Re: [open-vm-tools-devel] Build options

[Elliot L. <el...@vm...>]

On 11/18/07 7:43 AM, "Todd Ignasiak" <tod...@gm...> wrote:

> Is there any documentation on the configure options for vmware tools?
> 
> The configure file is quite large,  ~850 KB, with what looks like a
> lot of default / unneeded config checks.   The huge size makes it
> difficult to pick out the relevant options.
> 
> The kind of things I'm looking for, and I'm sure others will need are:
> 
> - Which components can be enabled/disabled via configure?
>     - Specifically, how do I disable any X11 packages, and only do
> modules and command-line tools?
> - How can I specify a different kernel source path, to build modules
> for another VM which doesn't have build tools, rather than building
> for the running system?
> 
> 
> My first time running configure, it stopped on some Xinerama
> dependencies, and recommended the --disable-multimon option.   Next
> time through, it stopped on another X11 package..
> 
> I just want to build the command-line utilities, and kernel modules to
> be installed in a light-weight VM that doesn't have X-Windows, or gcc.

Hey Todd,

As Charles suggested, --help gives you help, --without-x turns off X11, and
you won't have much luck reading the configure file since it's generated by
autoconf from configure.ac... :)

I think the way to build kernel modules for a different kernel version is
not quite clear, but looking at modules/linux/<foo>/Makefile is the best way
to figure it out. A quick glance makes it look like you could pass
VM_UNAME=<kernelver> on the command line to select a different directory
under /lib/modules to build against.

Hope this helps,
-- Elliot