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I agree with Lassi that we should have some kind of "copy/paste"
instruction set. That would be really helpful.

Le 24/02/12 21:25, Ehsan Akhgari a écrit :
> Building clang is actually really easy.  Have you tried the instructions
> here? http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Ehsan
> <http://ehsanakhgari.org/>
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Lassi Tuura <l...@cern.ch> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>>> So, what are, in your opinion, the priorities of DXR as an OpenSource
>>> project? Should we try to make a roadmap?
>>
>> I'm interested in using DXR, and have spent a little time playing with
>> it to see if I could install and use it. So far I didn't succeed quick
>> enough and gave up each time; here's why.
>>
>> 1) The setup-env.sh assumes you use bash. Of course I dropped into bash
>>  to get anywhere to play with it, but seems an unnecessary hurdle.
>>
>> 2) I know it says Linux only for now, but I am mostly playing on OS X.
>>  I'm very comfortable porting large bits of software and would be
>>  happy to contribute the necessary changes, but I actually never got
>>  far enough to contribute anything platform-specific.
>>
>> 3) For the life of mine I can't figure out how to build clang/llvm
>>  for which I could actually build the DXR plugin, let alone use it.
>>  I've tried for example using MacPorts llvm/clang installations, but
>>  they don't appear to install all the parts needed. The instructions
>>  just say "cxx-clang: A copy of clang". $(llvm-config --obj-root)
>>  or the headers/libraries DXR seems to want didn't survive in any
>>  of the more or less obvious install targets I tried.
>>
>> 4) The mixed env setup scripts + python + makefile fragments to
>>  figure out which plugins are enabled is, ahem, creative but
>>  perhaps over-complicated. It's certainly a hurdle when trying
>>  to figure out why the install isn't working.
>>
>> The (3) is where I given up so far each time I've tried. I'm comfortable
>> enough working with software, including porting, including multi-million
>> line code base and all sorts of weird build systems. I'd say DXR at this
>> point decidedly qualifies as "hard to install". In comparison, I found
>> dehydra easier to set up to build, even with figuring out how to build
>> the javascript interpreter it required.
>>
>> Perhaps at some point I'll find the energy to push through to figure out
>> the installation permutation which works, but an exact build stanza,
>> even if it was just an example, would help tremendously. I'm definitely
>> interested in DXR, but before worrying about ease of use or speed, I
>> first need to be able to build it :-) Don't underestimate the value of
>> precise step-by-step of building the whole lot from ground up, including
>> all the required dependencies!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lassi
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