[webkit-dev] Building on Linux

[Jean-Charles VERDIE]

Hi

For our WebKit customization, we first used Bakefile from the original 
gtk port.
The issue with it was that it was impossible (or we didn't figure how) 
to make a .so and a .a from the same sources and on the same target.

We dropped it to switch to CMake which we find very interesting for our 
goals: highly customizable, it's flawless to change a library dependency 
before launching a compilation.

It's really interesting since our refactoring is based upon a clear 
split between what is really (from our point of view) WebKit, and what 
is platform+OS dependent (font engine, graphic context, threads, and so 
on). To have a powerful configure engine meant to us to be able to :
- cross compile while minimizing modification in the tool chain and the 
meta-makefile.
- be able to quickly switch from an implementation to another.
- keep the source directories clean (build the project in foreign 
directories).

We find out that CMake matched theses goals. While it's probably not the 
only one, it still is one :)

I hope that we can eventually merge our toolchain with other's efforts 
to try and minimize the number of toolchains for un*x platforms.

Regards
Jean-Charles

Krzysztof Kowalczyk a écrit :
> That's a great idea. I was planning to go this way as well, just
> didn't get far enough in understanding how those scripts work.
>
> -- kjk
>
> On 2/14/07, Kevin Ollivier <kevino at theolliviers.com> wrote:
>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>
>> This is what I'm doing right now with the wx port (I have a ./build-
>> wxwebkit script), and it's working pretty well for me. I'm building
>> using make/gcc on Unix and Mac, and using MSVS 2005 on Win. The other
>> benefit of a script is that you can integrate all the steps (e.g.
>> regenerating the makefiles) into the build process so it 'just works'
>> without having to remember to take certain steps each time you build
>> or change a particular file.
>>
>> I'd recommend that for now we just add a script such as this in
>> WebKitTools/Scripts, like build-gdk-webkit, so that people can use it
>> to easily build the port. I was chatting with the WebKit devs on IRC
>> and it sounds like we can just update build-webkit to start the build-
>> gdk-webkit script for the GDK build; this approach would allow both
>> the gdk and wx ports to work with build-webkit fairly simply.
>> Actually, unless someone else wants to take care of this, I could go
>> ahead and take care of this myself; I'm going to do it for the wx
>> build anyway.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2007, at 9:07 PM, Krzysztof Kowalczyk wrote:
>>
>> > Current svn gdk build works. Here's a script I use to do a full build:
>> >
>> > kjk at kjkubu:~/src/webkit-tot$ more ./gdk-rebuild.sh
>> > #!/bin/sh
>> > pushd .
>> > cd WebKitTools/Scripts
>> > ./regenerate-makefiles
>> > cd ../../JavaScriptCore
>> > make clean
>> > make
>> > cd ../WebCore/Projects/gdk
>> > make clean
>> > make .DerivedSources
>> > make
>> > cd ../../../WebKitTools/GdkLauncher
>> > make clean
>> > make
>> > popd
>> >
>> > To run:
>> > kjk at kjkubu:~/src/webkit-tot$ cd WebKitTools/GdkLauncher/
>> > kjk at kjkubu:~/src/webkit-tot/WebKitTools/GdkLauncher$ source ENV
>> > kjk at kjkubu:~/src/webkit-tot/WebKitTools/GdkLauncher$ ./gdklauncher
>> >
>> > If you get a lots of compile errors, that probably means missing
>> > dependencies. Check that you have icu-dev installed.
>> >
>> > You have to have the latest Ubuntu 6.10 since that's the only one that
>> > has the required cairo version.
>> >
>> > -- kjk
>> >
>> > On 2/11/07, Rich Curtis <rich.curtis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Thanks Mark,
>> >>
>> >> Alas, I fear I have have tried everything I can think of. I'm
>> >> doing this in
>> >> a fresh parallels ubuntu.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 1. Installed ubuntu.
>> >> 2. Installed gcc
>> >> 3. Installed svn
>> >> 4. Installed the missing python pieces
>> >> 5. Installed the bakefile version linked to in the readme.
>> >> 6. Followed the instructions in the readme. I am now getting the gnu
>> >> makefiles.
>> >>
>> >> Still no good. Lots of compile errors trying to make webcore/
>> >> projects/gdk.
>> >>
>> >> Am I missing anything? Is there a *current* tutorial on how to
>> >> build webkit
>> >> on linux?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks again,
>> >>
>> >> RC
>> >>
>> >> On 2/11/07, Mark Rowe <bdash at webkit.org> wrote:
>> >> > Rich,
>> >> >
>> >> > Please take a look at the wiki page with instructions: <http://
>> >> > trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingGdk>.
>> >> >
>> >> > Kind regards,
>> >> >
>> >> > Mark Rowe
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 12/02/2007, at 6:36 AM, Rich Curtis wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Hi WebKit Devs,
>> >> > > Are there any instructions anywhere on how to build WebKit for
>> >> Linux?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I'm running ubuntu 6.10.1 and got bakefile installed ok, but
>> >> when I
>> >> > > run make
>> >> > > in any of the project dirs it goes looking for xcodebuild
>> >> which I'm
>> >> > > pretty
>> >> > > sure is a Mac OS X utility. Am I missing some crucial step?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I would be happy to post instructions on how to build it if I
>> >> could
>> >> > > just
>> >> > > figure it out myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks,
>> >> > >
>> >> > > RC
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