Recent changes to SolarisBuild

SolarisBuild modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:54:02 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 

 **WARNING: THIS GUIDE IS FOR ADVANCED USERS FOR USE IN BUILDING AND PORTING.**
+
+**Note: This has not been tested with CDE versions 2.4.0a+ (autoconf) and may not work.**

 **Note: This port has been tested on Solaris 11. Older Solaris releases are not supported.
 They have Sun-CDE out of the box.**

SolarisBuild modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:39:40 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 They have Sun-CDE out of the box.**
 


-# Table of Contents
+Table of Contents
+
 [TOC]

 # Build Prerequisites

SolarisBuild modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:01:58 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 They have Sun-CDE out of the box.**
 


+# Table of Contents
+[TOC]

 # Build Prerequisites

@@ -48,24 +50,24 @@
 * add your hostname to the localhost line in /etc/hosts or add a new line with hostname and ip address. **NOTE: This should not be needed for CDE versions 2.3 and above.**

 * create symlinks:
-   ````
+````
     ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc
     ln -s /opt/solarisstudio12.3 /opt/solarisstudio  (optional)
-    ````
+````
 * configure runtime linking environment:
 ````
     crle -u -l /usr/gnu/lib
     crle -u -l /usr/X11/lib
     crle -64 -u -l /usr/gnu/lib/amd64
     crle -64 -u -l /usr/X11/lib/amd64
-    ````
+````
 * change LANG varaible:
 ````
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LANG=C
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_ALL=C
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_CTYPE=C
     svcadm refresh svc:/system/environment:init
-    ````
+````
 * reboot the system

SolarisBuild modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 23:59:51 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 


-## 1) Build Prerequisites ##
+# Build Prerequisites

-### 1.1) Supported Platforms ###
+## Supported Platforms

 The initial Solaris port only supports 64-bit x86 systems.
 


-### 1.2) Install Dependencies ###
+## Install Dependencies

 Install the following packages:

@@ -33,129 +33,121 @@
 * developer/build/libtool
 


-### 1.3) Additional Preparations ###
+## Additional Preparations

 * add /usr/gnu/bin to your PATH variable:
-    PATH=$PATH:/usr/gnu/bin
+
+        PATH=$PATH:/usr/gnu/bin

 * add /opt/solarisstudio/bin to your PATH variable  (optional):
-    PATH=$PATH:/opt/solarisstudio/bin
+
+        PATH=$PATH:/opt/solarisstudio/bin

 Run the following commands as root:

-* add your hostname to the localhost line in /etc/hosts or add a new line with hostname and ip address
+* add your hostname to the localhost line in /etc/hosts or add a new line with hostname and ip address. **NOTE: This should not be needed for CDE versions 2.3 and above.**
+
 * create symlinks:
+   ````
     ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc
     ln -s /opt/solarisstudio12.3 /opt/solarisstudio  (optional)
+    ````
 * configure runtime linking environment:
+````
     crle -u -l /usr/gnu/lib
     crle -u -l /usr/X11/lib
     crle -64 -u -l /usr/gnu/lib/amd64
     crle -64 -u -l /usr/X11/lib/amd64
+    ````
 * change LANG varaible:
+````
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LANG=C
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_ALL=C
     svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_CTYPE=C
     svcadm refresh svc:/system/environment:init
+    ````
 * reboot the system
 


-### 1.4) Installation of Motif ###
+## Installation of Motif

 **Build Motif from source!**

 * Download the latest source package from sourceforge \([motif-2.3.4.src.tgz](https://sourceforge.net/projects/motif/files/latest/download)\).
 * unpack sources
-* cd motif-2.3.4
-* ./autogen.sh   (also starts configure)
-* make
-* sudo make install
+
+````
+cd motif-2.3.4
+./autogen.sh
+make
+sudo make install
+````
 


-## 2) Compiling ##
+# Compiling

-### 2.1) Get a copy of the repository ###
+## Get the CDE source code

-Use the git clone command to read the source code from Git repository:
+[[include ref="include_Get source code"]]

-* git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code  cdesktopenv-code
 


-### 2.2) Record all actions for troubleshooting ###
-
-In case of trouble it is important to have a log file to report problems.
-
-Use the command:
-
-* script /tmp/log.txt
-
-to open a log file that will log everything in your terminal (also all letters and passwords that you might type!)
-into the /tmp/log.txt file.
-

-
-### 2.3) Link in X11 headers ###
+## Link in X11 headers

 The X11 library headers need to be symlinked into the build tree.
 **Be careful of capitalisation of 'x' and 'X' here.**

 (Replace /path/to/ with the path to the location of your source tree.)

-- cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
-- mkdir -p imports/x11/include
-- cd imports/x11/include
-- ln -s /usr/include/X11 .
-- ln -s /usr/X11/include/Xm .
+````
+cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
+mkdir -p imports/x11/include
+cd imports/x11/include
+ln -s /usr/include/X11 .
+ln -s /usr/X11/include/Xm .
+````
 


-### 2.4) Supported Compiler ###
+## Supported Compilers

 The port supports either gcc or Solaris Studio compiler. gcc is the default and must be installed (see 1.2). 
 But it is also possible to install Solaris Studio and to activate it for CDE by adding the following line
 to /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde/config/cf/host.def:

-* \#define HasSunC   YES
+    #define HasSunC YES
+    
 


-### 2.5) Build CDE ###
+## Build CDE

-* cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
-* make World
+    cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
+    make World

 The build will terminate with a successfully built message.
 


-## 3) Install CDE ##
-
+# Install CDE
 This has to be done as root:

-* cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools
-* ./installCDE -s /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
+     cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools
+     ./installCDE -s /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
+
 


-## 4) Close logfile ##
-
-* Type "exit"
-* /tmp/log.txt should contain recording of all actions in the terminal.
-

-
-## 5) Start CDE ##
+# Start CDE

 Disable gdm graphical login as root:

-* svcadm disable svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm
+    svcadm disable svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm

 You can now start CDE login manager:

-* /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin
+    /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin

 Alternatively, you can start an X session as a normal user:

-* env LANG=C startx /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
+    env LANG=C startx /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
+    
 


-## 6) Reporting problems
-
-Please check if your logfile (/tmp/log.txt) does not contain sensitive information and feel free
-to send it to us.
-

Discussion for SolarisBuild page

Ignacio Sniechowski — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 19:28:47 -0000

Compilation fails for me in Solaris 11.3 (x86). Motif compiles and install OK (motif-2-3-7)
But CDE, after carefully follow the instructions provided here, fails with the following message:

ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors

*** Error code 2
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ttdbck'
Current working directory /export/home/nacho/cdesktopenv-code/cde/lib/tt/bin/dbck

*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
for flag in  ''; do \
case "$flag" in *=*) ;; *[ik]*) set +e;; esac; done; \
for i in dbck shell scripts tt_type_comp  ttauth ttdbserverd ttsession tttar tttrace ;\
do \
echo "making" all "in lib/tt/bin/$i..."; \
(cd $i && /usr/ccs/bin/make  'CDEBUGFLAGS=-O2' 'CXXDEBUGFLAGS=-O2' all); \
done

I've tried both using gcc and solaris studio (though still using GCC) as posted here, but get the same error.

Anyone having the same problem?
Thanks in advance.

PS: I will check if using motif-2-3-4 as suggested in this page, makes a difference.

Discussion for SolarisBuild page

Van — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:45:23 -0000

Please help providing steps to compile CDE for Solaris 11 Sparc (on T5240). Step 2.5 *Build CDE" failed on me!

Discussion for SolarisBuild page

Richard Hamilton — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:32:18 -0000

Perhaps the 64-bit crle commands should instead be
crle -64 -u -l /usr/gnu/lib/64
crle -64 -u -l /usr/X11/lib/64
(the system defaults also use the 64 links rather than the architecture-specific directory name)
Along with whatever else is needed to get this working on SPARC is also done, that would be one less thing to be different between x86 and SPARC. SPARC is a bit more to my immediate interest, having a T5240 off of eBay to play on, and to offset winter heating needs :-)

Discussion for SolarisBuild page

gary perreault — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:10:28 -0000

Thanks for the hardwork putting CDE back on solaris and openindiana :) I will be trying this out now.

SolarisBuild modified by Ulrich Wilkens

Ulrich Wilkens — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:23:56 -0000

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WARNING: THIS GUIDE IS FOR ADVANCED USERS FOR USE IN BUILDING AND PORTING.

Note: This port has been tested on Solaris 11. Older Solaris releases are not supported.
They have Sun-CDE out of the box.

1) Build Prerequisites

1.1) Supported Platforms

The initial Solaris port only supports 64-bit x86 systems.

1.2) Install Dependencies

Install the following packages:

developer/versioning/git
group/system/solaris-desktop
developer/gcc-45
system/header
developer/macro/gnu-m4
text/locale
system/locale/extra
x11/trusted/trusted-xorg
developer/build/autoconf
developer/build/automake-110
developer/build/libtool

1.3) Additional Preparations

add /usr/gnu/bin to your PATH variable:
PATH=$PATH:/usr/gnu/bin
add /opt/solarisstudio/bin to your PATH variable (optional):
PATH=$PATH:/opt/solarisstudio/bin

Run the following commands as root:

add your hostname to the localhost line in /etc/hosts or add a new line with hostname and ip address
create symlinks:
ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc
ln -s /opt/solarisstudio12.3 /opt/solarisstudio (optional)
configure runtime linking environment:
crle -u -l /usr/gnu/lib
crle -u -l /usr/X11/lib
crle -64 -u -l /usr/gnu/lib/amd64
crle -64 -u -l /usr/X11/lib/amd64
change LANG varaible:
svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LANG=C
svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_ALL=C
svccfg -s svc:/system/environment:init setprop environment/LC_CTYPE=C
svcadm refresh svc:/system/environment:init
reboot the system

1.4) Installation of Motif

Build Motif from source!

Download the latest source package from sourceforge (motif-2.3.4.src.tgz).
unpack sources
cd motif-2.3.4
./autogen.sh (also starts configure)
make
sudo make install

2) Compiling

2.1) Get a copy of the repository

Use the git clone command to read the source code from Git repository:

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code cdesktopenv-code

2.2) Record all actions for troubleshooting

In case of trouble it is important to have a log file to report problems.

Use the command:

script /tmp/log.txt

to open a log file that will log everything in your terminal (also all letters and passwords that you might type!)
into the /tmp/log.txt file.

2.3) Link in X11 headers

The X11 library headers need to be symlinked into the build tree.
Be careful of capitalisation of 'x' and 'X' here.

(Replace /path/to/ with the path to the location of your source tree.)

cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
mkdir -p imports/x11/include
cd imports/x11/include
ln -s /usr/include/X11 .
ln -s /usr/X11/include/Xm .

2.4) Supported Compiler

The port supports either gcc or Solaris Studio compiler. gcc is the default and must be installed (see 1.2).
But it is also possible to install Solaris Studio and to activate it for CDE by adding the following line
to /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde/config/cf/host.def:

#define HasSunC YES

2.5) Build CDE

cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde
make World

The build will terminate with a successfully built message.

3) Install CDE

This has to be done as root:

cd /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools
./installCDE -s /path/to/cdesktopenv-code/cde

4) Close logfile

Type "exit"
/tmp/log.txt should contain recording of all actions in the terminal.

5) Start CDE

Disable gdm graphical login as root:

svcadm disable svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm

You can now start CDE login manager:

/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin

Alternatively, you can start an X session as a normal user:

env LANG=C startx /usr/dt/bin/Xsession

6) Reporting problems

Please check if your logfile (/tmp/log.txt) does not contain sensitive information and feel free
to send it to us.