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| − | If you do 'not' want to install to <code>/usr</code>, then you should use <code>./configure --prefix=<whatever you want> --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share</code>. If you don't do this, the Openbox log in options will not be available, because they need to be installed to <code>/usr/share/xsessions</code>. | + | If you do ''not'' want to install to <code>/usr</code>, then you should use <code>./configure --prefix=<whatever you want> --sysconfdir=/etc --datarootdir=/usr/share</code>. If you don't do this, the Openbox log in options will not be available, because they need to be installed to <code>/usr/share/xsessions</code>. |
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. | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 22 May 2007
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)
- Glib-2 library and headers (development package)
- LibXML-2 library and headers (development package)
- Pango library and headers (development package)
- 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
- libstartup-notification0-dev
- xlibs-dev
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.
