Compiling LiveCode for Linux

Dependencies

LiveCode has several dependencies that are needed in order to build it on Linux. In general, it is enough to install the tools and libraries that would be typically used to compile a GNOME application written in C++.

Obviously, the exact packages required vary depending on which Linux distribution you use, and how recent it is. For examples of the packages you may need, please see the "Standard build environments" section later in this document.

Build environment

The LiveCode build obeys all of the standard make environment variables, including:

CC: C compiler command
CXX: C++ compiler command

There are some additional environment variables that it understands:

CXX_STD: which version of the C++ standard to use (c++11 is recommended)

Configuring LiveCode

To configure LiveCode, simply run:

make config-linux

This will generate make control files in the build-linux-<arch> directory. For example, if you are compiling on an x86-64 system, this will create a build-linux-x86_64 directory.

To provide detailed configuration options, you can use the config.sh script. For more information, run:

./config.sh --help