Version Requirements

Following are the minimum required versions of tools and libraries you need to build FPLBase for Linux:

autoconf: 2.69
automake: 1.141
CMake: 2.8.12.1
cwebp: 0.4.0 (available from the WebP Precompiled Utilities page)
libtool: 2.4.2
OpenGL: libglapi-mesa 8.0.4
Python: 2.7.6
Ragel: 6.9

Prerequisites

Prior to building, install the following components using the Linux distribution's package manager:

autoconf, automake, and libtool
cmake (You can also manually install from cmake.org.)
cwebp (webp)
OpenGL (libglapi-mesa)
Python
Ragel

For example, on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install autoconf automake cmake libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev libtool python ragel webp

Building

Open a command line window.
Go to the FPLBase project directory.
Generate Makefiles from the CMake project.
Execute make to build the library and unit tests.

For example:

cd fplbase
cmake -G'Unix Makefiles' .
make

To perform a debug build:

cd fplbase
cmake -G'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .
make

Build targets can be configured using options exposed in fplbase/CMakeLists.txt by using CMake's -D option. Build configuration set using the -D option is sticky across subsequent builds.

For example, if a build is performed using:

cd fplbase
cmake -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .
make

to switch to a release build CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE must be explicitly specified:

cd fplbase
cmake -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
make