Prerequisites ============= - GNU g++ >= 4.5.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/ - libcutl http://www.codesynthesis.com/projects/libcutl/ Building on UNIX ================ The following build instructions are for the Linux/UNIX/Mac OS X operating systems. The standard autotools-based build system is used on these platforms. After unpacking the source code archive, change to the odb package directory (referred to as odb/ from now on) and run the configure script: ./configure To see the available configuration options run configure with --help: ./configure --help The configure script expects the libcutl headers and libraries to be installed in a directory where the C++ compiler and linker will search for them by default (normally /usr and /usr/local). If libcutl is installed in another directory, you can use the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS configure variables to specify its location, for example: ./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/libcutl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/libcutl/lib If libcutl is not installed and you would like to use its build directory instead, you can use the --with-libcutl configure option to specify its location, for example: ./configure --with-libcutl=/tmp/libcutl As another example, the following configure command uses the specified GNU g++ compiler and compiles with optimization and without the debug information: ./configure CXX=g++-4.5 CXXFLAGS=-O3 Once configuration is complete, run make to build odb: make Once the build completes successfully, you can install odb using the install target (you may need to do this step as root depending on the installation directory): make install Building on Windows =================== Building odb on Windows involves a custom build procedure. Consider using the pre-compiled binary distribution of odb for Windows or write to odb-users@codesynthesis.com for more information.