Changes between Version 69 and Version 70 of Linux build instructions

Timestamp:

Feb 18, 2011 9:38:19 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Frank Mehnert

Comment:

Removed instructions for very old VBox versions

Linux build instructions

@@ -13 +13 @@
  * '''IASL''' (Intel ACPI compiler)
  * '''xsltproc''' (libxslt, XML style sheet processor)
- * '''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'')
  * '''Qt 4.x.y''' (with x >= 4, including the OpenGL part, required for ''VBox version > 3.0'')
  * '''libIDL'''
@@ -44 +41 @@
 On Debian-based systems, the following command should install the required packages:
 
- * for VBox version < 1.6:
-{{{
-apt-get install gcc g++ bcc iasl xsltproc xalan libxalan110-dev uuid-dev \
-                zlib1g-dev libidl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libxcursor-dev \
-                libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev libasound2-dev libstdc++5 \
-                libhal-dev libpulse-dev linux-kernel-headers
-}}}
-
- * for VBox version >= 1.6 and version < 2.2:
-{{{
-apt-get install gcc g++ bcc iasl xsltproc uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev \
-                libsdl1.2-dev libxcursor-dev libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev \
-                libasound2-dev libstdc++5 libhal-dev libpulse-dev libxml2-dev \
-                libxslt1-dev python2.5-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools libcap-dev \
-                linux-kernel-headers
-}}}
-
- * for ''VBox version >= 2.2'':
 {{{
 apt-get install gcc g++ bcc iasl xsltproc uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev \
@@ -69 +48 @@
                 libxmu-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
                 linux-kernel-headers libcurl4-openssl-dev libpam0g-dev
-}}}
-
- * for ''VBox version >= 3.1'', the following packages have to be installed as well:
-{{{
-apt-get install libqt4-opengl-dev
-}}}
-
- * for ''VBox version >= 4.0'', the following packages have to be installed as well:
-{{{
-apt-get install makeself
+                libqt4-opengl-dev makeself
 }}}
 
@@ -188 +158 @@
 Finally, you can start one of the frontends, e.g.
 {{{
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./VirtualBox
+./VirtualBox
 }}}
-Note that the {{{LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.}}} is required for ''VBox version < 2.0'' because we have to find our {{{.so}}} files and the output directory is not in the system's library path. Starting with VBox 2.0, the binaries have RPATH set.