Willie Walker's Weblog

So, I finally got around to getting my OpenSolaris 2008.11 b101a rc1b build environment set up. I know it seems strange that it took me a while to do this, especially after doing the work for the accessible 2008.11 live CD. But, the world changes around you constantly and you need to change with it. So, starting with a virgin 2008.11 b101a rc1b system, I just performed the necessary steps to get my build environment set up. Here's a quick summary:

First, get the packages that are available on pkg.opensolaris.org:

pfexec pkg install ss-dev SUNWgnome-common-devel SUNWperl-xml-parser SUNWgnome-doc-utils SUNWmercurial SUNWdistro-const SUNWgnu-emacs SUNWgnu-emacs-gtk SUNWvncviewer SUNWgnu-gettext SUNWgnome-fonts SUNWIPython SUNWpython-setuptools SUNWgnome-python-extras SUNWdoxygen openoffice

Next, grab the JDS CBE (JDS Common Build Environment) stuff that's set up for an IPS-based distro such as OpenSolaris. The stuff is currently kind of in test mode, but it works well. Install it using the cbe-install executable that comes with it. All you really need to do is basically say "yes" to just about every question that the installer asks. That is, choose the answer that requires you to think or do as little as possible. You can download the stuff from here:

wget http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/cbe/test/desktop-cbe-1.7.0-rc1-x86.tar.bz2

Finally, get aclocal set up so the m4 macro processor will work right (thanks MattMan!). To fix this ensure the file /usr/share/aclocal/dirlist exists and contains the following :

/usr/sfw/share/aclocal
/opt/dtbld/share/aclocal

If you don't do this, you will get this error if you try to run Orca's autogen.sh:

unrecognized option `--debugfile=autom4te.cache/traces.0t'