[Thrift Wiki] Update of "GettingUbuntuPackages" by MarcoMolteni

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  = Installing the required packages on Ubuntu =
- The following command installs all the required tools and libraries to build and install the Thrift compiler on a Ubuntu/Debian Linux based system.
+ 
+ == Required packages ==
+ 
  {{{
+ sudo apt-get install libboost-dev automake libtool flex bison
- sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libtool flex bison libboost* ruby-dev
- }}}
- Note: I'm not clear on what parts of the boost libraries are required so I've included them all.
- 
- == Ubuntu 8.10 ==
- Note: The latest SVN version of Thrift should build correctly on Ubuntu 8.10, but older versions might not.  This issue was tracked at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-208.
- 
- The issue has been traced to {{{/bin/sh }}} which in Ubuntu 8.10 is a symlink to {{{/bin/dash}}}. 
- 
- '''workaround 1:''' (invasive)
- Symlink {{{/bin/sh}}} to {{{/bin/bash}}}:
- {{{
- sudo ln -f -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
  }}}
  
- Now re-run ./configure in the thrift directory.
+ Then install the Java JDK of your choice. Type {{{javac}}} to see a list of available packages, pick the one you prefer and {{{apt-get install}}} it.
  
+ == Optional packages ==
+ 
+ Some other packages depend on what languages you want Thrift to support. For ruby, install {{{ruby-dev}}}.
+ 
+ == Ubuntu 8.10 and configure ==
+ 
+ Thrift's {{{configure}}} script assumes that {{{/bin/sh}}} is actually {{{/bin/bash}}}. Since on Ubuntu 8.10 {{{/bin/sh}}} is {{{/bin/dash}}}, the {{{configure}}} script fails. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-208 for more details. Note that the patch associated to 208 doesn't solve completely the problem.
+ 
+ There are two possible workarounds:
+ 
- '''Workaround 2:''' (non invasive)
+ '''Workaround 1 (non invasive): '''
- Just set the environment variable CONFIG_SHELL:
+ set the environment variable CONFIG_SHELL before running configure
  {{{
  $ CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure
  }}}
  
+ '''workaround 2 (invasive):'''
+ symlink {{{/bin/sh}}} to {{{/bin/bash}}}
+ {{{
+ $ sudo ln -f -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
+ $ ./configure
+ }}}
+ 
+ 
  == Unofficial packages ==
  [http://fluidinfo.com Fluidinfo] is providing unofficial packages for Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 through its [https://launchpad.net/~txamqpteam/+archive Launchpad PPA]. If you want to build packages for the Debian-based distro of your choice, you can apply the latest patch at [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-71 THRIFT-71].
  
- == More info ==
+ == See also ==
  For more information on the requirements see: ThriftRequirements
  
  For more information on building and installing Thrift see: ThriftInstallation