Installation

From Swftools

How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?

Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz. Then type, on the command-line:

   tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar
   cd swftools-0.x.x
   ./configure
   make 
   make install

(you will have to be root for the last step)

What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?

You need freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf. Links:

 * freetype: http://www.freetype.org
 * jpeglib:  http://www.ijg.org/files/

NB jpeglib is now at version 8. Version 6, appears to be no longer available. Should you happen to know a link, please post it here.

For the later versions you will also need to place the tar g'zipped distribution of xpdf in the lib/pdf folder of the unpacked SWFTools distribution, i.e.

 * cd swftools/lib/pdf
 * wget ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02.tar.gz
 * cd ../../
 * ./configure [ -- your_compiler_flags ]
 

When compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib!

In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local, try the following:

 rm -f config.cache
 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure

Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a:

 ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
 ldconfig /usr/local/lib

In order to install jpeglib, it's furthermore been remarked that you need to do:

 make install-lib
 make install-headers

If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache" before running configure again.

There are problems during compilation

Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'" as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".

Try running configure as

 LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure

How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?

Try the version available from Macports, and, if need be, the Porticus GUI installer that overlays it:

 * HomeBrew:  http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
 * SWFTools on Macports: http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=swftools
 * Porticus COCOA GUI:  http://porticus.alittledrop.com

Cross compiling from Linux to other platforms ( for those whom may like to live life slightly on the edge ).

Try one of these two self-build environments. They may ( or may not ) ease the pain. ;o) The latter link, detailing Ron Burkey's sofware solution, also permits compilation for Apple Mac OS X:

 * MingGW Cross Volker Grabsch et al 
 * I'm Cross! Ron Burkey