Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Building/libtorrent

Timestamp:

08/01/2014 05:18:16 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Cas

Comment:

update ubuntu instructions

Building/libtorrent

@@ -4 +4 @@
 == Ubuntu ==
 
-** These are the basic steps copied from the forum**
-{{{
-./configure --enable-python-binding
-make
-sudo checkinstall
-}}}
+ 1. Download libtorrent source tarball and extract it:
 
-This will install libtorrent and bindings in correct place. I have substituted make install for checkinstall because checkinstall creates a deb package that then can be used by dpkg to remove all the installed files easily.
+ * [http://www.libtorrent.org/ libtorrent-rasterbar]
 
-Also if using a tarball from svn so you would need to create the configure script by runnning the autotool script:
-
-{{{
-./autotool.sh
-}}}
-
-I have not mentioned dependencies however both running `autotool.sh` and configure will warn if missing. If updating from an already included libtorrent you can get the dependencies using apt-get:
-
+ 2. Get the dependencies for libtorrent
 {{{
 sudo apt-get build-dep libtorrent-rasterbar
 }}}
 
+ 3.  Build (in the extracted tarball dir):
+{{{
+./configure --enable-python-binding
+make
+}}}
+
+ Note: If the source code is from svn so you would need to create the configure script by runnning the autotool script: `./autotool.sh`
+
+ 4. Install:
+{{{
+sudo checkinstall
+}}}
+ This will install libtorrent and bindings in the correct place. I have substituted `checkinstall` for `make install` because `checkinstall` creates a deb package that then can be used by dpkg to remove all the installed files easily.
 
 == Windows ==