Re: All GNUstep apps have blank windows, and lots of apps won't compile

[Samuel Harvey]

On 10/23/08, Nicola Pero <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com> wrote:
>
>
>  On 23/ott/08, at 17:45, "Samuel Harvey" <kephnosanagennao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Samuel Harvey <kephnosanagennao@gmail.com>
> > Date: Oct 22, 2008 8:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: All GNUstep apps have blank windows, and lots of apps won't
> compile
> > To: Nicola Pero
> <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
> >
> >
> > On 10/22/08, Nicola Pero
> <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > gsgd
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > ****
> > > > Making all for library libgsgd...
> > > > Compiling file GDFont.m ...
> > > > In file included from GDFont.m:24:
> > > > ../Headers/gsgd/GDFont.h:29:16: warning: gd.h: No
> such
> > > >
> > >  file or directory
> > >
> > > > ****
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You need gd-devel (the headers from libgd, the library that manipulates
> > > pngs/gifs) to compile gsgd. :-)
> > > Unless it's a problem with include flags ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > java
> > > > ****
> > > > Making all for library libgnustep-java...
> > > > Compiling file ObjcRuntimeUtilities.c ...
> > > > In file included from
> > > >
> > > /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Headers/objc/objc-api.h:31,
> > >
> > > >               from ObjcRuntimeUtilities.h:29,
> > > >              from ObjcRuntimeUtilities.c:49:
> > > > /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Headers/objc/hash.h: In
> > > >
> > >  function 'objc_hash_ptr':
> > >
> > > >
> /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Headers/objc/hash.h:168:
> > > >
> > >  error: 'size_t'
> > >
> > > > undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is confusing - you may want to double-check your compiler/libobjc
> > > setup ?
> > >
> > > If the compiler/libobjc are OK, it would be nice to get some more
> > > information ...
> > >
> > >  1. compiler version
> > >
> > >  2. libobjc version
> > >
> > >  3. output of 'make messages=yes'
> > >
> > > Hmmm.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
> >
> > dev-libs/java compiles now. I needed to have JAVA_HOME set.
> >
> > Debian+bash users:
> > append to /etc/bash.bashrc
> > ***
> > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default
> > ***
> >
> > dev-libs/sqlclient also compiles with JDBC support for me now because
> > it can find jni.h.
> >
> > After installing libgd-dev, dev-libs/gsgd now gives a different error:
> > ***
> > Making all for java_package libgsgd-java...
> >  Compiling file gnu/gnustep/gd/Image.java ...
> > gnu/gnustep/gd/Image.java:44: cannot find symbol
> > symbol  : class NSData
> > location: class gnu.gnustep.gd.Image
> >  public Image (NSData arg0, long arg1)
> > ...
> > ./gnu/gnustep/gd/Font.java:82: cannot find symbol
> > symbol  : class NSArray
> > location: class gnu.gnustep.gd.Font
> >  public native NSSize boundingBoxForStrings (NSArray arg0);
> >                                             ^
> > 13 errors
> > make[5]: *** [gnu/gnustep/gd/Image.class] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [libgsgd-java.all.java-package.variables]
> Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> > make[3]: Leaving directory
> >
> `/home/kephnos/src/gnustep/modules/dev-libs/gsgd/Source/JavaWrapper'
> > make[2]: *** [after-gsgd-all] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [gsgd.all.java-wrapper.variables] Error 2
> >
> > make: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> > ***
> >
>
>  You need to compile and install Wrappers/base before you can use jigs for
> gnustep-base java projects such as the Java version of gsgd ;-)
>
>  Thanks
>

Ahh... it was in dev-libs/java/INSTALL
My apologies for not reading all relevant documentation before asking
a question. It might be helpful to have gsgd/INSTALL refer to
java/INSTALL, as java/Wrappers/base does not compile+install by
default, unless there's some developer source compilation FAQ that I
haven't been able to find that has a list of compile/install
dependencies for the GNUstep libraries.

I have found a few guides to building the GNUstep libraries, but
everything I have found is very out-of-date. I thought it might be
helpful if I wrote something a little more up-to-date. Is there a
preferred wiki that I could wrangle an account for, and update
whatever build guide it may have?

Sam H