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Version 10.1 by christoph_lechleitner@iteg_at on 2014-01-08 06.34:26
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1 Setting up a portable C++ project still is a pain in the ass, especially if it shall be portable.
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3 When trying to automate it in some way, we came to the conclusion that a full example in a public subversion repository is a good solutions because it's easy to use for you and easy to maintain for us.
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5 === {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-HowTo..."/}}HowTo ... ===
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7 These are the steps for an ultra fast bootstrapping of a portable project relying on pba-cbs and [[our incarnation of the MinGW cross compilation toolchain>>doc:MINGW64.WebHome]].
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9 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Preparations"/}}Preparations =====
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11 You need deb sources for {{code language="none"}}pba{{/code}} ({{code language="none"}}any-pba-1.0{{/code}}) and //distro//{{code language="none"}}-mingw-5{{/code}} (i.e. {{code language="none"}}squeeze-mingw-5{{/code}} or {{code language="none"}}wheezy-mingw-5{{/code}}), see [[https:~~/~~/deb.clazzes.org>>url:https://deb.clazzes.org/||shape="rect"]].
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13 For starters, You need to install the packages {{code language="none"}}pba-cbs{{/code}} and {{code language="none"}}subversion{{/code}}.
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15 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Retrievethesceleton"/}}Retrieve the sceleton =====
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17 Decide for the main name of your app:
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19 {{code language="none"}}
20 MYAPPNAME="myapp"
21 {{/code}}
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23 Export our example from public svn:
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25 {{code language="none"}}
26 # for an application project:
27 svn export "https://svn.clazzes.org/svn/pba/trunk/pba-helloworld-portable" $MYAPPNAME
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29 # for a library project:
30 svn export "https://svn.clazzes.org/svn/pba/trunk/pba-hellolib-portable" $MYAPPNAME
31 {{/code}}
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33 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Renameandsearch'n'replace"/}}Rename and search'n'replace =====
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35 Rename some stuff and have the inlcude files adapted:
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37 {{code language="none"}}
38 cd $MYAPPNAME
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40 scripts/rename_main_files.sh $MYAPPNAME
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42 rm scripts/rename_main_files.sh
43 {{/code}}
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45 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Optional:Removewindowsstuff"/}}Optional: Remove windows stuff =====
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47 If you do not want windows binaries, remove it:
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49 (((
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52 {{code language="none"}}
53 rm -rf src/include-mingw.mk src/*.nsi src/*.rc debian-mingw* build/win* nsis
54 {{/code}}
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57 )))
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59 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Adaptdebianinformation"/}}Adapt debian information =====
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61 Change my name and e-mail to yours and adapt the description:
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63 {{code language="none"}}
64 $EDITOR debian*/control debian*/changelog
65 {{/code}}
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67 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Optional:AdapttheWindowsrctemplate..."/}}Optional: Adapt the Windows rc template ... =====
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69 If you want windows binaries, edit the templates for .rc file and NSIS installer script:
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71 {{code language="none"}}
72 $EDITOR src/*.rc src/*.nsi
73 {{/code}}
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75 Do not forget to change the icon, too!
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77 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Optional:Activatesvnoranotherrevisioncontrolsystem"/}}(% style="line-height: 1.6666666;" %)Optional: Activate svn or another revision control system(%%) =====
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79 Now (and before any build activity) is a very good time to put your project under subversion control:
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81 {{code language="none"}}
82 svn add `pwd`
83 {{/code}}
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85 You might also want to fill {{code language="none"}}svn:ignore{{/code}} properties of some directories:
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87 {{code language="none"}}
88 scripts/set_svn_ignore.sh
89 {{/code}}
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91 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Optional:Installrequiredlibsandbuildthepackage"/}}Optional: Install required libs and build the package =====
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93 To produce the debian packages, just:
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95 {{code language="none"}}
96 # this needs sudo privileges
97 pba-builddeps -i
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99 pba-build -u
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101 # or dpkg-build*
102 {{/code}}
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104 To only build the linux packages or only the windows packages, add {{code language="none"}}-o unix{{/code}} resp. {{code language="none"}}-o mingw{{/code}} to the pba-commands.
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106 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-Optional:CreateWindowsInstallers"/}}Optional: Create Windows Installers =====
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108 First, edit the {{code language="none"}}.nsi{{/code}} script template and replace all instances of "{{code language="none"}}Clazzes.org{{/code}}" with something of your choice:
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110 {{code language="none"}}
111 $EDITOR src/*.nsi
112 {{/code}}
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114 Then "make" the {{code language="none"}}nsis{{/code}} directory:
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116 {{code language="none"}}
117 make -C nsis && ls -ltr nsis/*.exe
118 {{/code}}
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120 ===== {{id name="PBA-cbsbootstrappingofportableC++project-FinallyupdatetheReadMe"/}}Finally update the ReadMe =====
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122 At least remove the link to this page ...
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124 {{code language="none"}}
125 $EDITOR doc/ReadMe.txt
126 {{/code}}
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128 ... or the complete ReadMe file.