Compiling FileZilla on OSX

[sim0s]

Hi, I've been trying to compile the FileZilla versions 3.11 and 3.24 on Mac but when I run ../configure I get the following error:

configure: error: libgnutls 3.1.12 greater was not found. You can get it from http://gnutls.org/

However, I've installed gnutls using homebrew. Any ideas to resolve the problem are appreciated. Thanks

[botg]

Note that we cannot help you with compiling FileZilla 3.11, we cannot support outdated versions.

As for FileZilla 3.24, it requires GnuTLS 3.4.15 or greater.

[botg]

See https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Comp ... r_Mac_OS_X for instructions.

[sim0s]

Thanks, botg.

I am doing some research on comparing different versions of open-source software (especially those that have changed their third-party libraries). That's why I need to compile an older FileZilla version.

I got some help on Stack Overflow and managed to solve the problem. Here is the solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4189 ... 0#41899480.


On a different matter, is there any documentation about how I can run the tests for FileZilla (included in the test directory)?

[botg]

Install cppunit, re-run configure, then run make check.

[sim0s]

Thanks again. I managed to install cppunit and run the test cases.

Is there any way to get some timings/overheads from running filezilla (e.g., from test cases or development code)? Or should I implement my own test cases to achieve this?

[sim0s]

For anyone interested, here is the script I wrote to install filezilla from source

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#! /bin/sh
#based on the answer at
#http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41898925/compiling-filezilla-on-osx/41899480#41899480


#1) Install dependencies as specified in the INSTALL file, i.e.,
# libfilezilla 0.9.0, wxWidgets 3.0.2, libidn, Nettle 3.1, GnuTLS 3.4.15, libdbus, sqlite3 3.7


#2) set PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable for libraries gnutls, nettle, libtasn1; p11-kit, libfilezilla
#make the necessary changes if any library is in a different directory
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/gnutls/3.5.8/lib/pkgconfig
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/nettle/3.3/lib/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/libtasn1/4.10/lib/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/p11-kit/0.23.3/lib/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/libfilezilla-0.9.0/compile/lib/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH


#3) run the configuration/install scripts

export LIBGNUTLS_CFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags gnutls)

export LIBGNUTLS_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs gnutls)

export LIBFILEZILLA_CFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags libfilezilla)

export LIBFILEZILLA_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs libfilezilla)

if [ -d compile ]; then
  rm -rf compile/*
else
  mkdir compile
fi

cd compile

../configure --with-pugixml=builtin

make

make install

[botg]

I am doing some research on comparing different versions of open-source software (especially those that have changed their third-party libraries)

Is there any way to get some timings/overheads from running filezilla (e.g., from test cases or development code)? Or should I implement my own test cases to achieve this?

Please elaborate, I don't think I understand what you are trying to achieve.