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Library / header file requirements:
Library / header file requirements:
* gtk2 + development files (sometimes called libgtk2.0-dev or libgtk2-devel)
* gtk2 + development files (sometimes called libgtk2.0-dev or libgtk2-devel)
* pcre + development files (sometimes called libpcre3-dev or pcre-devel)


Optional libraries / header files:
Optional libraries / header files:
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=== Debian and Ubuntu packages required ===
=== Debian and Ubuntu packages required ===
* make
* gcc
* libgtk2.0-dev
* libgtk2.0-dev
* libxml2-dev
and optional
* libenchant-dev
* libgucharmap2-dev
* libgucharmap2-dev
* libxml2-dev


== Getting and compiling ==
== Getting and compiling ==

Revision as of 01:20, 6 January 2011

Compiling bluefish 2.0 from source tarballs

installing the requirements

Build requirements:

  • a C compiler (for example gcc or clang-gcc)
  • gnu make

Library / header file requirements:

  • gtk2 + development files (sometimes called libgtk2.0-dev or libgtk2-devel)

Optional libraries / header files:

  • libenchant + development files (for spell checking)
  • libgucharmap + development files (for the character map side pane plugin)

Debian and Ubuntu packages required

  • make
  • gcc
  • libgtk2.0-dev
  • libxml2-dev

and optional

  • libenchant-dev
  • libgucharmap2-dev

Getting and compiling

  • get the latest source from http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/
  • unpack
    • for a gzipped file tar -xzf bluefish-2.0.xxxx.tar.gz
    • for a bzipped file tar -xjf bluefish-2.0.xxxx.tar.bz2
  • cd bluefish-2.0.xxxx
  • run ./configure
  • run make
  • switch to root and run make install

Compiling bluefish straight from subversion

write this...

Debian and Ubuntu packages required to build from subversion

  • libtool
  • intltool
  • automake
  • autoconf
  • libgtk2.0-dev
  • libgucharmap2-dev
  • libxml2-dev