We recommend that you check the software versions currently installed on your system. Consult the following tables to determine which items need installing or updating. To download the recommended version of any item of software, click on the version number in the appropriate column.
For further information on any particular package, click on its name.
All GNUstep users should install the following items. (see Installation Docs or the somewhat out-of-date Building GNUstep in Build Guide)
| Sources | Required? | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNUstep Make | Required | 2.9.0 | Makefile Package |
| GNUstep Base | Required | 1.28.0 | Foundation |
| GNUstep GUI | Required | 0.29.0 | Graphical user interface class library |
| GNUstep Backend | Required | 0.29.0 | Generic back-end |
These libraries and tools offer additional capabilities. Some packages and applications may require you to install these libraries
| Sources | Required? | Stable | Unstable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNUstep CoreBase | Optional | 0.1 | from git | Core Foundation |
| Renaissance | Optional | - |
from git | Multi-platform UI layout |
| GNUstep Guile | Unsupported | 1.1.4 | - |
Requires OLD versions of GNUstep and Guile to build/run |
| StepTalk | Unsupported | 0.10.0 | - |
Scripting language support |
| JIGS | Optional | 1.5.5 | - |
Java bridge |
| RIGS | Unsupported | 0.2.2 | - |
Ruby bridge |
| gdl2 | Optional | - |
0.10.1 | Database Support Library |
| SQLClient | Optional | 1.8.1 | from git | Simple Objective-C Interface to SQL databases |
| WebServer | Optional | 1.5.5 | from git | Simple web server for applications |
| WebServices | Optional | 0.7.3 | from git | Classes for building web services (partial) |
| Performance | Optional | 0.5.0 | from git | Performance improvement and measuring classes |
| PPDs | Optional | 1.0.0 | - | Printer PPDs formerly in gnustep-gui |
| EnterpriseControlConfigurationLogging | Optional | 1.1.3 | from git | Classes for building and administering 24*7 server processes for large scale software systemd. |
If you intend to develop software for GNUstep, or to port software to GNUstep from another environment, you should install the development tools that are relevant to you from the following list:
| Sources | Required? | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorm | Recommended | 1.2.28 | Graphical interface builder |
| Project Center | Recommended | 0.6.2 | Project developer |
| nib2gmodel | Obsolete | 0.11.0 | Converts older (pre-10.2 nibs) |
| OpenStep 2GNU Converter | Obsolete | 20000717 | Older PB Project converter |
| Examples | Optional | 1.4.0 | GUI examples |
If you intend to use GNUstep to manage files, run applications and so on, please install the items you require from the following list:
| Sources | Required? | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWorkspace | Recommended | 1.0.0 | File manager for GNUstep |
| GNUstep Apps | Optional | Various | Other User Applications |
Please ensure you have at least the Minimum version req'd of each of the following (where needed) on you system, before you install GNUstep. If you need to obtain the software, we suggest that you download the Recommended version.
| Sources | Required? | Minimum version req'd |
Recom- mended version |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | Required | 3.81 | current | GNU make |
| binutils | Depends on OS | 2.9.6 | current | GNU binutils |
| iconv | If no glibc | 1.7 | current | Convert file encoding |
| clang | Recommended | 3.3 | current | Objective-C Compiler supporting modern 2.0 runtime |
| gcc | Optional | 3.2.3 | current | GNU C & Objective-C Compiler |
| libffi | Required | 3.0.9 | 3.2.1 | Message forwarding |
| ffcall | Optional | 1.10 | 1.10 | Possible alternative to libffi |
| gmp | Optional | 3.1.1 | current | Arbitrary precision arithmetic |
| guile | For guile scripting | 1.4 | current | Scheme language interpreter |
| openssl | Recommended | 0.9.6b | current | SSL and TSL support |
| libtiff | Required | 3.4036 | current | TIFF image support |
| libpng | Recommended | - | - | PNG image support |
| libjpeg | Recommended | - | - | JPEG image support |
| libxml | Required | 2.3.0 | current | For XML property lists and docs |
| audiofile | Recommended | 0.2.3 | current | Program interface to digital audio formats |
| WindowMaker | Recommended | 0.92.0 | - |
Window manager & desktop |
| libobjc2 | Recommended | 1.7 | 1.8.1 | Modern ObjectiveC-2.0 support |
| libobjc | Required for MinGW/Cygwin, recommended pre gcc4.6 | 1.7.2 | - |
Updated libobjc for some systems. |
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