HowTo Compile In Debian/Ubuntu

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See also general [[Compilation Installation]]

= Are you sure you want to compile? =
If not, (which is pretty common) decide if you want the [[aMule]] stable release or the [[aMule SVN]] release.

= Debian =
== Official way ==
=== Install packages ===
The latest stable versions of aMule are in the official [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_repository Debian repositories].

You can use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic Package Manager] (if you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME]) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adept_Manager Adept] (if you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE KDE]). Then you must search and install '''amule''' package.

If you prefer to use the terminal, enter this command:

sudo aptitude install amule

If you prefer to download the aMule can do it manually from [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=amule&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all this website]

== Unofficial way ==
[http://www.amule.org/amule/index.php?action=profile;u=2524 Vollstrecker] maintains an unofficial repository for Stable and Testing branchs of Debian GNU/Linux.

Packages, of that repository, are GPG signed, so follow this step as root:
'''apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net D63913EF50D0AE60'''

=== [[aMule]] stable release ===
You can just install latest stable [[aMule]] version adding the following lines into your ''/etc/apt/sources.list'' file:

deb http://www.vollstreckernet.de/debian/ testing amule-stable wx

or

deb http://www.vollstreckernet.de/debian/ stable amule-stable wx

If you have wx from somewhere else, you can ommit it in theses lines, but don't cry if it won't work.

Now run <code>apt-get update && apt-get install amule</code>

For the packages in the repo and how to get the key, look into the next section.

=== [[aMule SVN]] release ===
You can also get the latest [[aMule SVN]] through debs adding the following line into your ''/etc/apt/sources.list'' file:

deb http://www.vollstreckernet.de/debian/ testing amule

or

deb http://www.vollstreckernet.de/debian/ stable amule

If you need a recent Version of wx (2.8 atm), just append '''" wx"''' to the lines above. Be careful, between amule and wx is a space needed.
If you only want wx binaries installed, replace amule with wx.

Now run ''aptitude update && aptitude install amule''

You might also want to take a look at the other available [[aMule]] utilities:

'''[[aMule SVN]]'''

* amule
* amule-alc
* amule-alcc
* amule-alcc-dbg
* amule-alc-dbg
* amule-cas
* amule-cas-dbg
* amule-cmd
* amule-cmd-dbg
* amule-common
* amule-daemon
* amule-daemon-dbg
* amule-dbg
* amule-ed2k
* amule-ed2k-dbg
* amule-i18n-ar
* amule-i18n-bg
* amule-i18n-ca
* amule-i18n-da
* amule-i18n-de
* amule-i18n-en-gb
* amule-i18n-en-us
* amule-i18n-es
* amule-i18n-es-mx
* amule-i18n-et-ee
* amule-i18n-eu
* amule-i18n-fi
* amule-i18n-fr
* amule-i18n-gl
* amule-i18n-hr
* amule-i18n-hu
* amule-i18n-it
* amule-i18n-it-ch
* amule-i18n-ko-kr
* amule-i18n-nl
* amule-i18n-pl
* amule-i18n-pt-br
* amule-i18n-pt-pt
* amule-i18n-ru
* amule-i18n-sl
* amule-i18n-sv
* amule-i18n-tr
* amule-i18n-zh-cn
* amule-i18n-zh-tw
* amule-remote-gui
* amule-remote-gui-dbg
* amule-skin-gnome
* amule-skin-kde4
* amule-skin-tango
* amule-skin-xfce
* amule-theme-default
* amule-utils
* amule-utils-gui
* amuleweb
* amuleweb-dbg
* amule-wxcas
* amule-wxcas-dbg
* amule-xas

For example, if you think [[aMule]]'s [[AMuleWeb|Web interface]] rocks and you want to have it too, enter this line after the one above:

For [[aMule SVN]] and [[aMule]] stable: ''aptitude install amuleweb''

If you still want to compile [[aMule]] instead of just installing a binary, keep reading...

= Ubuntu =
== Official way ==
=== Install packages ===
The latest stable versions of aMule are in the official [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_repository Ubuntu repositories].

You can use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic Package Manager] (if you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME]) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPackageKit KPackageKit]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adept_Manager Adept] (if you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE KDE]). Then you must search and install '''amule''' package.

If you prefer to use the terminal, enter this command:

sudo aptitude install amule

If you prefer to download the aMule can do it manually from [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=amule&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all this website]

= Compile and install aMule =
== Info: What aMule release needs what wxwidgets release? ==
* Debian Etch includes aMule 2.1.3 and wxwidgets 2.6.3

* aMule 2.1.x needs wxwidgets 2.6. You cannot compile it with newer versions of wxwidgets.
* aMule 2.2.x needs wxwidgets 2.8. You cannot compile it with older versions of wxwidgets.

== What developement packages do I need for compiling? ==
For compiling [[aMule SVN]] you need the following packages installed:

* libcrypto++-dev
* libgd2-xpm-dev
* libgeoip-dev
* libglib2.0-dev
* libpng12-dev
* libreadline5-dev
* libupnp3-dev
* libwxgtk2.8-dev
* wx2.8-i18n
* zlib1g-dev
* binutils-dev

'''Warning''': ''64 bit users need to install a libxcb >= 1.1.92 if they want long uptimes.''

== Preparing: Compiling and installing wxwidgets ==
This algorithm works for all Debian flavours.

''Note: Recent versions of Ubuntu (Jaunty) have an (almost unpatched) libwxgtk good enough for use with aMule. Note that aMule developers require you compile your own wxWidgets.''

To compile aMule, You need to have a current version of [[wxWidgets]] installed. To achieve that:
Uninstall every possibly previously installed wxwidgets stuff (see [[How to uninstall wxWidgets]]
and [[Check if wx is installed twice]])
You need the following packages installed:

* flex
* bison
* gettext
* libgtk2.0-dev
* python-all-dev (>= 2.4.3)
* python-all-dbg
* zlib1g-dev
* libjpeg62-dev
* libpng12-dev
* libtiff4-dev
* libsm-dev
* libgl1-mesa-dev '''or''' libgl-dev
* libglu1-mesa-dev '''or''' libglu-dev
* libesd0-dev
* libgnomeprintui2.2-dev
* libgconf2-dev
* libgstreamer0.10-dev
* libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
* bc

# Download current wxwidgets wxGTK stable release source code tar ball from <tt>http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/</tt>
# <tt>$ tar xvzf wxgtk-''version''.tar.gz</tt>
# <tt>$ cd wxGTK-''version''</tt>
# <tt>$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gtk --enable-unicode --disable-compat24 --enable-optimise</tt>
# <tt>$ make</tt>
# <tt># make install</tt>
# <tt># ldconfig</tt>

$ = command executed with normal user account<br>
<nowiki>#</nowiki> = command executed with root account

== Compiling and installing aMule ==
Now that You have installed current wxGTK, go on to compile aMule:
# Install the needed packages mentioned in '''"What developement packages do I need for compiling?"'''
# Download aMule source code tar ball from <tt>http://www.amule.org</tt> (note: For compiling aMule 2.1.3 you'll need a patch aviable [http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/SOURCES/aMule-wx.patch?rev=1.2 HERE]
# <tt>$ tar xvjf aMule-''version''.tar.bz2</tt>
# <tt>$ cd aMule-''version''</tt>
# To have a look what features of aMule You can enable or disable: <tt>$ ./configure --help</tt>
# You should be right with <tt>$ ./configure --disable-debug --enable-optimize</tt>
# <tt>$ make</tt>
# <tt># make install</tt>

$ = command executed with normal user account<br>
<nowiki>#</nowiki> = command executed with root account

That's it! Now You can start aMule with command "amule".

== Building your own debian packages ==
First you have to get a source tarball. Note, that only [[aMule SVN]] and Releases of aMule 2.2.1 or later are able to build debain-packages directly.

First install all needed tools:

* build-essential
* debhelper
* libglib2.0-dev
* libgtk2.0-dev
* zlib1g-dev
* libwxgtk2.8-dev
* libgd2-xpm-dev
* bison
* flex
* libcrypto++-dev
* libreadline5-dev
* libgeoip-dev
* libupnp-dev
* devscripts

'''All commands after here are entered in the top-dir of the extracted aMule-source-tarball (usually .../amule-cvs or .../aMule-<version>)'''

Create a new changelog Entry with (the version in the changelog indicates the version your packages will get):
dch -v `date +%Y%m%d` New Upstream CVS Release
Now start the packages creation with:
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b -rfakeroot
Now you have all created debian-packages in the parent dir of you source-dir and can install them with:
dpkg -i <package>
or build your own repository.

If you want to build just a few packages instead of all, you can obtain information about how this works with:
debian/rules help

== You're done... ==
That's it! Your own compiled [[aMule]] is installed on your system and ready to go.

To run [[aMule]], just type <code>"amule"</code>. You can check if everything worked by typing <code>"amule -v"</code> and check if the displayed version corresponds with the one you were compiling/installing.

If this HowTo didn't help, you have a rare problem on your system ;-) Take a look at http://www.amule.org (aMule Forums at http://forum.amule.org ) or visit us in #amule on irc.freenode.net and (don't doubt) we'll try to do our best to help you.

== Final notes ==
If you are in one of those rare cases when you wish to compile [[aMule]] statically, install also ''libtiff4-dev'' (through ''apt-get install libtiff4-dev''). Anyway, this is '''NOT''' recommended and, in fact, will probably not do any better or even, not work at all.

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