# Compiling

## Requirements

Unfortunately, the requirements for building Textadept are not quite as minimal
as running it.

#### Linux and BSD

Linux systems need the GTK+ development libraries. Your package manager should
allow you to install them. For Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, the
package is typically called `libgtk2.0-dev`. Otherwise, compile and install GTK
from the [GTK+ website](http://www.gtk.org/download/linux.html). Additionally
you will need the [GNU C compiler](http://gcc.gnu.org) (`gcc`) and
[GNU Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) (`make`). Both should be available
for your Linux distribution through its package manager. For example, Ubuntu
includes these tools in the `build-essential` package.

#### Windows

Compiling Textadept on Windows is no longer supported. If you wish to do so
however, you need a C compiler that supports the C99 standard (Microsoft's does
not) and the [GTK+ for Windows bundle](http://www.gtk.org/download/win32.html)
(2.22 is recommended).

The preferred way to compile for Windows is cross-compiling from Linux. To do
so, in addition to the GTK bundle mentioned above, you need
[MinGW](http://mingw.org) with the Windows header files. They should be
available from your package manager.

#### Mac OSX

[XCode](http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/xcode/) is needed for Mac OSX as well
as [jhbuild](http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gtk-osx/wiki/Build). After
building `meta-gtk-osx-bootstrap` and `meta-gtk-osx-core`, you need to build
`meta-gtk-osx-themes`. Note that the entire compiling process can easily take
30 minutes or more and ultimately consume nearly 1GB of disk space.

## Compiling

Make sure you downloaded the `textadept_x.x.src.zip` (regardless of what
platform you are on) and not a platform-specific binary package.

#### Linux and BSD

For Linux systems, simply run `make` in the `src/` directory. The `textadept`
executable is created in the root directory. Make a symlink from it to
`/usr/bin/` or elsewhere in your `PATH`.

BSD users please run `make BSD=1`.

#### Cross Compiling for Windows from Linux

When cross-compiling from within Linux, first unzip the GTK+ for Windows bundle
into a new `src/win32gtk` directory. Then modify the `CC`, `CPP`, and `WINDRES`
variables in the `WIN32` block of `src/Makefile` to match your MinGW
installation and run `make WIN32=1` to build `../textadept.exe`.

#### Mac OSX

After using `jhbuild`, GTK is in `~/gtk` so make a symlink from `~/gtk/inst` to
`src/gtkosx` in Textadept. Then run `make OSX=1` to build `../textadept.osx`. At
this point it is recommended to build a new `textadept.app` from an existing
one. Download the most recent app and replace `Contents/MacOS/textadept.osx`,
all `.dylib` files in `Contents/Resources/lib`, and all `.so` files in
`Contents/Resources/lib/gtk-2.0/<version>/{engines,immodules,loaders}` with your
own versions in `src/gtkosx/lib`. If you wish, you may also replace the files
in `Contents/Resources/{etc,share}`, but these rarely change.

##### Problems

If the build fails because of a

    `redefinition of 'struct Sci_TextRange'`

error, open `src/scintilla/include/Scintilla.h` and comment out the following
lines (put `//` at the start of the line):

    #define CharacterRange Sci_CharacterRange
    #define TextRange Sci_TextRange
    #define TextToFind Sci_TextToFind