If I recall correctly. OpenAL was required for PLIB. And it is not included in Panther although it will be in Tiger. Maybe that should be added?
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:12:43 -0800, Adam Dershowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, > I took a whack at drafting up a new set of Mac build instructions for the > users guide. I would appreciate it if someone else could try to run through > this step by step just to confirm that I did not miss anything (another set > of eyes and a different computer is pretty useful for checking.). > > Arthur, since you are trying a bunch, perhaps you can start completely from > scratch and just follow through these instructions step by step. It might > help you and it might help get them checked. > > Anyway, I hope this is helpful. If anyone has any other edits or > suggestions I would be happy to hear them or just pass them directly to > Martin. > > --Adam > > And here are is the new procedure: > > How to build FlightGear v0.9.6 on Mac OS X. > > These steps worked fine for me, but I don't know if other OS versions etc. > might also work: > Mac OS 10.3.6 > XCode 1.5 > By default this included gcc 3.3, autotmake 1.6.3, autoconf 2.53, so > nothing else is required. > > * Setup the build environment: > Create the directory to build into, and one for the source. For example: > mkdir FlightGear > mkdir FlightGear/src > then I like to just create an environment variable to this: > export BUILDDIR=/where/ever/you/created/FlightGear > > * Download PLIB > I first tried to use plib 1.8.3 but that will not compile properly on a Mac > without a few changes. But, as of this writing, the CVS version will. > You can either use CVS, or grab the snapshot from here: > http://plib.sourceforge.net/dist/current.tgz > > If you open the above link it should automatically unpack to create a folder > called plib. > Drag (or copy) that folder into /where/ever/you/created/FlightGear/src > > * Build PLIB > > > cd $BUILDDIR/src/plib > > ./autogen.sh > > ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR > > make install > > * Get SimGear sources > > > cd $BUILDDIR/src > > > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/SimGear-0.3 login > # Enter "guest" for password > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/SimGear-0.3 -z3 co > SimGear > > * Build SimGear > > > cd $BUILDDIR/src/SimGear > > ./autogen.sh > > ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR > > make install > > * Get FlightGear sources > Here you can either download the released source from the web site, or use > the CVS snapshot. > > cd $BUILDDIR/src > For CVS do this: > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 login > > CVS passwd: guest > > cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 co > source > > If you want to just grab the release, then get it from the web site, and put > the code into src. > > * Build FlightGear > > > cd $BUILDDIR/src/FlightGear > > ./autogen.sh > > ./configure --prefix=$BUILDDIR --without-x > > make > > * Get the base data files (if you don't have them already) > again, you can just do a download from the web site, or you can use CVS. > For CVS do this: > > > cd $BUILDDIR (or where ever you want to put the data) > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 login > CVS passwd: guest > cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 co > data > > * You are now ready to run FlightGear. There are a few different ways to do > it. > If you just do: > > cd $BUILDDIR > > src/FlightGear/src/Main/fgfs --fg-root=/path/to/data > It should run. > I believe that it will also try to search in $BUILDDIR/fgfsbase for data. > Finally it will search for a file in your home directory .fgfsrc when it > tries to start. You can put any startup flags that you want into that file. > For example, if you put --fg-root=/path/to/data into that file, then you > double click on src/FlightGear/src/Main/fgfs (or run it from the command > line) then it should startup and run. > > Once it is built, you can move fgfs anywhere that you want, such as into the > Applications folder. > > > From: Martin Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: home > > Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Newsgroups: list.flightgear-devel > > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:00:48 +0000 (UTC) > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: FlightGear on Mac OS X > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Do you think you might be able to modify the mac os x docs for 0.9.6 > >> especially with regard to updating make tools for a successful source > >> build? > > > > I'd welcome any sort of submission for documentation updates. This > > would be a great idea to get me back to working on the manual .... > > sheeezzzz .... > > I'd be happy to accept simple text and I will take care of converting > > this into LaTeX to match the existing layout, > > > > Martin. > > -- > > Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > -- <Arthur/> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
