Compilation

These are the instructions to compile Kiwix. The source code is on:

• svn: https://kiwix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kiwix
• download: http://download.kiwix.org/src/

GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux build uses shared libraries by default. You will need the following dependencies to compile Kiwix for Linux Debian/Ubuntu packages: build-essential autoconf automake libtool libicu-dev libclucene-dev libxapian-dev libmicrohttpd-dev liblzma-dev xulrunner-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev

• ./autogen.sh to generate the ./configure file if not already done.
• ./configure to prepare the compilation and check if all necessary libraries are installed. You may get more information by running ./configure --help
• make to compile kiwix
• make install to install it on the system

Mac OSX (i386 only for now)

Mac OS build is close to the Linux one but it compile everything statically. [warning] To build the Mac OS version you will have to install proprietary software which are free of charge.

You will also need to build on an Apple Mac computer.

• Install OSX 10.6.5+ (proprietary)
• Install XCode 3.2.5+ (proprietary) -

http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html (requires registration)

http://download.kiwix.org/dev/xcode_3.2.5_and_ios_sdk_4.2_final.dmg

• Install XulRunner

http://download.kiwix.org/dev/xulrunner-1.9.2.13.en-US.mac-pkg.dmg

• Install MacPorts - http://www.macports.org/install.php
• Configure Macports

• Install the following tools and libraries

sudo port install autogen +universal
sudo port install pkgconfig +universal
sudo port install wget +universal
sudo port install gmake +universal
sudo port install coreutils +universal
sudo port install libidl +universal
sudo port install autoconf213 +universal
sudo port install icu +universal

• short-circuit libtoolize which is a different tool on OSX.

sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/glibtoolize /opt/local/bin/libtoolize

• set default target architecture by replacing gcc and g++ files

sudo mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc.default
sudo mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++.default
sudo echo "/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -arch i386 -m32 "$@"" > /usr/bin/gcc
sudo echo "/usr/bin/g++-4.2 -arch i386 -m32 "$@"" > /usr/bin/g++
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/g{cc,++}

Alternatively, you can choose to prepend CFLAGS=" -arch i386 -m32" CXXFLAGS=" -arch i386 -m32" to the configure command.

• ./autogen.sh to generate the ./configure script.
• ./configure --prefix=/opt/local

to prepare the compilation and check if all

necessary libraries are installed. You may get more information by

running ./configure --help

/opt/local is the path where you installed MacPorts (/opt/local is default)

• make in src/dependences to fetch dependencies.
• re-do ./configure script so it knows about new dependencies.
• make to compile kiwix
• make distmac to generate a complete dmg archive.
• Debugging tips:

- components file type can be either Mach-O dynamically linked shared library

or Mach-O bundle but above instructions will create dynamic libraries.

- Shared Object (.so files on Linux) have .dylib extension on OSX. - use dtruss to inspect program execution like strace.

Windows

• You have to install a MinGW environnement. You have to download it here: "http://download.kiwix.org/dev/MozillaBuildSetup-1.4.exe" and install it in the default proposed directory "C:mozilla-build".

• Go to "c:mozilla-build" with the Windows explorer and start the script start-msvc9.bat. You have now an UNIX shell.

• Change the current directory by typing:

> cd /c/mozilla-build/

• Check out the kiwix client code by typing:

svn co https://kiwix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kiwix/moulinkiwix

• You need to install Perl. Download it here: "http://download.kiwix.org/dev/ActivePerl-5.10.1.1007-MSWin32-x86-291969.msi" and install it in the default directory "c:Perl"

• You need now to install the free (as free beer) Microsoft Visual Studio express C++ compiler. You can download the installer here: "http://download.kiwix.org/dev/vcsetup.exe"

• To install it, run the self installer. Choose none of the optional features and install it in the default directory: "c:Program FilesMicrosft Visual Studio 9.0"

• If installed sucessfuly run one time VS to configure it and maybe register it (follow the instructions).

• You have also to install gcc (for liblzma). You can download it here:

"http://download.kiwix.org/dev/gcc-4.3.0-20080502-mingw32-alpha-bin.7z"

... and unzip it (with 7zip) in "c:mozilla-buildmsys"

• You have also to install GNU binutils. Please download it here:

"http://download.kiwix.org/dev/binutils-2.20.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.gz"

... and detar it in "c:mozilla-buildmsys"

• Now we will download, configurate and compile kiwix.

Run the following commands:

> cd /c/mozilla-build/moulinkiwix/ 
> ./autogen.sh
> ./configure 
> make win

The compilation is standard.

Please follow these steps:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make

On Fedora, the compilation is a little bit more complicated. You have to:

./autogen.sh
./configure --with-xpidl=/usr/lib/xulrunner-`pkg-config --modversion libxul`/ --with-gecko-idl=/usr/lib/xulrunner-sdk-`pkg-config --modversion libxul`/sdk/idl
make

See also

• Kiwix-serve
• Translation
• PPA