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= Compiling and Packaging Inkscape under Mac OS X =
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== Before you start ==
If you want an Official Release, note that from version 0.42 of Inkscape a Mac OS X package (in .dmg form) will be available. In addition, regular Development Versions will be build. Both can be downloaded from Inkscape's downloads page:
 
:http://www.inkscape.org/download.php
 
Inkscape for Mac OS X is an X client: it runs under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System X Windows System]. You will need an X Windows Server installed for it to work. You can get Apple's X Server (requires Mac OS X 10.3 or above) here:
 
:http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html
 
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== Compiling How To ==
 
'''Note''': You could use the [http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/inkscape Inkscape package] from the [http://fink.sourceforge.net Fink project] to install Inkscape from source but this package is usally older that the precompiled Development Versions and even that the Official Release so this does not seem useful.
 
'''Requirements''':
#Mac OS X 10.3 of higher
#A full [http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#unstable unstable fink] installation
#Inkscape's source code. You can get the [http://www.inkscape.org/download.php official release source code], a [http://www.inkscape.org/cvs-snap/ CVS snapshot] or a copy of the [http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=93438 cvs repository] (the module name is "inkscape")
 
'''Installing dependencies''':
 
In a Terminal type:
<pre>
fink install �
        intltool �
        glib2 glib2-dev glib2-shlibs �
        gtk+2 gtk+2-shlibs gtk+2-dev �
        libpng3 libpng3-shlibs �
        libsigc++2 libsigc++2-shlibs �
        gtkmm2.4 gtkmm2.4-dev gtkmm2.4-shlibs �
        libtool14 libtool14-shlibs �
        libxml2 libxml2-shlibs �
        popt popt-shlibs �
        gc gc-shlibs automake1.8
</pre>
 
You need automake 1.8 and not the latest in fink (1.9.6-1). Fink installs many packages from source so this is usually long.
 
'''Setting the build environment''':
 
You need set the following environment variables (taken right out of fink's <code>.info</code> file) for the compilation to work. They are in bash syntax. You can create a file named <code>set_variables</code> for example and copy/paste this inside:
<pre>
#!/bin/bash
FINK="/sw"
export LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/X11R6/lib:$FINK/lib"
export CPATH="$FINK/include"
export PATH="/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH"
export CC="gcc"
export CXX="g++"
export CPPFLAGS="-I$FINK/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L$FINK/lib"
export CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall"
export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
</pre>
 
Optionaly, to speed up the compilation a bit you could use <code>ccache</code> if you have it installed:
<pre>
export CC="ccache gcc"
export CXX="ccache g++"
</pre>
 
'''Note''': Inkscape won't link properly on OS X 10.4.x using gcc 4 (the default) since many of the libraries it needs in fink are still built with gcc-3.3.  Thus, Tiger users will probably want to modify a couple of lines:
<pre>
export CC="gcc-3.3"
export CXX="g++-3.3"
</pre>
 
Then, open a Terminal and, in the directory where you created the file <code>set_variables</code>, type:
<pre>
bash
source set_variables
</pre>
 
Then you need to build the configure script. Cd to Inkscape's source directory and run:
<pre>
autogen.sh
</pre>
 
'''Configuring''':
 
Cd to Inkscape's sources directory and type
<pre>
./configure --prefix=/path/to/build/products/ --enable-osxapp
</pre>
The <code>--prefix</code> option sets the directory where the build products are placed. It must be somwhere you have write access to. The option --enable-osxapp allows you to package Inkscape into an <code>.app</code> bundle in order to access it like a regular OS X application. Remove this option if you only want to build Inskscape, not to package it afterwards.
 
'''Building''':
<pre>
make
make install
</pre>
 
'''Packaging''':
 
Assuming that you have used the <code>--enable-osxapp</code> option during <code>configure</code>, the process is fully automatized. You just have to open a Terminal, cd to Inkscape's sources directory and type:
<pre>
cd packaging
./osx-app.sh /path/to/build/products/bin/inkscape ../Info.plist macosx
</pre>
 
You will end up with two files in current directory: Inkscape.app that you can copy to your Applications directory and Inkscape.dmg for distribution.
 
-- Kees Cook, Michael Wybrow, Jean-Olivier Irisson
 
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== Interesting links ==
 
Some packaging links:
http://freespace.ausgamers.com/2005/02/creating-os-x-application-bundles-step.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/JavaLP/JavaToMac3/
http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/gimp.app.howto.txt

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