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* Libc library and headers (development package)
 
* Libc library and headers (development package)
 
* Xlib library and headers (development package)
 
* Xlib library and headers (development package)
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* Xext and Xrandr library and headers (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
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* Glib-2 library and headers (development package)
 
* Glib-2 library and headers (development package)
 
* LibXML-2 library and headers (development package)
 
* LibXML-2 library and headers (development package)
 
* Pango library and headers (development package)
 
* Pango library and headers (development package)
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* Imlib2 (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
 
* Startup-notification library and headers (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
 
* Startup-notification library and headers (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
 
* XCursor library and headers (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
 
* XCursor library and headers (development package) - ''optional but recommended''
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* libxml2-dev
 
* libxml2-dev
 
* libxcursor-dev
 
* libxcursor-dev
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* libimlib2-dev
 
* libstartup-notification0-dev
 
* libstartup-notification0-dev
 
* xlibs-dev
 
* xlibs-dev
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* libxext-dev
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* x11proto-randr-dev
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Note: 'xlibs-dev' is no longer available in in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 'Hardy' repositories, but 'xlibs-static-dev' is.
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If you want to hook in the Debian menu, you'll also want:
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* menu
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* menu-xdg
  
 
=== Dependencies in Fedora ===
 
=== Dependencies in Fedora ===
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* glib2-devel
 
* glib2-devel
 
* pango-devel
 
* pango-devel
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* imlib2-devel
 
* startup-notification-devel
 
* startup-notification-devel
 
* libXcursor-devel
 
* libXcursor-devel
 
* libXfixes-devel
 
* libXfixes-devel
 
* libSM-devel
 
* libSM-devel
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* libxml2-devel
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== Building and installing the program ==
 
== Building and installing the program ==
  
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If the configure command fails and the reason is not obvious, you should look in the generated <code>config.log</code> file to discover the cause of the problem.
 
If the configure command fails and the reason is not obvious, you should look in the generated <code>config.log</code> file to discover the cause of the problem.
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=== For 64-bit distributions ===
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When building Openbox on the 64-bit versions of Debian or Fedora, use:
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<code><pre>
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  % ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64
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  % make
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  % sudo make install
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</pre></code>
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=== For CentOS 5.3 ===
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<code><pre>
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# yum install automake autoconf glib2-devel pango-devel startup-notification-devel libXcursor-devel libXfixes-devel libSM-devel libxml2-devel gcc-c++.i386 gcc.i386
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# ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
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# make
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# make install
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</pre></code>

Revision as of 16:48, 11 August 2013

Contents

Dependencies

Compiling Openbox should be a relatively painless experience. You will need the following packages:

  • C compiler (such as GCC)
  • Libc library and headers (development package)
  • Xlib library and headers (development package)
  • Xext and Xrandr library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
  • Glib-2 library and headers (development package)
  • LibXML-2 library and headers (development package)
  • Pango library and headers (development package)
  • Imlib2 (development package) - optional but recommended
  • Startup-notification library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
  • XCursor library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
  • Pkg-config

These should all be available through your distribution.

Dependencies in Ubuntu and Debian

In Ubuntu and Debian, install the following packages:

  • build-essential
  • pkg-config
  • libpango1.0-dev
  • libglib2.0-dev
  • libxml2-dev
  • libxcursor-dev
  • libimlib2-dev
  • libstartup-notification0-dev
  • xlibs-dev
  • libxext-dev
  • x11proto-randr-dev

Note: 'xlibs-dev' is no longer available in in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 'Hardy' repositories, but 'xlibs-static-dev' is.

If you want to hook in the Debian menu, you'll also want:

  • menu
  • menu-xdg

Dependencies in Fedora

In Fedora Core 6 or Fedora 7, install the following packages:

  • gcc
  • autoconf
  • automake
  • glib2-devel
  • pango-devel
  • imlib2-devel
  • startup-notification-devel
  • libXcursor-devel
  • libXfixes-devel
  • libSM-devel
  • libxml2-devel

Building and installing the program

Once you have the above dependancies installed, you are ready to build Openbox. Untar the Openbox archive and from inside the source tree, run:

  % ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
    ...configure detects the build evironment...
  % make
    ...openbox builds...
  % sudo make install
    ...openbox installs...

If you do not want to install to /usr, then you should use ./configure --prefix=<whatever you want> --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share. If you don't do this, the Openbox log in options will not be available, because they need to be installed to /usr/share/xsessions.

If the configure command fails and the reason is not obvious, you should look in the generated config.log file to discover the cause of the problem.

For 64-bit distributions

When building Openbox on the 64-bit versions of Debian or Fedora, use:

  % ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64
  % make
  % sudo make install

For CentOS 5.3

# yum install automake autoconf glib2-devel pango-devel startup-notification-devel libXcursor-devel libXfixes-devel libSM-devel libxml2-devel gcc-c++.i386 gcc.i386

# ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc 

# make

# make install
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