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| author | Adam Tkac <atkac@redhat.com> | 2008-04-21 14:07:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Adam Tkac <atkac@redhat.com> | 2008-04-21 14:07:32 +0000 |
| commit | 1719941c715cf38968aed67604fc153ef12a071a (patch) | |
| tree | 0fb15ba3c2dd8bca93686d29db4362c6292f17ea /unix | |
| parent | 952ba8e78bf9cade030e8abe3c25aa03b0710c0e (diff) | |
| download | tigervnc-1719941c715cf38968aed67604fc153ef12a071a.tar.gz tigervnc-1719941c715cf38968aed67604fc153ef12a071a.zip | |
- updated information how build sources in unix/README
git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/tigervnc/code/branches/1.5-xserver@2551 3789f03b-4d11-0410-bbf8-ca57d06f2519
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diff --git a/unix/README b/unix/README index c9982179..982acd81 100644 --- a/unix/README +++ b/unix/README @@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ To build everything but Xvnc, do: % ./configure % make -This should build first some libraries - zlib, rdr, network, Xregion, rfb and -tx - then vncviewer, vncconfig and vncpasswd. If you already have zlib -installed on your system you can run "./configure --with-installed-zlib" if you -prefer (this is strongly advised on FreeBSD, since we've been told there are -problems otherwise). +This should build first some libraries - zlib, jpeg, rdr, network, Xregion, rfb +and tx - then vncviewer, vncconfig and vncpasswd. System zlib and jpeg are +preferred. If you want use zlib and jpeg distributed with TightVNC you have to +run configure "./configure --with-tight-zlib --with-tight-jpeg". Building Xvnc ============= @@ -69,61 +68,76 @@ tree. Unlike previous versions of Xvnc, we do not provide an X source tree with this distribution. We have designed the distribution to be as independent as possible of the X tree used. -We have successfully used X.Org 6.8.2 (available from http://www.x.org/). +We have successfully used X.Org 7.4.99.901, (available from http://www.x.org/). Note that the X tree is enormous and notoriously difficult to deal with - building it is not for the faint-hearted! -Once you have a copy of the X source tree, make sure it is unpacked at the top -level of this distribution, so that the xc directory of the X source tree -matches the xc of this distribution, for example: +You have to install many additional things like GNU build system tools and many +libraries needed by X server - % tar xzf X11R6.8.2-src.tar.bz2 +First you have to download X source: -Then you must apply a patch to some files in the X source tree: + % git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/xserver xorg + % cd xorg + % git checkout origin/server-1.5-branch - % patch -Np0 <xc.patch +Once you have a copy of the X source tree, copy it to vnc source tree + + % cp -r xorg/* <path_to_tightvnc_source>/unix/xserver + +Then you have to apply a patch to some files in the X source tree: + + % cd <path_to_tightvnc_source>/unix/xserver + % patch -p0 < ../xserver.patch + +After that you have to regenerate configure script and Makefile.in: + + % autoreconf -fiv + +Next step is run configure script. It is very difficult use correct parameters. +You should use same parameters as used in your distribution X server and add +--disable-xvfb --disable-xnest --disable-xorg: + + % ./configure <dist_X_flags> --disable-xvfb --disable-xnest --disable-xorg If this works, you should be able to build the entire X tree, including Xvnc: - % cd xc - % make World + % make This will take a long time, and will quite probably fail for one reason or another! If you are having trouble, we suggest you try to build the X tree in isolation first before attempting it with the VNC additions. -If successful, in the xc/programs/Xserver directory you should find an Xvnc -binary, plus the native X server binary(ies) for your platform with VNC support -compiled in. If you are building from an X.Org tree on a supported -platform, you should also find a vnc.so module in -xc/programs/Xserver/vnc/modules. +If successful, in the hw/vnc directory you should find an Xvnc and libvnc +module. Exactly which X extensions and features are built into Xvnc and the native X -server binary is determined by the settings in xc/config/cf. The file vnc.def -contains the settings we use to build our binary distributions. You may need -to edit this and the other files as appropriate. +server binary is determined by configure parameters. Run ./configure --help for +more information. Installing ========== Different unix platforms have different conventions for where software should be installed. To copy the programs to some directory which is in your PATH -environment variable, such as /usr/local/bin, there is a script called -vncinstall which you can use: +environment variable, such as /usr/local/bin you can use Makefile variables. In +<tightvnc>/unix subdirectory run: + + % make install bindir=/usr/local/bin mandir=/usr/local/man + +It will also try to install the Xvnc and vnc.so X.Org module if appropriate. +Both can be installed when you run: + + % make install bindir=/usr/local/bin mandir=/usr/local/man - % cd .. - % ./vncinstall /usr/local/bin +in <tightvnc>/unix/xserver subdirectory -This will also attempt to install the manual pages in an appropriate directory. -You can specify an alternative directory as a second argument to vncinstall: +Module can be enabled like any other module by adding a Load "vnc" line to +the Module section of xorg.conf. The parameters listed in the Xvnc manual +page can be set as options in xorg.conf e.g. - % ./vncinstall /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man +Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd". -It will also try to install the vnc.so X.Org module if appropriate. -This will be copied to the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions directory and can -be enabled like any other module by adding a Load "vnc" line to the Module -section of xorg.conf. The parameters listed in the Xvnc manual page can be -set as options in xorg.conf e.g. Option "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd". Note that for some reason options cannot be set in the Module section of xorg.conf - try the Screen section. |