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--- en:release:2.86_release_notes [2017/03/20 05:46] – anupama
+++ en:release:2.86_release_notes [2017/09/27 05:27] – [Source Components and Source Distributions] anupama
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 ./makegli.sh
 ./makejar.sh
-</code> \\ **Note** that some Linux machines don't need gnome-lib at all, in which case, the first compilation step above would just be ''./makegs2.sh''. To tell whether your Linux machine needs gnome-lib, try compiling it without it first. If compilation fails during wvware, then you need gnome-lib. The Mac Mountain Lion and Leopard machines we tested it on required gnome-lib.
+</code>
+**Note** that some Linux and Mac machines may require to you to ''export CFLAGS="-fPIC $CFLAGS"'' before running the ''./makegs2.sh script''. If compilation fails when the ''CFLAGS'' has not been set to include ''-fPIC'', then try
+<pre>export CFLAGS="-fPIC $CFLAGS"
+make distclean
+makegs2.sh</pre>
+**Note** also that some Linux machines don't need gnome-lib at all, in which case, the first compilation step above would just be ''./makegs2.sh''. To tell whether your Linux machine needs gnome-lib, try compiling it without it first. If compilation fails during wvware, then you need gnome-lib. The Mac Mountain Lion and Leopard machines we tested it on required gnome-lib.
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