From 0e4810dcfb132bf276a282e25b8523a4009ae08b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:14:32 +0100 Subject: rename blog dir --- .../00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools/index.md | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 00_blog/00018_Building/00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools/index.md (limited to '00_blog/00018_Building/00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools') diff --git a/00_blog/00018_Building/00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools/index.md b/00_blog/00018_Building/00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..746bd82 --- /dev/null +++ b/00_blog/00018_Building/00030_The-Hell-of-Autotools/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +The Hell of Autotools +===================== + March 19, 2018 +In this trivial example we compile a custom **webkit2gtk+ extension** with +**autotools**. For a start we need to provide two files, `Makefile.am` +and `configure.ac`, beside our actual `ext.c` source file, which contains +the extension code itself. + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.c .numberLines} +// File: ext.c // + +#include + +G_MODULE_EXPORT void +webkit_web_extension_initialize_with_user_data (WebKitWebExtension *extension, + GVariant *user_data) +{ + g_print("Hello Extension!\n"); +} +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.makefile .numberLines} +# File: Makefile.am # + +webextension_LTLIBRARIES = libmyappwebextension.la +webextensiondir = /home/miguel/temp + +WEB_EXTENSION_CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0` +WEB_EXTENSION_LIBS2 = `pkg-config --libs webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0` + +libmyappwebextension_la_SOURCES = ext.c +libmyappwebextension_la_CFLAGS = $(WEB_EXTENSION_CFLAGS) +libmyappwebextension_la_LIBADD = $(WEB_EXTENSION_LIBS) +libmyappwebextension_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -no-undefined $(WEB_EXTENSION_LIBS2) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.makefile .numberLines} +# File: configure.ac # + +AC_PREREQ([2.69]) +AC_INIT(ext,0.1,test@example.com) +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE +AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ext.c]) +AC_PROG_CC +LT_INIT +AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) +AC_OUTPUT +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Put the above files in a new fresh directory and you are ready to see the +powers of autotools in action. + +Run the following commands on your pash prompt: + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.bash} +touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog +aclocal +autoconf +automake --add-missing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After this steps, we end up with 18 files in our directory. Finally we +can _configure_, _build_ and _install_ our extension. The following +commands will probably look familiar. Note that the _configure_ step +generates 6 additional files, totaling in **24 files** before the actual +_make_ command is run. + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.bash} +./configure +make +make install +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +... just to compile one **single C file**. -- cgit v1.2.3