https://wiki.preterhuman.net/index.php?title=Compiling_aterm_on_IRIX&feed=atom&action=historyCompiling aterm on IRIX - Revision history2024-03-28T23:28:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0https://wiki.preterhuman.net/index.php?title=Compiling_aterm_on_IRIX&diff=9487&oldid=prevNetfreak: Created page with "To start, download the current aterm source tarball from http://aterm.sourceforge.net In addition to the aterm source, you'll need to download and install a few things from h..."2019-07-20T03:17:10Z<p>Created page with "To start, download the current aterm source tarball from http://aterm.sourceforge.net In addition to the aterm source, you'll need to download and install a few things from h..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>To start, download the current aterm source tarball from http://aterm.sourceforge.net<br />
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In addition to the aterm source, you'll need to download and install a few things from http://freeware.sgi.com:<br />
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* gcc (MipsPRO 7.x also works well)<br />
* libxpm<br />
* libjpg<br />
* libpng<br />
* gmake<br />
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After installing the above, ensure /usr/freeware/bin is in your search path. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use SGI's fixpath tool. From a terminal, enter the following command:<br />
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/usr/freeware/bin/fixpath<br />
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I find it much easier to use SGI's precompiled binaries whenever possible; it's a simple matter to use them as building blocks for software not available direct from SGI.<br />
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Extract the aterm tarball, enter the build directory and start the configure script (set to build against the freeware libraries):<br />
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./configure --enable-utmp --enable-wtmp --enable-fading --disable-delete-key --disable-backspace-key --with-xpm-library=/usr/freeware/lib32 --enable-background-image --with-jpeg-library=/usr/freeware/lib32 --with-png-library=/usr/freeware/lib32 --with-term=xterm --with-terminfo=/usr/share/lib/terminfo --enable-xgetdefault --enable-graphics --enable-menubar<br />
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Then a typical (as root if /usr/local is not user writable):<br />
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gmake gmake install<br />
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It's best to add /usr/local/bin to your search path as well if you haven't done so already. Finally an example of a typical command line I use to start aterm:<br />
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/usr/local/bin/aterm -tr -sh 50 -bg black -fg cyan -sl 1500<br />
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I've built aterm 0.4.2 under IRIX 6.5 with the above settings using both gcc3 and MipsPRO 7.x with no issues.<br />
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[[Category:SGI]]</div>Netfreak