trying to build netsurf for slackware and slax
NetSurf is a free, open source web browser. It is written
in C and released under the GNU Public Licence version 2. NetSurf has its own layout and rendering engine entirely written from scratch. It is small and capable of handling many of the web standards in use today. http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ ##################################### I've been trying to build netsurf for slackware and slax platforms. I'm trying to build a framebuffer version (not interested in the GTK version). netsurf building after several attempts (getting the missing tools and/or libraries that weren't even mentionned in their list of requirements) I finally go to that stage Package libwapcaplet was not found in the pkg-config search path ##### After a couple of days of searching I located an address where I could get sources for wapcaplet. But obviously some files are missing (on the web site there was an empty build folder and I looked at the Makefile: it tries to input some files from that build folder) just wondering if anybody has tried to build or just interested discussing this. |
Can you list the dependencies that you already built?
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I built it netsurf a couple months back, but was disappointed in the rendering of some pages. Netsurf either renders webites really fast (eg. www.google.com) or takes forever to render. From time to time it freezes, so I gave up on netsurf.
I actually built the gtk version of netsurf. The dependencies aren't spelled out very well in the accompanying documentation. So, I relied mainly on the Archlinux PKGBUILD and another Gentoo Ebuild. The dependencies can either be found on slackbuilds.org or on www.netsurf-browser.org. I'll supply a tarball of the netsurf slackbuild I used if it is of any use. Just remove the .txt extention and it will be a normal tarball. All dependencies are listed in the README. |
Googling .. libwapcaplet rpm ..
http://dbg.download.sourcemage.org/mirror/?C=M%3BO=D http://dbg.download.sourcemage.org/m...et-scm.tar.bz2 And trunk : http://source.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libwapcaplet/ ... which seems to be the same files. 'make' provides 'libwapcaplet.a' , libwapcaplet.pc ..... ..... EDIT : netsurf, SVN rev. 9215, and with the pdf option disabled, compiles with no errors. svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/netsurf ..... |
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libparserutils-0.0.1-src.tar.gz hubbub-0.0.1-src.tar.gz libnsbmp-0.0.1-src.tar.gz libnsgif-0.0.1-src.tar.gz ### #this wasn't mentionned in the requirements, but I built it also dom-0.0.1-src.tar.gz ### That's when I was trying to build this that I got the error about missing libwapcaplet: Package libwapcaplet was not found in the pkg-config search path. .... libcss-0.0.1-src.tar.gz ################## These tools are required. I built lemon and didnt't build re2c yet: lemon.tar.bz2 re2c-0.13.5.tar.gz # this is optional (pdf library, you can disable it in the Makefile) # but i builds ok libharu-2.1.0 |
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I downloaded the tar.bz2 archive I'll have a look the netsurf link is the one with the build folder empty (and is supposed to hold the real Makefiles) |
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Because that's the version I'm really interested in. On the console I use links. But if I could get a browser that can handle more modern html (stylesheets, etc.) that would be nice. That "the dependencies aren't spelled out very well" is a nice understatement. Did you build your version on slackware12.2? Thanks |
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I pulled everything from SVN:
svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/netsurf # for framebuffer svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libnsfb svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libnsbmp svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libnsgif svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libparserutils svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/hubbub svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libharu # for GTK: svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libwapcaplet svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libcss svn co svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/dom But I found the source mage tarballs also. |
finally!
thank you all
thanks to knudfl's link the wapcaplet libraries I was able to finally build it on slackware Then I tried on slax After a few trials and errors I finally built it on slax The thing I don't understand is although I make TARGET=framebuffer when I make install DESTDIR=$PKG the only binary copied was netsurf (which turned out to be the gtk version as I found out when I tried to launch it on the console: how come it built the gtk version as well as the fb version---what's the use of TARGET=framebuffer when, obviously it built everything for the linux platform) Anyway I copied manually nsfb-linux to $PKG/usr/local/bin and I copied the whole tree below $PKG to / to test it I wrote a quick html test file with some css code in it When I opened it with nsfb most of the css was honored not the a and a:hover though It looked much nicer than links After a while I tried to quit. I tried all of these keys: q ESCAPE Ctrl-C none worked, tried the mouse when I tried to switch to another vt none of the Alt+F[2-6] worked Eventually it froze and I had to Ctrl-Alt-Del I think that despite what the version says (netsurf-2.1-src.tar.gz) this thing is still alpha I guess I'll wait for future releases because it does look promising |
The 'netsurf' which gets installed is just the wrapper which is normally used to run the nsgtk from the source directory.
You have to manually copy the nsfb binary into your package or path. You need to edit the netsurf wrapper so that it starts nsfb after exporting the resources directory. And you need to install the resources needed by the framebuffer version. I'm posting my src2pkg script for building the package, plus the altered wrapper. You should be able to understand what it is doing, even if you don't use src2pkg. Code:
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#!/bin/sh Note that the src2pkg script can be used to build the gtk version, but it needs more stuff installed as resources under /usr/share/netsurf. |
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after the binaries were built, and along nsfb-linux and nsgtk the make install DESTDIR=$PKG just copied nsgtk and renamed it netsurf So I guess I definitely need to copy manually the files to $PKG Quote:
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Thanks for your tips gnashley |
You're invoking make with the framebuffer target when you compile, but you're not when you install. Unless you tell it, it defaults to the GTK version on linux.
So for the framebuffer version: make TARGET=framebuffer make TARGET=framebuffer install make TARGET=framebuffer clean etc. When you did 'make install', it would have built and installed the GTK version. |
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I'll try that first before copying manually Thanks for the tip |
Netsurf for Slackware
I use Netsurf in Slackware 12.2. I took it from the 'Slacky.eu' repos. I think it's a wonderfull peace of work for such a small package. It's used in Puppy Linux too, I found it on their forum. Only the bookmarks aren't working on my Linux-box, but I use the 'global history' for surfin'. Good luck with your Slax-project!
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