Changes between Version 65 and Version 66 of Linux build instructions

Timestamp:

Jul 21, 2010 8:03:05 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Frank Mehnert

Comment:

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Linux build instructions

@@ -13 +13 @@
  * '''IASL''' (Intel ACPI compiler)
  * '''xsltproc''' (libxslt, XML style sheet processor)
- * '''libxerces''' (only VBox version < 1.6, Xerces XML parser; the C++, not the Java version!)
- * '''libxalan''' (only VBox version < 1.6, Xalan XSL library, depends on Xerces; again, the C++, not the Java version!)
- * '''libxml2''' (required for VBox version >= 1.6, XML file handling)
- * '''libxslt1''' (required for VBox version >= 1.6, XML file transformation)
- * '''libXcursor''' (required to support color mouse pointers in guest)
- * '''Qt 3.3.x''' (with x >= 5 if possible; only for VBox version <= 2.2.0)
- * '''Qt 4.x.y''' (with x >= 4), including the OpenGL part
+ * '''libxerces''' (only required for ''VBox version < 1.6'', Xerces XML parser; the C++, not the Java version!)
+ * '''libxalan''' (only required for ''VBox version < 1.6'', Xalan XSL library, depends on Xerces; again, the C++, not the Java version!)
+ * '''libxml2''' (required for ''VBox version >= 1.6'', XML file handling)
+ * '''libxslt1''' (required for ''VBox version >= 1.6'', XML file transformation)
+ * '''libXcursor''' (required to support color mouse pointers in the guest)
+ * '''Qt 3.3.x''' (with x >= 5 if possible; required for VBox version <= 2.2.0)
+ * '''Qt 4.x.y''' (with x >= 4, including the OpenGL part, required for ''VBox version > 3.0'')
  * '''libIDL'''
- * '''libSDL'''
+ * '''libSDL''' (SDL frontend)
  * '''ALSA''' (audio backend)
  * '''!PulseAudio''' (audio backend)
  * '''libhal''' (detect host floppy/DVD)
  * '''libcap''' (CAP_NET_RAW for ICMP sockets in NAT)
+ * '''libpam0g''' (PAM support for the guest additions, required for ''VBox version >= 3.2.0'')
  * '''python2.5''' or '''python2.6''' (Python bindings)
  * '''gsoap''' (webservice API, version 2.7.9f or higher)
@@ -59 +60 @@
 }}}
 
- * for VBox version >= 2.2:
+ * for ''VBox version >= 2.2'':
 {{{
 apt-get install gcc g++ bcc iasl xsltproc uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev \
@@ -66 +67 @@
                 python2.5-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools libcap-dev \
                 libxmu-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
-                linux-kernel-headers libcurl4-openssl-dev \
-                libpam0g-dev
+                linux-kernel-headers libcurl4-openssl-dev libpam0g-dev
 }}}
 
- * for VBox version >= 3.1, the following packages have to be installed as well:
+ * for ''VBox version >= 3.1'', the following packages have to be installed as well:
 {{{
 apt-get install libqt4-opengl-dev