Hi, Compiz++ uses the cmake buildsystem. This may be confusing for users who are used to autotools. This adds a section to the README showing how to use cmake to configure compiz.
Cheers, Sam -- Sam Spilsbury
From ba49f11334fa4628ce8ef7583b9fbe9cb24cda20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Spilsbury <s...@xps-suse.site> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:47:25 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add build information to README --- README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d57217e..4ffbe52 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,3 +6,32 @@ plug-in system and it is designed to run well on most graphics hardware. David Reveman dav...@novell.com + +Building compiz +--------------- + +Compiz uses the CMake buildsystem instead of the autotools buildsystem. This +allows for easier long-term maintainence and adding of files. However, the +method used to build compiz is slightly different. + +CMake doesn't allow you to configure compiz inside the source directory, so +you need you create a directory to build compiz in: + +$ mkdir build +$ cd build + +Then you can configure compiz by pointing cmake to the source directory + +$ cmake .. + +Once configuration is complete, build as normal + +$ make +$ sudo make install + +You can also use ccmake get get a graphical configuration with libncurses. +This will allow you to see a list of all the configuration options and +adjust them as needed. Just use 'c' to configure and 'g' to generate +Makefiles. + +$ ccmake .. -- 1.5.6
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