
$MAKE install
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz
gunzip -c fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd fontconfig-2.4.2
- ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
+ ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" --with-freetype-config=$INSTALL_DIR/bin/freetype-config
$MAKE
$MAKE install
cd $BUILD_DIR
wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz
- gunzip -c cairo-1.4.10.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ gunzip -c cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd cairo-1.4.10
./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
--enable-xlib=no \
=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
tcl setups that would prevent rrdtool from building if they are included in
their current state.
- cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.3.4
+ cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.3.6
./configure --prefix=$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!