List of required packages to build the X server from git. [[!toc ]] 

(Please add your distribution if it is missing) 


## Ubuntu

### Oneiric Ocelot 11.10

Swipe the following command to install all required packages. About 900MB of additional storage is required. 
[[!format txt """
sudo apt-get install asciidoc autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev  bison docbook-utils doxygen flex fop git-core  gperf intltool jadetex libdrm-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgbm-dev libglib2.0-dev libmtdev-dev libncurses5-dev libpng12-dev libssl-dev libtool libudev-dev llvm m4  netpbm psutils python-mako systemtap-sdt-dev w3m xmlto  zlib1g-dev
"""]]

[[!format txt """
asciidoc                8.6.4
autoconf                2.68
automake                1.11.1
autopint
autotools-dev           20110511
bison                   2.4.1
docbook-utils           0.6.14
doxygen                 1.7.4
flex                    2.5.35
fontconfig              2.8.0   pre-installed
fop                     0.95
gcc                     4.6.1   pre-installed
gettext                 0.18.1  pre-installed
gettext-base            0.18.1  pre-installed
ghostscript             9.04    pre-installed
git-core                1.7.5.4
gperf                   3.0.3
intltool                0.41.1
jadetex                 3.13
libgbm-dev
libfontconfig1-dev      2.8.0
libfreetype6            2.4.4   pre-installed
libfreetype6-dev        2.4.4
libglib2.0-dev          2.30.0
libmtdev-dev
libncurses5-dev         5.9
libpng12-0              1.2.46  pre-installed
libpng12-dev            1.2.46
libssl-dev              1.0.0e
libtool                 2.4
libudev-dev
llvm                    2.8
m4                      1.4.16
netpbm                  10.0
openssl                 1.0.0e  pre-installed
perl                    5.12.4  pre-installed
pkg-config              0.26    pre-installed
psutils                 1.17
python-mako                     for mesa source
systemtap-sdt-dev       1.4
w3m                     0.5.3
xmlto                   0.0.23
zlib1g                  1.2.3.4 pre-installed
zlib1g-dev              1.2.3.4
"""]]

## Gentoo


### stage3-amd64-20100514.tar.bz2

Had to install: 
[[!format txt """
docbook-xml-dtd         4.1.2
docbook-xml-dtd         4.3
docbook-xml-dtd         4.4
doxygen
gd (USE: jpeg png)
git
gperf
freetype
intltool
libxlst
lynx (or w3m)
pkgconfig
xmlto
"""]]

## OpenSolaris


### 2009.06


[[!format txt """
There are multiple versions for aclocal, automake, and python. You need to create links to the latest version in $prefix/bin.
SUNWaconf               2.61
SUNWgnu-automake-110    1.10
SUNWbison               2.3
SUNWgnome-xml           0.6.3
SUNWdoxygen             1.5.7.1
SUNWflexlex             2.5.33
SUNWfontconfig          2.5.0 pre-installed
SUNWgcc                 3.4.3
gcc-dev                 3.4.3
SUNWgmake               3.81
SUNWgnome-common-devel  0.5.11
SUNWgnu-gettext         0.16.1
SUNWgit                 1.5.6.5
SUNWgperf               3.0.3
SUNWgroff               1.19.2
SUNWncurses             0.5.11
SUNWpng                 0.5.11
SUNWopenssl             0.9.8 pre-installed
SUNWlibtool             1.5.22
SUNWgm4                 1.4.2
SUNWperl*               5.8.4
SUNWPython26            2.6.1
SUNWpython-lxml         2.1.2
SUNWzlib                1.2.3
"""]]

## OpenBSD

pkg_add the following packages 
[[!format txt """
automake-1.9
autoconf-2.62
libtool
metaauto
"""]]
_Packages needed to reformat docs need to be sorted out_... 

Set environment variables to point to the autotools version you're using 


[[!format txt """
PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig
AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9
AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.62
ACLOCAL="aclocal -I /usr/X11R6/share/aclocal"
"""]]

## openSUSE


### 11.3

The `libtalloc-devel` package for openSUSE 11.3 is missing the required `talloc.pc` file to allow the _mesa_ build to complete successfully. There are two ways this can be fixed: 

1. defining environment variables which work with `pkg-config`: [[!format txt """
 $> export TALLOC_LIBS=-ltalloc
 $> export TALLOC_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include"
 $> build.sh -o mesa/mesa $PREFIX
 
"""]]
1. installing a fixed, updated `libtalloc-devel` package. See [[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632770|https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632770]] for details. 
NOTE: openSUSE 11.2 also seems to have this problem