Hi, Sorry to hassle everyone but I can't seem to make the installer work.
I have got Mandrake 10. I have been following the build guide at: http://gnustep.made-it.com/BuildGuide/ The quoted sections below are from the guide. Testing ========================================================================= My system passed all the tests except the following: > Foreign Function Interfaces > Priority: A must have > Here you have the option to use the ffi library that comes with GCC or > to use ffcall. It's up to you. > > FFI > gcc -print-file-name=libffi.so > Which should return: > 2.0.0 > or higher. In my case it returns: libffi.so I assume this means that I don't have the required library There appears to be an alternative called: > ffcall > > No way to check in a simple way. I downloaded ffcall-1.10.tar.gz and extracted it and installed it with no error messages. So presumably I have got around that problem (but I think that is my hiccough) Building - Part One gnustep-make ========================================================================= I then downloaded gnustep-make-1.9.2.tar.gz and installed it according to these instructions: > gnustep-make >This package sets up the GNUstep directory tree, sets some environment > variables and contains scripts for all other packages installed hereafter. > > 1. > > Download > > ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/ gnustep-make-1.8.0.tar.gz NB I have downloaded a more recent version 1.9.2 > 2. > > Build > ./configure --prefix=/usr/GNUstep > make > make install ALL OK > 3. > Post-install > If you are using Bourne Shell (/bin/sh), Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), > or the Bourne Again Shell (/bin/bash), type: > > . /usr/GNUstep/System/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh I tried this but it didn't work. I looked at the folders involved and saw that there had been some changes in the path on my machine the path was: /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles So I ran the command: . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh Nothing visible appeared to happen - but with the other version an error was reported (no directory or something like that. Building - Part Two gnustep-base ========================================================================= >gnustep-base > > It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical > portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library). > > > >FreeBSD: If you installed libxml2 through ports, make sure that you > change in the gnustep-base the configure script. It should include -lgiconv. > > 1. > > Download > > ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/ gnustep-base-1.8.0.tar.gz NB I downloaded gnustep-base-1.9.2.tar.gz instead, but otherwise followed instructions. > 2. > > Build > >./configure There were no error messages but examining the out put I found the following. I have no idea if it is significant or not. >checking ffi.h usability... no >checking ffi.h presence... no >checking for ffi.h... no >checking callback.h usability... yes >checking callback.h presence... yes >checking for callback.h... yes >checking "for forwarding callback in runtime"... yes >checking "FFI library usage"... ffcall I then ran Make >make Somethings appear to compile OK (occasionally there are some warnings but it still keeps working) but at the end I get this message: make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/Tools/make _strings' make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/Tools' Making all in NSCharacterSets... make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/NSCharact erSets' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/NSCharacte rSets' Making all in NSTimeZones... make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/NSTimeZon es' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/NSTimeZone s' Making all in Resources... make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/Resources ' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/win_e/Extract/gnustep-base-1.9.2/Resources' I presume these are error messages? I then attempt to do install: >make install If you are using C-Shell (/bin/csh), the T-C-Shell (/bin/tcsh), type: source /usr/GNUstep/System/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh Cheers, Wayne -- An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools. -- Ernest Hemingway (For Whom The Bell Tolls) _______________________________________________ Help-gnustep mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnustep
