[indiana-discuss] Compiling Package(s) in Indiana?

[Albert Lee]

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 17:03 -0800, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> I am interested in compiling oxim (Open X Input Method):
> 
> http://opendesktop.org.tw/demopage/oxim/
> 
> in Indy2.
> 
> Is there any write-up/recipe that provides detailed step-by-step procedures about compiling packages (including how to set up the right PATH) in Indiana? Thanks.

The packaging system does not require a particular build system, but the
most standardised one for Indiana is the JDS common build environment
(CBE) used by JDS and SFE. The CBE works similarly to the rpmbuild
system and packages are defined by one or more spec files.

http://opensolaris.org/os/project/jds/documents/indiana_build/ has
Indiana specific instructions for installing the JDS CBE (ignore the
part about building GNOME).


http://opensolaris.org/os/project/jds/contributing/building/ has some
examples of building packages - for Indiana you'll want to use the
pkgtool program. SFE (spec-files-extra) is converting its packages to
work on Indiana, so you can look at its large library of spec files for
good examples.

-Albert