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@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@ -The build2 toolchain requires a C++ compiler with C++11 support. GCC 4.9.0 -or later and Clang 3.5.0 or later are known to work. If you only need the -build2 build system without the bpkg package manager, then the C++ compiler -is all you need. If, however, you would also like to build bpkg, then you -will first need to obtain SQLite and the libodb and libodb-sqlite libraries. +The build2 toolchain requires a C++ compiler with C++11 support. GCC 4.9.0 or +later and Clang 3.5.0 or later are known to work. If you only need the build2 +build system without the bpkg package manager, then the C++ compiler is all +you will need. If, however, you would also like to build bpkg, then you will +first need to obtain SQLite as well as the libodb and libodb-sqlite libraries. In this guide we install everything that we build into /usr/local. If you would like to use a different installation location, you will need to make adjustments to the commands below. +Note on /usr/local: most distributions these days "cripple" this location by +either not searching /usr/local/include for headers during compilation (so we +add the -I option) or not searching /usr/local/lib for libraries either during +linking (so we add the -L option) or at runtime (which we fix with the help of +-rpath). If you know that your installation doesn't have (some of) these +issues, you can adjust the commands below accordingly. Note that even if +/usr/local/lib is searched at runtime, you may still have to run ldconfig(1) +(as root) after the installation to refresh the library cache. + 1. Installing SQLite @@ -29,6 +38,7 @@ adjustments to the commands below. # pkg install sqlite3 + 2. Installing libodb and libodb-sqlite Again, skip this step if you are only interested in the build2 build system. @@ -40,18 +50,18 @@ adjustments to the commands below. build2-toolchain. Then unpack, build, and install: $ cd libodb-X.Y.Z - $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local + $ ./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib \ + --prefix=/usr/local $ make $ sudo make install $ cd libodb-sqlite-X.Y.Z - $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local + $ ./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib \ + --prefix=/usr/local $ make $ sudo make install - On some platforms you may have to add CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include and - LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib configure command line variables. See the INSTALL - file for each library for more information. + See the INSTALL file for each library for more information. 3. Bootstrapping build2 @@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ adjustments to the commands below. $ cd build2-toolchain-X.Y.Z $ cd build2/ $ ./bootstrap - $ ./build/b-boot update + $ ./build/b-boot config.bin.rpath=/usr/local/lib update For more information on this step (for example, how to specify a C++ compiler, etc.) refer to the INSTALL file in the build2/ subdirectory. @@ -73,12 +83,11 @@ adjustments to the commands below. $ ./build2/build/b \ config.cxx.poptions=-I/usr/local/include \ config.cxx.loptions=-L/usr/local/lib \ + config.bin.rpath=/usr/local/lib \ config.install.root=/usr/local configure $ ./build2/build/b update $ sudo ./build2/build/b install - $ sudo ldconfig - To test the installation: $ b --version |