Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CompileAppLinux

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Apr 20, 2013, 3:03:17 PM (11 years ago)

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davea

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CompileAppLinux

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+= Building BOINC applications on Linux =
+
+If you build an application on a recent Linux distribution, it won't run on older Linux distributions because of library incompatibilities. The only solution we've discovered is to build applications on a host with an old Linux and an old GCC. Setting up such a host, however, is a giant pain.
+
+Our recommended approach is not to build directly on a Linux host, but rather:
+
+ * Download the [VmCompatibility Compatibility] virtual machine module. This is a Debian Linux system with the appropriate (old) version of GCC.
+ * Run this system under Virtual PC.
+ * Install the [SourceCodeGit stable server code] on the virtual host.
+ * Build the BOINC libraries by going to the 'boinc' directory and typing:
+{{{
+_autosetup
+./configure --disable-client --disable-server LDFLAGS=-static-libgcc
+make
+}}}
+ For x86-64 builds, it's possible to take SSE2 for granted, as long as GCC is version 4.0+, then type instead:
+{{{
+_autosetup
+./configure --disable-client --disable-server LDFLAGS=-static-libgcc CFLAGS=-ftree-vectorize CXXFLAGS=-ftree-vectorize FFLAGS=-ftree-vectorize
+make
+}}}
+
+ Do not 'make install'.
+ * Go to the boinc/samples/example_app directory and type:
+{{{
+ln -s `g++ -print-file-name=libstdc++.a`
+make
+}}}
+
+== Other UNIX systems == #other-unix
+
+ * [SoftwarePrereqsUnix Software prerequisites]
+ * [BuildSystem configure/build]
+
+=== GLUT notes === #glut-notes
+
+Freeglut 2.2, freeglut 2.4 and OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) libraries are supported.
+
+=== X11 notes === #x11-notes
+
+To get the X11 support, select the relevant options when you're installing Linux, or (Redhat) go to System Settings/Add Software.