X Server Build: 1.4.2-apple19 on Mac OS 10.5.5
These are instructions for building and installing the X server from the 1.4.2-apple19 sources, using a fresh installation of Mac OS 10.5.5.
Note: This only builds the X server for your machine's native architecture. It doesn't build a universal binary.
Prepare Machine
- Install Mac OS 10.5.5, using the default install options - OR, install an earlier version of Leopard, and update to 10.5.5. You can find an updater here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1055comboupdate.html
- Log in with an administrative account.
- Install XCode 3.1.1, using all the default install options
- If you don't have this version of XCode, follow these instructions to download the installer.
Install and Verify Newer X11
- Use a web browser to download and install the development X11 version from http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/X11-2.3.1_rc6_10.5.5.pkg
- Run X11 (in the Utilities directory), make sure an xterm window appears, and check the about box. It should now say: XQuartz 2.3.1 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple17)
- Quit X11.
Build and Install 1.4.2-apple19
Open Terminal (in the Utilities directory) and start entering commands the commands you see in this font. It's best to copy and paste these commands, and you can paste them in blocks as shown. For the lines that start with "sudo", you will often have to enter your administrative account's password.
Make X11 build directory
cd / mkdir x11build cd /x11build
Download support components
curl -LO http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/proto/applewmproto-1.1.0.tar.bz2 curl -LO http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz curl -LO http://cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.11.8.tar.gz curl -LO http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.tar.bz2
Unpackage support components
tar -xf applewmproto-1.1.0.tar.bz2 tar -xzf pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz tar -zxf pixman-0.11.8.tar.gz tar xf git-1.6.0.tar.bz2
Build applewmproto, and install into the normal X11 location
applewmproto doesn't need a make step.
cd /x11build/applewmproto-1.1.0 ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/X11 sudo make install
Build and install pkg-config
cd /x11build/pkg-config-0.23 ./configure make sudo make install
Prepare for building pixman, mesa, and X server
export ACLOCAL="aclocal -I /usr/X11/share/aclocal" export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -Wall -O2 -pipe" export LDFLAGS="-Wall -O2 -pipe"
Build and install pixman
cd /x11build/pixman-0.11.8 ./configure make sudo make install
Download mesa and X server
cd /x11build curl -LO http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/src/xorg-server-1.4.2-apple19.tar.bz2 tar -xjf xorg-server-1.4.2-apple19.tar.bz2 curl -LO http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mesa3d/MesaLib-7.0.4.tar.bz2 tar -xjf MesaLib-7.0.4.tar.bz2
Build and install mesa and X server
cd /x11build/xorg-server-1.4.2-apple19 ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11 --with-mesa-source=`pwd`/../Mesa-7.0.4 --disable-dependency-tracking make sudo make install
That's it! You've built and installed the X server.
Verify X server
Run X11 again, make sure an xterm window appears, and check the about box. It should now say: XQuartz 2.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple19), which is newer than either of the two earlier versions.