Sections:
1.0 Build Components Needed
1.1 Current version of Ghostscript
1.2 autotools
1.3 XML Parser
1.3.1 libxml
1.3.2 Xerces C++ XML Parser
1.3.3 XML4C
1.4 glib
1.5 Cups
1.6 GTK--
1.7 SigC++
1.8 Debugging Tools
1.8.1 DDD debugger
1.8.2 Lesstif libraries
2.0 Building
2.1 Install Ghostscript
2.2 Unzip the current Omni source from the ghostscript directory
2.3 Make sure that you can build omni
2.5 Install the omni driver
2.5 Apply patches to Ghostscript
2.5 Configure Ghostscript
2.6 Build Ghostscript
3.0 Install graphical debugger (optional)
NOTE:
Please use the 2.X version of gcc (version 2.96 20000731 or
above on RedHat). There is an issue with classes that are defined within
a function that are not being compiled by gcc. A subsequent link
will fail with unresolved externals.
Please do not use the 3.X version of gcc. The released versions will not
compile omni. Hopefully, version in CVS will (but is untested).
1.0 Build Components Needed
===========================
1.1 Current version of Ghostscript
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897
Download Ghostscript and the required files for the ability of building
the ghostscript executable. Example:
ghostscript-6.53.tar.gz
ghostscript-7.04.tar.gz
To find out where to download the required files, view the file doc/Make.htm
and look in the section "Third-party library source code". Example:
jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
libpng-1.2.1.tar.gz
zlib.tar.gz
Additional components that need to be downloaded to enable
support of the Omni driver in Ghostscript.
1.2 autotools
You need three packages on your system. These are autoconf, automake, and
libtool. Download and install the latest version from
http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
1.3 XML Parser
Download one of the prebuilt packages from the following sites.
1.3.1 libxml
This is the recommended version.
http://xmlsoft.org/
example
libxml-1.8.6-2.i386.rpm
libxml-devel-1.8.6-2.i386.rpm
You *must* install the developers version of libxml (in this case
libxml-devel-1.8.6-2.i386.rpm) because that version contains the include
files required by Omni's XML parser.
1.3.2 Xerces C++ XML Parser
http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/index.html
example
xerces-c1_3_0-linux.tar.gz
Note: If you are using Red Hat 7.1 or greater, then download the source of
xerces at http://xml.apache.org/dist/xerces-c/stable/archives/Xerces-C_1_3_0/
and build the source following xerces's instructions.
1.3.3 XML4C
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xml4c
Note: If you are using Red Hat 7.1 or greater, then download the source of
xml4c and build the source following xml4c's instructions.
example
xml4c3_1_0-linux.tar.gz
1.4 glib
Download and install the latest development version of glib located at
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/ if it is not already installed on your system.
1.5 Cups
Download and install the latest development version of cups located at
http://www.cups.org/ if it is not already installed on your system.
example
cups-1.1.14-source.tar.bz2
1.6 GTK--
Download and install the latest version from
http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/download.html
example
gtkmm-1.2.5-1.i386.rpm
gtkmm-devel-1.2.5-1.i386.rpm
1.7 SigC++
Download and install the latest version from
http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/stable.html
example
libsigc++-1.0.1-0_helix_1.i386.rpm
libsigc++-devel-1.0.1-0_helix_1.i386.rpm
1.8 Debugging Tools
** The following two items are optional. They can be very useful if
code debugging is necessary to resolve a problem.
1.8.1 DDD debugger
Go to http://www.redhat.com/swr/i386/ddd-3.2-4.i386.html. This
will bring you to the download page for DDD debugger interface.
Select download and you will be brought to a page to allow down-
loading of the package for instance:
ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/powertools/6.2/i386/i386/ddd-3.2-4.i386.rpm
1.8.2 Lesstif libraries
Go to http://www.redhat.com/swr/i386/lesstif-1.2-devel-0.89.9-2.i386.html
and select download of the package from one of the available sites.
ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/powertools/6.2/i386/i386/lesstif-1.2-devel-0.89.9-2.i386.rpm
2.0 Building
============
NOTE: These commands assume that you use the proper paths for copying/unziping
Ex: the files are located in /tmp
2.1 Install Ghostscript
cd /tmp;
tar xvzf /tmp/ghostscript-6.53.tar.gz;
cd ghostscript-6.53;
tar xvzf /tmp/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz;
tar xvzf /tmp/libpng-1.2.1.tar.gz;
tar xvzf /tmp/zlib.tar.gz;
mv jpeg-6b jpeg;
mv libpng-1.2.1 libpng;
mv zlib-1.1.3 zlib;
2.2 Unzip the current Omni source from the ghostscript directory
tar -xvzf /tmp/Omni-x.x.x.tar.gz (where xxx denotes level)
cd Omni;
2.3 Make sure that you can build omni. For the first time use the following command:
./setupOmni;
After that, you can build with:
make
Note: To build a subset of the full omni build, edit the following files:
devices.mak - modify DEVICELIST to include only the driver directories
that you are interested in building.
(driver)/Device List - comment out the devices that you are not interested
in generating by having '#' be the first character
of the line.
2.4 Install the omni driver
make install
make installLocal
2.5 Apply patches to Ghostscript
Patches are located in the Ghostscript directory. There are several versions
of Ghostsctipt supported. Change into the right directory.
The patch file is named: Omni-gsVer-MMDDYY-patch.xxx)
- where gsVer denotes the ghostscript version
MMDDYY denotes the date MM = month DD = day YY = year
xxx denotes clean or update
For Ghostscript version 5.50:
cd ..;
patch < Omni/Ghostscript/5.50/Omni-5.50-MMDDYY.patch.clean;
For Ghostscript version 6.51:
cd ../src;
patch < Omni/Ghostscript/6.51/Omni-6.51-MMDDYY.patch.clean;
For Ghostscript version 6.53:
cd ..;
patch -p0 < Omni/Ghostscript/6.53/Omni-6.53-MMDDYY.patch.clean;
For Ghostscript version 7.04:
cd ..;
patch -p0 < Omni/Ghostscript/7.04/Omni-7.04-MMDDYY.patch.clean;
For Ghostscript version 7.05:
cd ..;
patch -p0 < Omni/Ghostscript/7.05/Omni-7.05-MMDDYY.patch.clean;
2.5 Configure Ghostscript
For Ghostscript version 5.50:
Fix time_.h if necessary. If you cannot build because of
(storage size of `ltime' isn't known), then do the following:
add #include <time.h>
ln -s unix-gcc.mak Makefile;
For Ghostscript version 6.51:
Fix time_.h if necessary. If you cannot build because of
(storage size of `ltime' isn't known), then do the following:
add #include <time.h>
ln -s src/unix-gcc.mak Makefile;
For Ghostscript version 6.53:
configure;
For Ghostscript version 7.04:
configure;
For Ghostscript version 7.05:
configure;
2.6 Build Ghostscript
make clean;
make;
# "make debug" for debug embedded code
3.0 Install graphical debugger (optional)
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cd /tmp;
rpm -i lesstif-0.90.0-1.i386.rpm;
rpm -i ddd-3.2-4.i386.rpm;
