How to get started developing

@(#) $File: README.DEVELOPER,v 1.9 2021/09/20 14:04:39 christos Exp $

Auto files

After checking out the source, run the following:

autoreconf -f -i
make distclean	# this can fail if you have not built before
./configure --disable-silent-rules
make -j4
make -C tests check

If you see errors, make sure you have the latest libtool and autoconf This has been tested with autoconf-2.69 and libtool-2.4.2

Installing dependencies

If your platform doesn't have the above tools, install the following packages first.

Debian

apt-get install \
    automake \
    gcc \
    libtool \
    make \
    python \
    zlib1g-dev \

See also .travis.yml.

Mac OS X (MacPorts)

port install \
    autoconf \
    automake \
    libtool \

Mac OS X (HomeBrew)

brew install autoconf automake libtool

Tested with: autoconf 2.69 automake 1.16.1 libtool 2.4.6