HowTo Compile In MDK

2004-08-22T23:50:00Z

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<center><h2>by ''elui''</h2> 
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This how-to explains the way to install and compile [[aMule]] on [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake] 10 by using [http://www.urpmi.org urpmi]. I guess it would work in any other [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake] version but I haven't tried it.

Always remember:
<ul>
<li>NEVER use [[wxWidgets]] packages provided by Official [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake] (Any versions)</li>
<li>NEVER use [[wxWidgets]] packages provided by the [http://plf.zarb.org PLF]</li>
</ul>
The problem when installing [[aMule]] on [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake]] 10 (and 9.X), is that [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] official [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake] package is linked against [http://www.gtk.org GTK2] and [[aMule]] needs it to be linked against [http://www.gtk.org GTK1]. The solution is to use the [[wxWidgets|wx]] RPM packages from the [http://dl.amule.org aMule website].

This can be done following the [[Compilation_Installation|compilation how-to]] in the [[Main_Page|wiki of aMule]], but when doing it with [http://urpmi.org urpmi], you have the advantage of controlling the version conflict between [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake]'s [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] package and [[aMule]]'s [http://dl.amule.org website] package every time you update your system.

There are others packages needed to install [[aMule]] on [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake]. However, in this case, [http://www.mandrake.com Mandrake] official packages are fine. These packages are:

'''curl''' 
'''libcrypto''' 
'''libgd''' <----- this is needed only to use the ''-o'' option of [[CAS]]. If you're not going to use that option, you don't have to install it.

If you also want to compile [[aMule]], you must install the devel packages corresponding to those:

'''curl-devel''' 
'''libcrypto-devel''' 
'''libgd-devel''' 

To install all this packages, you must have well-configured [http://urpmi.org urpmi] sources (look [http://easyurpmi.zarb.org easyurpmi] or [http://bailandodesvan.webcindario.com/urpmidor urpmidor] to verify). If you have them well-configured, you only must do:

''urpmi curl'' 
''urpmi libcrypto'' 
''urpmi libgd''

''urpmi curl-devel'' 
''urpmi libcrypto-devel'' 
''urpmi libgd-devel''

Let's start

1. Create a directory to put in [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] and [[wxBase]] RPM packages from the [[aMule]] [http://dl.amule.org website].

''mkdir /home/user/RPMS''

copy there:

'''wxGTK-2.4.2.rpm''' 
'''wxBase-2.4.2.rpm''' 
'''aMule-2.0.0rc3-MDK_9.2-10.rpm''' OR '''aMule-1.2.6-MDK_9.2-10.rpm'''

if you also want to compile [[aMule]] you must also copy:

'''wxGTK-devel-2.4.2.rpm'''

2. Get in the new directory,

''cd /home/user/RPMS''

and run ''genhdlist'' to create ''hdlist.cz'':

''genhdlist''

3. Add that directory as a new source to [http://www.urpmi.org urpmi]

''urpmi.addmedia dirRPMS file://home/user/RPMS with hdlist.cz''

4. Go to '''RPMDRAKE''' -> '''Remove Software''', and search for ''[[wxWidgets|wx]]''. Select ''wxBase'', ''wxGTK'' and ''wxGTK-devel'' and remove all of them from your computer. If your computer doesn't find any of them, it just wasn't installed, so there's no need to remove it ;)

> Update by kozaki (22/08/2004)
> I suggest to update your howto with this information :
> Don't forget to remove "libwxgtk2.5.x.x" as well, as it is part of wxGTK
> and prevented me to install aMule-2rc5 on a MDK-10.
> End of note by kozaki.

5. Install [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] packages from dirRPMS source by doing:

''urpmi wxGTK-2.4.2''

if you also want to compile [[aMule]] you must also install

''urpmi wxGTK-devel-2.4.2''

6. Install [[wxBase]] package

''urpmi wxBase-2.4.2''

Make sure you install the right packages from dirRPMS copying their exact name after [http://www.urpmi.org urpmi].

''urpmi wxGTK-devel-2.4.2''

then you must create the following symbolic links:

''ln -sf /usr/bin/wxgtk-2.4-config /usr/bin/wx-config'' 
''ln -sf /usr/bin/wxbase-2.4-config /usr/bin/wxbase-config''

7. Now you can do

''urpmi aMule-2.0.0rc3-MDK_9.2-10.rpm''

OR

''urpmi aMule-1.2.6-MDK_9.2-10.rpm''

or compile [[aMule]] from the sources .tar.gz

Following this how-to, you get an easy way to install back all of the packages that [http://www.urpmi.org urpmi] will remove each time you update your system with ''urpmi --auto-select''.

After updating the system with [http://urpmi.org urpmi] you must remove back [[wxBase]] (and [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] if it also changes it), and then install the packages from dirRPMS as we have done before.

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