Using another wxinstall

2004-12-13T17:15:07Z

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If there's already a version of [[wxWidgets]] installed, but you want [[aMule]] to use another (probably newer) one, here are the steps to follow:

First, create the target directory (in this article, as an example, ''~/aMule/'' will be used), where [[wxWidgets]] and [[aMule]] will reside (they don't need to be in the same dir, but it makes life easier). Then configure [[wxWidgets]] and [[aMule]] accordingly (assuming [[wxWidgets]] 2.4.2 and current (=>rc7) aMule).

It is recommended that you read the article about [[Compilation_Installation#Step_1:_wxGTK|how to compile wxGTK]] and (optionally, only if installing a [[wxWidgets]] version prior to 2.5) [[Compilation_Installation#Step_2:_wxBase|how to compile wxBase]]

In [[aMule]] source dir:<br>
''./configure --prefix=~/aMule/ --enable-debug --disable-optimize --with-wx-config=/home/'''user'''/aMule/bin/wx-config --with-wxbase-config=/home/'''user'''/aMule/bin/wxbase-2.4-config''<br>
''make && make install''

'''NOTE:''' On some distros, instead of ''--with-wx-config=/home/'''user'''/aMule/bin/wx-config'' you might need to use ''--with-wx-config=/home/'''user'''/aMule/bin/wxgtk-2.4-config''

'''NOTE 2:''' Sometimes [[wxBase]] will overwrite ''wx-config''. You can know if it has done so by running ''wx-config --basename''. It should show ''wx_gtk''. If it doesn't, please reinstall [[wxGTK]] so it will overwritte ''wx-config'' to link it to the [[wxGTK]] file.

On the above example, [[aMule]] binnary will be installed in ''~/aMule/bin/'' directory.

Also note that ''--with-wxbase-config=...'' should only be used with [[wxWidgets]] versions prior to 2.5.

To start [[aMule]], you need to explicitely specifiy the LD path each time you run it:

''export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/aMule/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''<br>
''export LC_ALL=en_EN.UTF-8''

Please remember to create [[Backtraces]] and provide them to the [[AMule_devs|aMule development team]].

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