[Sdcc-user] Instructions for building gpsim on Mac OS

[Kustaa N. <Kus...@pl...>]

Hi

the other weekend I spend some hours figuring out how to 
build gpsim on Mac OS X. So I'm sharing my recepie here:

This was done Mac OS X 10.5 / Leopard

1. Get the source code for version 0.22.0

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpsim/ 

I just downloaded the file:

gpsim-0.22.0.tar.gz  

2. Get and install  MacPorts

http://www.macports.org/ 

3.  From the Terminal command line install the following
packages using MacPort as follows:

sudo port install pkg-config
sudo port install gtk2
sudo port install gtk2-extra
sudo port install popth

I think I installed automake also but I'm not 
sure if that is required.

4.  Edit/fix gpsim/main.cc file as follows:

File:

gpsim/main.cc

change line:

 optCon = poptGetContext(0, argc, (char **)argv, optionsTable, 0);

to:

 optCon = poptGetContext(0, argc, (const char **)argv, optionsTable,
0);


5. configure and compile as usual

./configure  
./configure 
make
make install

You can also configure it to compile  without the gui with the
--disable-gui option.
Note that even  if you do not want the gui you need gtk2 and
gt2-extra.



6. You can now launch if from the command line with:

gpsim

To use it without the gui you use the -i option.

7. To use it load a compiled code in from a .cod file

(A small note:  if the processor model you are using  is not supported
by
gpsim, then the processor list shows empty! I think this is normal.)


Hope this helps someone, as the instructions on the gpsim homepage at:

http://www.dattalo.com/gnupic/gpsim.html

Fail to mention some of the required packages and also there is an
error I think main.cc file that is common to many programs using
popth that surfaces with more strict (=modern?) compilers.

Why am I posting this here? Well, because several times I've
tried to join the gpsim mailing list but never been able to do that.

br Kusti