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This file contains instructions for developers and advanced users that want to build from version controlled sources.
We require several tools to check out and build the software, including:
- Make
- Automake (use 1.11.3 or later)
- Autoconf
- Autogen (use 5.16 or later)
- Libtool
- Gettext
- Texinfo
- Tar
- Gzip
- Texlive & epsf (for PDF manual)
- GTK-DOC (for API manual)
- Git
- Perl
- Nettle
- Guile
- p11-kit
- gperf
- libtasn1 (optional)
- Libidn (optional, for internationalization of DNS)
- AWK (for make dist, pmccabe2html)
- git2cl (for make dist, ChangeLog)
- bison (for datetime parser in certtool)
- libunbound (for DANE support)
- abi-compliance-checker (for make dist)
The required software is typically distributed with your operating system, and the instructions for installing them differ. Here are some hints:
Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get install -y git-core autoconf libtool gettext autopoint
apt-get install -y automake autogen nettle-dev libp11-kit-dev libtspi-dev
apt-get install -y guile-2.0-dev libtasn1-6-dev libidn11-dev gawk gperf git2cl
apt-get install -y libunbound-dev dns-root-data bison help2man gtk-doc-tools
apt-get install -y texinfo texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-extra-utils
Fedora/RHEL:
yum install -y git autoconf libtool gettext-devel automake autogen
yum install -y nettle-devel p11-kit-devel autogen-libopts-devel
yum install -y trousers-devel guile-devel libtasn1-devel libidn-devel gawk gperf git2cl
yum install -y unbound-devel bison help2man gtk-doc texinfo texlive
Sometimes, you may need to install more recent versions of Automake, Nettle, P11-kit and Autogen, which you will need to build from sources.
Dependencies that are used during make check are listed below. Moreover, for basic interoperability testing you may want to install openssl and polarssl.
- Valgrind (optional)
- Libasan (optional)
- datefudge (optional)
- nodejs (needed for certain test cases)
- softhsm (for testing smart card support)
- dieharder (for testing PRNG)
Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get install -y valgrind libasan1 nodejs softhsm datefudge
apt-get install -y dieharder libpolarssl-runtime openssl
Fedora/RHEL:
yum install -y valgrind libasan nodejs softhsm datefudge
yum install -y dieharder mbedtls-utils openssl
To download the version controlled sources:
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls.git
$ cd gnutls
$ git submodule update --init
The next step is to run autoreconf (etc) and then ./configure:
$ make bootstrap
When built this way, some developer defaults will be enabled. See cfg.mk for details.
Then build the project normally, and run the test suite.
$ make
$ make check
Individual tests that may require additional hardware (e.g., smart cards) are:
$ sh tests/suite/testpkcs11
It is recommended to cross compile using Fedora and the following dependencies:
yum install -y wine mingw32-nettle mingw32-libtasn1 mingw32-gcc
and build as:
mingw32-configure --enable-local-libopts --disable-non-suiteb-curves --disable-doc --without-p11-kit
mingw32-make
mingw32-make check
If you wish to contribute, you may read more about our coding style. Note that when contributing code that is not assigned to FSF, you will need to assert that the contribution is in accordance to the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" as found in the file DCO.txt. That can be done by sending a mail with your real name to the gnutls-devel mailing list. Then just make sure that your contributions (patches), contain a "Signed-off-by" line, with your name and e-mail address. To automate the process use "git am -s" to produce patches.
Happy hacking!
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