RRDBUILD(1)                  rrdtool                  RRDBUILD(1)



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       rrdbuild - Instructions for building RRDtool

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       OOvveerrvviieeww

       If you downloaded the source of rrdtool you have to com-
       pile it. This document will give some information on how
       this is done.

       RRDtool relies on services of thrid part libraries. Some
       of these libraries may already be installed on your sys-
       tem. You have to compile copies of the other ones before
       you can build RRDtool.

       This document will tell you about all the necessary steps
       to get going.

       BBuuiillddiinngg

       Before you start to build RRDtool, you have to decide two
       things:

       1.  In which directory you want to build the software.

       2.  Where you want to install the software.

       Once you have decided. Save the two locations into envi-
       ronment variables.  Depending on the shell you are using,
       you can do either (bash,zsh):

        BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
        INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.15

       Or if you run tcsh:

        set BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
        set INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.15

       If your _/_t_m_p is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems
       todo that) you have to choose a different directory!

       Now make sure the BUILD_DIR exists and go there:

        mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
        cd $BUILD_DIR

       Lets first assume you already have all the necessary
       libraries pre-installed. Note that these instructions
       assume that your copies of ttaarr and mmaakkee are actually GGNNUU
       ttaarr and GGNNUU mmaakkee respectively. It could be that they are
       installed as ggttaarr and ggmmaakkee on your system.

        wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.15.tar.gz
        tar zxf rrdtool-1.2.15.tar.gz
        cd rrdtool-1.2.15
        ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install

       Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have
       ended with ccoonnffiigguurree complaining about several missing
       libraries. If you are on a Linux or *bsd system you may
       want to just install the missing bits from your software
       repository. When you do that, make sure you also get the
       --ddeevv package for each library you install. Once you have
       the missing bits on board, just re-run the last line of
       the instructions above.

       But again this may have been too optimistic, and you actu-
       ally have to compile your own copies of the required
       libraries.

       BBuuiillddiinngg oonn AAIIXX

       If you are woking with AIX, you may find the the ----ddiiss--
       aabbllee--sshhaarreedd option will cause things to break for you. In
       that case you may have to install the shared libraries
       into the rrdtool PREFIX and work with ----ddiissaabbllee--ssttaattiicc
       instead.

       Another hint to get rrdtool working on AIX is to use the
       IBM XL C Compiler:

        export CC=/usr/vac/bin/cc
        export PERLCC=$CC

       (Better instructions for AIX welcome!)

       BBuuiillddiinngg LLiibbrraarriieess


       Building zlib
            cd $BUILD_DIR
            wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
            tar  zxf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
            cd zlib-1.2.3
            env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb
            make
            make install

       Building libpng
           Libpng itself requires zlib to build, so we need to
           help a bit. If you already have a copy of zlib on your
           system (which is very likley) you can drop the set-
           tings of LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. Note that the backslash
           (\) at the end of line 4 means that line 4 and line 5
           are on one line.

            cd $BUILD_DIR
            wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.10.tar.gz
            tar zxvf libpng-1.2.10.tar.gz
            cd libpng-1.2.10
            env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
                ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb
            make
            make install

       Building freetype
            cd $BUILD_DIR
            wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
            tar jxvf freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2
            cd freetype-2.1.10
            env CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
                ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb
            make
            make install

           If you run into problems building freetype on Solaris,
           you may want to try to add the following at the end of
           the configure line:

            GNUMAKE=gmake EGREP=egrep

       Building libart_lgpl
            cd $BUILD_DIR
            wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz
            tar zxvf libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz
            cd libart_lgpl-2.3.17
            env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/lb
            make
            make install

       Now all the dependent libraries are built and you can try
       again. Since these are static libraries, you may have to
       use _r_a_n_l_i_b to make them accessible.  Especially BSD sys-
       tems like Mac OS X may require this, Linux and Solaris
       will do just fine without since their _a_r command does ran-
       libs job as well.

        ranlib $BUILD_DIR/lb/lib/*.a

       This time you tell configure where it should be looking
       for libraries and include files. This is done via environ-
       ment variables. Depending on the shell you are running,
       the syntax for setting environment variables is different.
       Under csh/tcsh you use:

        set IR=-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include
        setenv CPPFLAGS "$IR $IR/libart-2.0 $IR/freetype2 $IR/libpng"
        setenv LDFLAGS  -L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib
        setenv CFLAGS -O3

       If you are running bash/sh/ash/ksh/zsh use this:

        IR=-I$BUILD_DIR/lb/include
        CPPFLAGS="$IR $IR/libart-2.0 $IR/freetype2 $IR/libpng"
        LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_DIR/lb/lib"
        CFLAGS=-O3
        export CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CFLAGS

       And finally try building again. We disable the python and
       tcl bindings because it seems that a fair number of people
       have ill configured python and tcl setups that would pre-
       vent rrdtool from building if they are included in their
       current state.

        cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.2.15
        ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-python --disable-tcl
        make clean
        make
        make install

       SOLARIS HINT: if you want to build  the perl module for
       the native perl (the one shipping with solaris) you will
       need the sun forte compiler installed on your box or you
       have to hand-tune bindings/perl-shared/Makefile while
       building!

       Now go to _$_I_N_S_T_A_L_L___D_I_R//sshhaarree//rrrrddttooooll//eexxaammpplleess// and run
       them to see if your build has been successful.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>



1.2.15                      2006-07-14                RRDBUILD(1)
