February 2004
Intermediate to advanced
383 pages
11h 49m
English
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X11-Based Applications and Libraries
Fink (see Chapter 11)
can be used to install many
X11-based applications, such as the
GNU Image Manipulation
Program (GIMP),
xfig/transfig,
ImageMagick,
nedit,
and more. Since Fink understands dependencies, installing some of
these applications causes Fink to first install several other
packages. For example, since the text editor
nedit depends on Motif libraries, Fink will
first install lesstif. (This also gives you the
Motif window manager,
mwm.) Similarly, when you install the GIMP via
Fink, you will also install the packages for
GNOME, GTK+, and
glib.
You can also use Fink to install libraries directly. For example:
$ fink install qtwill install the X11-based Qt libraries.
Building X11-Based Applications and Libraries
If you cannot find binaries for X11-based applications, or prefer to build the applications yourself, many tools are available to do so. When you install the Xcode Tools, make sure you install the optional X11SDK, which contains development tools and header files for building X11-based applications. If you didn’t install X11SDK when you first installed Xcode, you can still install it from the Xcode CD.
The process of building software usually begins with generating one
or more
makefile
s
customized to your system. For X11 applications, there are two
popular methods for generating makefiles:
You can use a
configurescript, as described earlier in this chapter.The other popular method for generating makefiles involves ...
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