HowTo compile on Mac

2004-10-05T05:07:20Z

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The following is the commands you should type to install [[aMule]] on [http://www.apple.com/macosx MacOS X].<br>
This HowTo is written to install [[aMule]] cvs but should work for any other version. Please note that you should always download the latest [[aMule]] version available.<br>
Whenever ''[http://curl.haxx.se curl]'' is used, if it isn't installed on your system, just download the file manually.
Lines beginning with a ''#'' character are comments on what the following lines do.

''<pre>
# install Xcode Tools
# http://developer.apple.com/tools/download/
# Getting ADC ID > Log In > Download Software > Developer Tools > Download Xcode Tools last release > Install

# install Fink too, since gettext is needed
# http://fink.sourceforge.net
# read the info at http://fink.sourceforge.net/download to learn how to install gettext

# make amule dir in home
cd ~
mkdir amule
cd amule

# get source from the internet and unpack it
curl -O http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wxwindows/wxMac-2.5.2.tar.gz
curl -O http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc6.tar.bz2
tar -xzf wxMac-2.5.2.tar.gz
tar -xjf aMule-2.0.0rc6.tar.bz2

# remove downloaded archives after unpacking
rm wxMac-2.5.2.tar.gz aMule-cvs-20040927.tar.bz2

# install wxMac
cd wxMac-2.5.2
# directory "build" should already be there. if not, create it with
# "mkdir build":
cd build
../configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..
cd ..

# compile aMule
cd aMule-2.0.0rc6
./configure --disable-systray --disable-gtk --enable-embedded_crypto --with-wx-prefix=/usr/local --with-wx-config=/usr/local/bin/wx-config
make
cd ..

# optional: reduce size of amule from 44 MB to 3 MB while loosing
# debug info :-(
strip src/amule

# create app-Container
curl -O http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-App-Container.tgz
tar -xzf aMule-App-Container.tgz
rm aMule-App-Container.tgz
cp aMule-cvs/src/amule amule.app/Contents/MacOS/

# move amule to your Applications folder
mv amule.app /Applications

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If you get an error like this: ''You cannot open the application "amule" because it may be
damaged or incomplete'', right click on ''amule'' then click on ''Show Packages Contents'',
go to Contents>MacOS> and double click on ''amule''.
Next time you start from ''amule.app'' it will run fine.
If you still get the same error, move ''amule.app'' to the desktop and run it from there.

hopefully temporary comment of gerd.castan@z.zgs.de:
there seems to be a new version of http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-App-Container.tgz
(timestamp: 04-Oct-2004 17:05) which seems not to be in gzip format:
<pre>tar -xzf aMule-App-Container.tgz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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