RRDBUILD(1)                  rrdtool                  RRDBUILD(1)



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       rrdbuild - Instructions for building RRDtool

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       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

       Lets first assume you already have all the necessary
       libraries per-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://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.8
        tar zxf rrdtool-1.2.8
        cd rrdtool-1.2.8
        ./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation && 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. Here is how:

       Building cgilib
            wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/cgilib-0.5.tar.gz
            tar zxf cgilib-0.5.tar.gz
            cd cgilib-0.5
            make CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -I."
            mkdir -p ../lb/include
            cp *.h ../lb/include
            mkdir -p ../lb/lib
            cp libcgi* ../lb/lib
            cd ..

       Building zlib






            wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/zlib-1.2.2.tar.gz
            tar  zxf zlib-1.2.2.tar.gz
            cd zlib-1.2.2
            env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/../lb
            make
            make install
            cd ..

       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.

            wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz
            tar zxvf libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz
            cd libpng-1.2.8-config
            env CPPFLAGS="-I../lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L../lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
                ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb
            make
            make install
            cd ..

       Building freetype
            wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/freetype-2.1.9.tar.gz
            tar zxvf freetype-2.1.9.tar.gz
            cd freetype-2.1.9
            env CPPFLAGS="-I../lb/include" LDFLAGS="-L../lb/lib" CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
                ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb
            make install
            cd ..

       Building libart_lgpl
            wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17.tar.gz
            cd libart_lgpl-2.3.17
            env CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=`pwd`/../lb
            make install
            cd ..

       Now all the dependent libraries are built and you can try
       again. This time you tell configure where it should be
       looking for libraries and include files. This is done via
       environment variables. Depending on the shellyou are run-
       ning, the syntax for setting environment variables is dif-
       ferent. Under csh/tcsh you use:

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

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

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

       And finally try building again:

        ./configure --prefix=/path/to/installation && make && make install

       Now go to _/_p_a_t_h_/_t_o_/_i_n_s_t_a_l_l_a_t_i_o_n//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 <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>



1.2.8                       2005-05-16                RRDBUILD(1)
