Building from Source

Building from Source

Prerequisites

Package	Purpose
gcc	C compiler
make	Build system
libx11-dev / libx11-devel	X11 headers (for xtx, the X11 variant)

Important: Path Must Not Contain Spaces

UnixTree's build system is a collection of shell scripts that feed paths directly into GNU Make. Make splits on spaces, so the source tree must live at a path with no spaces.

If your source directory contains spaces (e.g. Linux Applications/UnixTree Source/), create a symlink:

ln -s "/path/with spaces/xt-3.0.2" /tmp/unixtree
cd /tmp/unixtree

Build Steps

# 1. Configure
./xt_setup

# 2. Build everything
make all

# Binaries are produced at:
#   product/xt   — terminal (curses) binary
#   product/xtx  — X11 binary

What the Build Produces

Path	Description
product/xt	Main terminal binary
product/xtx	X11 variant
termfiles/*.trm	Terminal definition files
manpages/pgm.man	Man page

Terminal Definition Files

UnixTree uses its own .trm terminal definition files (not system terminfo/termcap). At runtime it searches $XTPATH/trm/ for a file matching $TERM.trm. The environment variable XTPATH must point to the directory containing the trm/ subdirectory.

See Terminal Requirements for details.