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--- en:user_advanced:installation [2019/05/29 09:19] – old revision restored (2019/05/29 21:06) anupama
+++ en:user_advanced:installation [2020/07/10 03:05] – [Uptodate source code from SVN] anupama
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   * [[en:developer:compiling_greenstone|Compiling Greenstone]]
+**Important Note:** Before proceeding, you're to set all instructed environment variables in the same terminal, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
 ===== Windows =====
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 export JNICFLAGS="$JNICFLAGS $CFLAGS"</code> Since GS3.08, if you're on 64 bit linux, you will also need to add -fPIC to the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS environment variables: \\ <code>export CFLAGS="-fPIC $CFLAGS"
 export CXXFLAGS="-fPIC $CXXFLAGS"</code>
-  - In the terminal, you can now finally run ''ant install'' from //the toplevel folder// of your extracted Greenstone 3 installation to start compilation. It can take several minutes. \\ **Note:** If at this stage, compilation fails at Perl's XMLParser with [[http://gentoo.2317880.n4.nabble.com/PREFIX-revolutions-in-the-bootstrapping-world-td181438.html|the error message]] "Only one of PREFIX or INSTALL_BASE can be given. Not both.", then in the same terminal check if the INSTALL_BASE environment variable is set, and if it is, unset it (and PERL_MM_OPT if it was set to this) and re-run ''ant install'':\\ <code>
+  - In the same terminal, you can now finally run ''ant install'' from //the toplevel folder// of your extracted Greenstone 3 installation to start compilation. It can take several minutes. \\ **Note:** If at this stage, compilation fails at Perl's XMLParser with [[http://gentoo.2317880.n4.nabble.com/PREFIX-revolutions-in-the-bootstrapping-world-td181438.html|the error message]] "Only one of PREFIX or INSTALL_BASE can be given. Not both.", then in the same terminal check if the INSTALL_BASE environment variable is set, and if it is, unset it (and PERL_MM_OPT if it was set to this) and re-run ''ant install'':\\ <code>
 > env | grep INSTALL
 PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=/something.../
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 export ANT_HOME=/path/to/your/ant
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
-</code>
+</code>\\ **NOTE:** Some of the prerequisite packages are available from greenstone's svn and are put into a subfolder called ''local''. For instructions on compiling up from source using the ''local'' folder, refer to the [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:developer:unix_source_install|Unix source installation page]]. Otherwise, proceed with the following.
   - Checkout the code: <code>
 svn co http://svn.greenstone.org/main/trunk/greenstone3
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 checkout.gnomelib.ext=true
 </code>\\ Skip this step if you don't want to //compile// the gnome-lib extension when compiling GS3, but prefer to use a pre-compiled ''gnome-lib'' to speed up the process, in which case you'll carry out step 9 later.
-  - If you want to compile imagemagick from source on Unix systems (though for Mac you can also use the precompiled imagemagick binary*), <code>
+  - If you want to compile imagemagick from source on Unix systems (though for Mac you can also use the precompiled imagemagick binary*), uncomment the following line in ''build.properties'' to activate it <code>
 checkout.imagemagick.ext=true
-</code>\\ **Not compiling at present on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.4).** So use the precompiled imagemagick binary* for that instead.
+</code>\\ **This is not successfully compiling at present on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.4).** So use the precompiled imagemagick binary* for that instead.
   - **If you're on Mac OS version 10.11/El Capitan or later**, set CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and JNIFLAGS as follows: \\ <code>export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$JAVA_HOME/include -I$JAVA_HOME/include/darwin"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CFLAGS"