Changeset 10638 for trunk/FACT++

Timestamp:

05/09/11 22:44:12 (14 years ago)

Author:

tbretz

Message:

Updated with latest experiences installing FACT++ on Ubuntu 11.04 (natty)

File:

• trunk/FACT++/MAINPAGE (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/FACT++/MAINPAGE

@@ -36 +36 @@
 are extracted from subsequent calls to \b root-config.
 
-Hint: Sometimes installing root from packages doesn't work as
-expected (at least on my Ubuntu). It might be necessary to
-find some of the root packages with the libraries giving trouble
-and reinstall them after the root package was already installed.
-
-Remark: root 5.24 und root 5.26 seem to have issues. Although there
-are some X errors when starting, it seems to work quite nice with
-5.18/00b and 5.26/00e
-
 Running \b ./configure will take some time. It tries to really check
 carefully that everything needed is available on your system, so that you 
@@ -70 +61 @@
 @subsection packages Required packages
 
-If you find a new package needed for installation please don't
-hesitate to report it, so that it can be added to the list below.
-
-Packages known to be needed to configure and compile FACT++
-
-<B>Dim:</B>
-- lesstif2, lesstif2-dev (Xm.h, needed to compile did)
-
-<B>Libraries:</B>
-- libreadline, libreadline-dev
-- boost, boost-dev (>=V1.40, all)
-- mysql++, mysql++-dev
-- libcfits, libcfitsio-dev
-- libccfits, libccfits-dev                                        
-
-<B>For GUI support:</B>
-- libqt4-core
+The following section gives a list of packages which were necessary after
+a fresh Ubuntu 11.04 installation. In addition to all the development
+packages the corresponding package with the library is needed.
+
+<i>Required</i>
+- subversion
+- gcc
+- g++
+- make
+- libreadline6-dev
+- libcfitsio3-dev
+- libccfits-dev
+- libmysqlclient-dev
+- libmysql++-dev
+- libboost-all-dev
+- libx11-dev
+
+<i>If you want 'did'</i>
+- lesstif2-dev
+
+<i>To compile the gui</i>
 - libqt4-dev
-- root
-
-<B>Documentation:</B>
+- root (see section about root, currently recommended versions 5.18/00b-5.26/00e)
+
+<i>To create your own documentation</i>
+- graphviz
 - doxygen
-- graphviz
 - help2man
-- groff
-- ps2pdf
-
-<B>Only for maintainers:</B>
-- autoconf (automake, autotools-dev, m4)
+
+<i>For developers</i>
+- autoconf
 - autoconf-archive
-- libtool (contains libtoolize
-- colorsvn (recommended)
-- colorgcc (recommended)
+- libtool
 - qt4-designer
+
+<i>Some nice to have (FACT++)</i>
+- colorsvn
+- colorgcc
+- colordiff
+
+<i>Some nice to have (system)</i>
+- fte
+- efte
+- htop
+
+@section How to install root 5.26/00 on Ubuntu 11.04 (natty)
+
+- install gpp4.4, gcc4.4, g++4.4 (root does not compile with gcc4.5)
+- make links to hidden X11 libraries:
+<B><pre>
+cd /usr/local
+sudo ln -s x86_64-linux-gnu/libX* .
+</pre></B>
+- in the root source directory
+<B><pre>
+./configure --enable-qt --with-cc=gcc-4.4 --with-cxx=g++-4.4 --with-xrootd-opts=--syslibs=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr/local
+</pre></B>
+- \b make
+- <b>sudo make install</b>
+- pray
+- don't forget to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH correctly before you try to start the fact gui
+
 
 @section Demo Current demonstration programs