HowTo compile on Mac

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The following steps will lead you to install [[aMule]] in your [http://www.apple.com/macosx MacOS X] box.

This HowTo is written to install [[aMule]] 2.0.0-rc7 but should work for any other version. Please note that you should always download the latest [[aMule]] version available.

'''NOTE:''' This document explains how to download files using [http://curl.haxx.se curl]. However, [http://curl.haxx.se curl] might not be installed on your system: either install it (you can use [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] to instal it) or download the files with whatever application you want (maybe your web browser), but place then in the directory that's being used on each part of the guide, otherwise the commands that are shown here will not work.

# Install [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode Xcode Tools] from http://developer.apple.com/tools/download
# "Getting ADC ID"->"Log In"->"Download Software"->"Developer Tools"->"Download Xcode Tools last release">"Install"
# Install (or verify installation if already installed) [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink], since [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext gettext] and [[wxMac]] are installed along with [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink], from http://fink.sourceforge.net/download
# Install [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext gettext] and [[wxMac]] ([[wxMac]] is only available through [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] unstable on [http://www.apple.com/macosx MacOS] 10.3. If you are using [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] stable or [http://www.apple.com/macosx MacOS] 10.2 or earlier, either upgrade [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] to unstable and/or [http://www.apple.com/macosx MacOS] to 10.3, or check the [[#Installing [[wxMac]] form sources|Installing [[wxMac]] form sources section]] of this document adn then go on with this section) through [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink]. Read [http://fink.sourceforge.net/download Fink's installation guide] to learn how to install applications through [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] (the [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext gettext] package is ''gettext'' and the [[wxMac]] package is ''wxmac'' and ''wxmac-shlibs''),
# Read the documentation at http://fink.sourceforge.net/download to learn how to install [[wxMac]].
# Make ''amule'' dir in your home directory: ''mkdir ~/amule''
# Enter the ''amule'' directory you just created: ''cd ~/amule''
# Get [[aMule]]'s latest source code (aMule 2.0.0-rc7 sourcecode: [http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc7.tar.bz2 http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc7.tar.bz2]) and place it in your ''~/amule'' directory: curl -O http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc7.tar.bz2
# Extract it: ''tar -xjf aMule-2.0.0rc7.tar.bz2''
# Enter [[aMule]]'s sources directory: ''cd aMule-2.0.0rc7''
# Prepare the compilation: ''./configure --disable-systray --disable-gtk --enable-embedded_crypto --with-wx-prefix=/usr/local/bin/wx-config''
# And compile it: ''make''
# '''Optional:''' You can reduce the size of [[aMule]] from 44MB to 3MB by doing the following (anyway, this will make the [[aMule]] binnary loose debug info, so you'll be unable to report problems to the [[aMule devs|aMule Team]] to make [[aMule]] a better program, which it is not recommended): ''strip src/amule''
# Get back to your ''amule'' directory: ''cd ~/amule''
# Download [http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-App-Container.tar.bz2 aMule's app-Container]: ''curl -O http://download.berlios.de/amule/aMule-App-Container.tar.bz2''
# Extract it: ''tar -xjf aMule-App-Container.tar.bz2''
# Copy the ''amule'' binnary to the app-Container directory: ''cp aMule-2.0.0rc7/src/amule amule.app/Contents/MacOS/''
# And move ''amule.app'' directory to your Applications folder: ''mv amule.app /Applications''
# If everything went ok, you can safely remove the downloaded packages:
## Remove [[aMule]]'s sources package: ''rm ~/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc7.tar.bz2''
## Remove the app-Container package: ''rm aMule-App-Container.tar.bz2''
## Optionally remove the extracted [[aMule]] sources (not recommended, since you might want to compile it again someday): ''rm -r ~/amule/aMule-2.0.0rc7''
## Optionally, if you if you decided to remove the extracted [[aMule]] sources, remove the ''~/amule'' directory (which should be empty by now): ''rmdir ~/amule''

== Installing [[wxMac]] form sources ==

Only follow this part of the guide if [[wxMac]] is not available through your [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink] installation or if you really know what you're doing. In any other case, just jump to the next section.

# Create a directory where all the work will be done: ''mkdir ~/wxmac''
# Enter that directory: ''cd ~/wxmac''
# Download [[wxMac]] sources: ''curl -O ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/2.5.3/wxMac-2.5.3.tar.gz''
# Extract the file: ''tar -xzf wxMac-2.5.3.tar.gz''
# Enter the extracted sources' directory: ''cd wxMac-2.5.3''
# Directory ''build'' should already be there. If not, create it with: ''mkdir build''
# Now enter ''build'' directory: ''cd build''
# Prepare the compilation: ''../configure''
# And compile: ''make''
# Now install [[wxMac]] compilation: ''sudo make install''
# Get back to your home directory, you're done: ''cd ~''
# If everything went ok, you can safely remove:
## [[wxMac]]'s sources package: ''rm wxMac-2.5.3.tar.gz''
## Optionally remove the extracted [[wxMac]] sources (not recommended, since you might want to compile it again someday): ''rm -r ~/wxmac

== Problems and solutions ==

*If the app-Container failed to extract try running this command instead of the app-Container extraction step: ''mkdir -p amule.app/Contents/MacOS''

*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.

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