Editing Compiling FileZilla 3 under macOS

This documentation explains how to setup a build environment for [[FileZilla 3]] and how to compile it under Mac OS X using [http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/xcode/ Xcode]. These directions have been tested under Tiger and Leopard on an Intel Mac. Other Mac OS versions may or may not work.

See [http://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10220 this post] for more information about the build process on Tiger along with some automated build files.

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== Automated building with Fink ==

You may find it easier to use [http://www.finkproject.org Fink] to automate the process of building FileZilla from source.  

=== Advantages of Fink ===

* works under Tiger and Leopard on Intel and PPC
* all necessary dependencies are downloaded, built, and installed automatically with a single command
* does not interfere with any system software or other third-party software on your machine
* as new versions of FileZilla  are released, rebuilding and upgrading is automated

=== Disadvantages of Fink ===

* packaged version of FileZilla can sometimes lag behind the newest release
* customizing the build process is not straightforward

=== Instructions ===

# Install Fink per the [http://www.finkproject.org/doc/users-guide/index.php User's Guide].
# Enable the "unstable" tree per [http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#unstable this FAQ entry].
# Run <code>fink install filezilla</code> in a Terminal window.

Once the build process completes successfully, you will find a FileZilla icon in your Applications folder.

== Setting up the build environment ==

This includes the compiler and the required tools to build FileZilla 3 and its dependencies.

=== Xcode ===

You will need to download the version of Xcode appropriate for your version of OS X.

* [http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=19907 Xcode 2.5] for Tiger
* [http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20792 Xcode 3.2.6] for Leopard and Snow Leopard
* Xcode 4 for Lion can be found in the App Store

If you are using Xcode 2.5, you will need to customize the install. Ensure all options under "Command Line Support" are checked. In Xcode 3, this is not necessary.

== Building the Dependencies ==

FileZilla depends on the work of several open source projects. We must build them before we can build FileZilla.

If you have a multi-core machine, the build may go faster if you change "nice make" to "nice make -jN" where N equals the number of cores you have + 1 (e.g. dual-core: N = 3).

=== pkg-config ===

''Note'': Mac OS X Lion (10.7) appears to come with pkg-config already installed. So you should be able to skip this if you have 10.7 or later.

Download [http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/ pkg-config]. The current version is [http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz
 cd pkg-config-0.28
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/pkg-config --with-internal-glib \
 && nice make && make install

=== GNU gettext ===

Download [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ GNU gettext]. The current version is [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.18.2.1.tar.gz gettext-0.18.2.1.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/gettext-0.18.2.1.tar.gz
 cd gettext-0.18.2.1
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/gettext && nice make && make install

=== xz-utils ===

Download [http://tukaani.org/xz/ xz-utils]. The current version is [http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.0.4.tar.bz2 xz-5.0.4.tar.bz2].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 cd /tmp
 tar xjf ~/Downloads/xz-5.0.4.tar.bz2
 cd xz-5.0.4
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/xz && nice make && make install

=== wxWidgets ===

Download [http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/ wxWidgets]. The current version for Mac is [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxMac-2.8.12.tar.gz wxMac-2.8.12.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386"
 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/wxMac-2.8.12.tar.gz
 cd wxMac-2.8.12
 mkdir build-wx && cd build-wx
 ../configure --disable-compat26 --enable-unicode --prefix $HOME/filezilla/wxMac \
 --enable-printfposparam && nice make && make install

=== GNU libidn ===

Download [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/ GNU libidn]. The current version is [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.26.tar.gz libidn-1.26.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386"
 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/libidn-1.26.tar.gz
 cd libidn-1.26
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/libidn && nice make && make install

=== GNU mp ===

Download [http://gmplib.org/ GNU mp]. The current version is [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-5.1.2.tar.bz2 gmp-5.1.2.tar.bz2].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386"
 cd /tmp
 tar xjf ~/Downloads/gmp-5.1.2.tar.bz2
 cd gmp-5.1.2
 ./configure -prefix $HOME/filezilla/gmp --build=i386-apple-darwin && nice make && make install

=== libnettle ===

Download [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/ libnettle]. The current version is [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/nettle-2.7.tar.gz nettle-2.7.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$HOME/filezilla/gmp/include"
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386 -L$HOME/filezilla/gmp/lib"
 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/nettle-2.7.tar.gz
 cd nettle-2.7
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/nettle && nice make && make install

=== GNU TLS ===

Download [http://www.gnutls.org/ GNU TLS]. The current version is [ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.2/gnutls-3.2.0.tar.xz gnutls-3.2.0.tar.xz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$HOME/filezilla/gmp/include -I$HOME/filezilla/libidn/include"
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386 -L$HOME/filezilla/gmp/lib -L$HOME/filezilla/libidn/lib"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$HOME/filezilla/libidn/lib/pkgconfig"
 export PATH="$HOME/filezilla/xz/bin:$PATH"
 cd /tmp
 xzcat ~/Downloads/gnutls-3.2.0.tar.xz | tar x
 cd gnutls-3.2.0
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/filezilla/gnutls --build=i386-apple-darwin \
 --with-libnettle-prefix=$HOME/filezilla/nettle && nice make && make install

=== SQLite ===

Download [http://www.sqlite.org/download.html SQLite]. The current version is [http://www.sqlite.org/2013/sqlite-autoconf-3071700.tar.gz sqlite-autoconf-3071700.tar.gz].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386"
 cd /tmp
 tar xzf ~/Downloads/sqlite-autoconf-3071700.tar.gz
 cd sqlite-autoconf-3071700
 ./configure --prefix $HOME/filezilla/sqlite --disable-static && nice make && make install

== Building [[FileZilla 3]] ==

Download the [http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client FileZilla source]. The current version is [
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.7.0.2/FileZilla_3.7.0.2_src.tar.bz2/download FileZilla_3.7.0.2_src.tar.bz2].

Start Terminal from the Applications/Utilities folder and enter the following commands:

 export PATH="$HOME/filezilla/gettext/bin:$HOME/filezilla/pkg-config/bin:$HOME/filezilla/wxMac/bin:$PATH"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/filezilla/gnutls/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/filezilla/sqlite/lib/pkgconfig"
 export CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I$HOME/filezilla/libidn/include"
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -arch i386"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export OBJCXXFLAGS="${OBJCXXFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -arch i386 -L$HOME/filezilla/libidn/lib"
 cd /tmp
 tar xjf ~/Downloads/FileZilla_3.7.0.2_src.tar.bz2
 cd filezilla-3.7.0.2
 ./configure --with-tinyxml=builtin && nice make
 cd FileZilla.app/Contents/MacOS
 strip filezilla fzputtygen fzsftp
 cd - && mv FileZilla.app ~/Desktop

== Troubleshooting ==

If you run into problems, please make sure you've followed each step exactly how it is explained and that you haven't missed any steps along the way. Feel free to ask questions on the [http://forum.filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla forums].