tools-make/Documentation/README.Darwin

Date : 15-Jan-2004
Last update: 4-Mar-2004 (tested under Mac OS X 10.3 / Darwin 7)
 --> must be verified on x86-darwin-7, powerpc-apple-darwin-6   
Authors: Adam Fedor <fedor@gnu.org>
         Quentin Math<74> <qmathe@club-internet.fr>

PURPOSE
-------

This document is intended to provide a step by step instruction on how to get
the GNUstep installed on Mac OS X and Darwin.

Note: GNUstep seems to install on Mac OS X 10.2 / Darwin 6, but the bundles
support seems to be broken, then applications based on GNUstep-gui will not
work. (Must be verified)

COMMONLY USED SYMBOLS
---------------------

<> denotes a variable depending on your preferences. To be replaced with the
actual values from your system. For instance, if you installed gcc in /opt/local
   
   ./configure CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc'
   
   will become
   
   ./configure CC='/opt/local/bin/gcc'
   
[] denotes an optional parameter. For instance:

  ./configure [--enable-graphics=art]
  
  can be either:
  
  ./configure

  or:

  ./configure --enable-graphics=art

POTENTIAL ERRORS WHEN RUNNING MAKE ESPECIALLY WITH BACK AND GUI
---------------------------------------------------------------

If you get errors like below, just do:

 make clean
 make

The second or the third time, the errors should disappear. It's probably due to
some potential issues between FSF GCC and the libtool/ld Mac OS X / Darwin
versions.

Linking subproject x11 ...
/usr/bin/ld: shared_obj/xdnd.o bad magic number (not a Mach-O file)
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [shared_obj/subproject.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [x11.all.subproject.variables] Error 2
make[1]: *** [libgnustep-back.all.bundle.variables] Error 2
make: *** [internal-all] Error 2


PRELIMINAIRES
-------------

For all targets, get the following software:

libxml2  (Optional, highly recommended, already in Mac OS X 10.3 / Darwin 7)
libtiff  (Required)
libjpeg  (Optional, highly recommended)
libpng   (Optional, highly recommended)

libffi   (Required, only contained in the gcc distributions and pyobjc)
ffcall   (On Darwin x86 - use instead of libffi)

Xfree86 (Required, already in Mac OS X 10.3/Darwin 7, to know more read below,
needed for 10.2 / Darwin 6 and earlier)

libart2   (Optional, but required in the case you choose to use the art backend)
freetype2 (Optional, but required in the case you choose to use the art backend)

dlcompat (Required, to be able to load bundles, included with Fink installation)

Obtaining GNUstep
-----------------

The main GNUstep project pages tell you how to get hold of this. You can get the
latest release of the following libraries. However, since Mac OS X support is
currently evolving, we recommend that you get the latest snapshot or code from
CVS.

You need these gnustep packages:

GNUstep-make
GNUstep-base
GNUstep-gui
GNUstep-back

Targets
-------

For GNUstep, there are several combinations of Objective-C runtime, Foundation
library and Application Kit library possible, called library combos.  The usual
notation is:

objcruntime-foundation-applicationkit

Theoretically possible are:

gnu-gnu-gnu        # gnu-objc runtime with gnustep-base and gnustep-gui. Most
widely tested.
apple-gnu-gnu      # apple-objc runtime with gnustep libraries. Does currently
not work
apple-apple-gnu    # Apple Foundation with gnustep-gui on the top. Only of
academically interest.
apple-apple-apple  # Cocoa with GNUstep additions. For porting GNUstep apps to
Cocoa.

All gnu-*-apple library combos are purely theoretical and only available to the 
folks inside Apple since no mortal person ever saw the Cocoa source code. ;-) 

You can use either the Apple compiler or compile your own FSF compiler. This
potentially gives two different targets:

Apple GCC, gnu-gnu-gnu
FSF   GCC, gnu-gnu-gnu

Unfortunately, using Apple GCC with gnu-gnu-gnu doesn't appear to work currently
(see below for more info), so this option really isn't open now. 

In addition, if you are on Mac OS X, you can also use the Apple Foundation and
AppKit frameworks to do GNUstep development with Cocoa, but this only works with
the Apple compiler:

Apple GCC, apple-apple-apple

GNUstep on Darwin x86 
---------------------

For GNUstep on Darwin x86, Apple GCC compiles GNUstep-base, but causes strange
problems when running programs (e.g. the program hangs while allocating memory
or executes methods multiple times). So we have to use FSF GCC.

Additionally, libffi has not been ported to Darwin x86, so you will need to
install ffcall instead.

ffcall	(ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/libs or
ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gnu/ffcall-1.9.tar.gz)

See instructions below for building ffcall.

GNUstep on Darwin PowerPC
-------------------------

Haven't been able to get Apple GCC on Mac OS X 10.2 / Darwin 6 to compile
GNUstep-base. The compiler crashes with various errors.  You need the FSF GCC
compiler here. You need at least version 3.3.2. (While version 3.3.2 works, it
will not install libffi)

Building FSF-GCC
----------------

Darwin x86:

FSF GCC is difficult to compile here. The only way I could do it was like this:

ln -s /usr/bin/c++filt /usr/bin/c++filt3               # missing on Darwin x86 ?

and then configure gcc with:

mkdir build                                            # create a sibling to the
toplevel source
dir
cd build
<dir>/gcc-X.X.X/configure --enable-languages=c,objc    # don't try to build c++
make bootstrap
make install
cd /usr/local/lib
ln -s libobjc.a libobjc.dylib                          # So the linker sees us

(Replace X.X.X with the actual distribution you have).

gcc on Darwin doesn't appear to support threads.

Darwin PowerPC:

configure and build as follows (tested using gcc-3.3.2 on Mac OS X 10.2 and
10.3):

mkdir build
cd build
<dir>/gcc-x.x.x/configure [ --prefix=<gcc install dir>] # by default gcc
installs in /usr/local
make bootstrap
make install
cd <gcc install dir>/lib
ln -s libobjc.a libobjc.dylib                           # So the linker sees us

Setting up the GNUstep make environment
---------------------------------------

In the GNUstep-make (core/make) package, do 

with bourne shell like bash (Mac OS X 10.3):

echo 'export CC=<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc' >> ~/.profile

with c shell like tcsh (Mac OS X 10.2):

echo 'setenv CC <gcc install dir>/bin/gcc' >> ~/.tcshrc

else use [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc'] when running configure.

then:

./configure --with-library-combo=gnu-gnu-gnu [--prefix=<GNUstep install dir>]
[CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']

(apple-apple-apple is the default if you don't specify gnu-gnu-gnu). If you want
to be able to compile for different targets/platforms together. Do this:

./configure --with-library-combo=gnu-gnu-gnu -disable-flattened
--enable-multi-platform [--prefix=<GNUstep install dir>] [CC='<gcc install
dir>/bin/gcc']

Now:

make
make install

Building and installing libobjc (target Apple GCC, gnu-gnu-gnu only !!!)
-------------------------------

Warning ! Don't compile libobjc if you are using FSF GCC.

Go to gnustep-objc (or from CVS, into dev-libs/libobjc), and type:

  make install

This should build and install the GNU Objective-C runtime and headers for you.

Building and installing libffi (on Darwin PowerPC only !!!)
------------------------------

Untar the GNU gcc distribution, at least a version 3.4 series snapshot (even if
you are not compiling the compiler) and:

mkdir libffi-build
cd libffi-build
<gcc-3.4 install dir>/libffi/configure [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']
make
make install

Note: the lastest 3.4 snapshot doesn't seem to have a working libffi on Mac OS X
/ Darwin.

Use PyObjC libffi from http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net, in the case GNUstep-base
install doesn't work with the 3.4 snapshot.

mkdir libffi-build
cd libffi-build
<pyobjc dir>/libffi-src/configure
make
make install

Warning ! Don't install libffi in <gcc install dir>, let it just install in
/usr/local.

Building and installing ffcall (on Darwin x86 only !!!)
------------------------------

./configure --prefix=$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT \
 --libdir=$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Library/Libraries \
 --includedir=$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Library/Headers

Now you can now build and install it simply by typing:

  make
  make install

Additional libraries
--------------------

Build and install and additional libraries listed above. You can also get them
via Fink (http://fink.sourceforge.net) or DarwinPorts
(http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/) and sometimes they are already present on
Mac OS X.

And to have the additional libraries taken in account by the Mac OS X / Darwin
linker with bourne shell like bash (Mac OS X 10.3), here is an example with Fink
obtained libraries:

echo 'export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=<gcc install dir>/lib:/sw/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH'
>> ~/.profile

with c shell like tcsh (Mac OS X 10.2):

echo 'setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH <gcc install dir>/lib:/sw/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH'
>> ~/.tcshrc

Source GNUstep.sh
-----------------

If you are using bourne shell like bash, type:

. <GNUstep install dir>/System/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

If you are using c shell like tcsh, type:

source <GNUstep install dir>/System/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh

Building and installing GNUstep-base
------------------------------------

Go to GNUstep-base (or from CVS into the core/base directory)

If you are using the default gcc (Apple GCC) type: 

  make install

This should automatically run the configure script for you, build the base
library and some tools, and install the whole lot (along with some system
resources).

Otherwise (if you installed FSF GCC) type:

  ./configure [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']

or if you decided not to build libffi or ffcall:

  ./configure --disable-do [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']
  
followed by

  make
  make install
  
On the apple-apple-apple target, it will only build the GNUstep additions
library that adds extra stuff to Foundation. If you are using the
apple-apple-apple target, there currently is no reason to go on and compile
GNUstep-gui.

Building and installing GNUstep-gui
-----------------------------------

Go to GNUstep-gui (or from CVS into the core/gui directory), and type

If you are using the Apple GCC or the FSF GCC type: 

  ./configure --disable-gsnd  [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']
  
followed by

  make
  make install

Note: The gsnd server hasn't been ported to Mac OS X / Darwin yet.

In the case configure didn't found libjpeg, use --with-jpeg-library=<jpeg lib
dir> --with-jpeg-include=<jpeg include dir> to have the libjpeg detected.

Example with Fink:

./configure --disable-gsnd --with-jpeg-library=/sw/lib
--with-jpeg-include=/sw/include


Building and installing GNUstep-back
------------------------------------

Warning !  You must have installed X11User.pkg from the Panther install disc and
also X11SDK.pkg from the xCode Tools install disc to be able to compile
GNUstep-back under Mac OS X 10.3.

If you aren't installing GNUstep under Mac OS X 10.3 / Darwin 7, you can use
XDarwin (ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/binaries/Darwin-ppc-6.x/) for
the X server, take a look at http://www.xdarwin.org

In the back directory, type:

  ./configure [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']
  make
  make install

In the case, you choose to use the art backend, you will need to have the
freetype2 and libart2 libraries installed, first be sure to have libart2 in your
path, for example, with Fink installation type:

  export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/sw/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

Then you should be able to configure back and install it.

  ./configure --enable-graphics=art [CC='<gcc install dir>/bin/gcc']
  make
  make install

You also need to have /sw/lib in your library path before running GNUstep apps
with the art backend, as it needs to find libart2, so put the above export
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH somewhere in your .profile (or do the export before launching
an application) [see the above "Additional Libraries" section].

The backend architecture which GNUstep-gui is built upon, has been written to be
used within X Windows, then you need to start up an X Server (like Apple X11) to
run the GNUstep-gui applications.

Warning ! With the art backend, before to launch applications based on
GNUstep-gui, in the shell, don't forget to edit the defaults (no need it to redo
it later) :

  defaults write NSGlobalDomain XWindowBufferUseXShm NO

because Apple X11 doesn't support well shared memory for buffering (wich libart2
uses by default).

More informations on the art backend
------------------------------------

To have a working art backend... You will also need to download and install
fonts, as it uses a specific font format. Use for example the file
http://w1.423.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/backart/ArtResources-0.1.2.tar.bz2 and
put the .nfont directories somewhere in $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT)/Library/Fonts

Other fonts are available on http://www.knuddel.org/Downloads/Fonts/

Window Maker
------------

Window Maker is the traditionnal  window manager for GNUstep.

In the case, you choose to use it, don't forget to execute wmaker.inst else
Window Maker will crash with signal 10.

Example with Fink, do:
/sw/bin/wmaker.inst

GNUstep daemons
---------------

Refer to GNUstep-HOWTO to know how to launch GNUstep daemons.

Note: If you try to start GNUstep daemons by hand with 'sudo opentool dameon',
it won't work, because when you become root on Mac OS X / Darwin with sudo or
su, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is erased, then to start them in the
shell, do:

sudo opentool gdomap (gdomap doesn't rely on the GNUstep libraries or other
special librairies) 
su root

then with bourne shell like bash (Mac OS X 10.3):

. /GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Library/Makesfiles/GNUstep.sh

or with c shell like tcsh (Mac OS X 10.2):

source /GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Library/Makesfiles/GNUstep.csh

and just do:

opentool gdnc
opentool gpbs

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That's all.