apt.sh

#!/bin/bash
apt-get install -y build-essential
apt-get install -y clang
apt-get install -y libblocksruntime-dev
apt-get install -y libkqueue-dev
apt-get install -y libpthread-workqueue-dev
apt-get install -y gobjc
apt-get install -y libxml2-dev
apt-get install -y libjpeg-dev
apt-get install -y libtiff-dev
apt-get install -y libpng12-dev
apt-get install -y libcups2-dev
apt-get install -y libfreetype6-dev
apt-get install -y libcairo2-dev
apt-get install -y libxt-dev
apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-dev
apt-get remove -y libdispatch-dev

install.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
mkdir ${INSTALL_DIR:=gnustep-dev}
 
GIST=${GIST:-ronakbanka/8235347}
GIST_ROOT=${GIST_ROOT:-https://gist.github.com/${GIST}}
APT=${APT:-${GIST_ROOT}/raw/apt.sh}
GNUSTEP_SOURCES=${GNUSTEP_SOURCES:-${GIST_ROOT}/raw/sources.txt}
LIBOBJC2=${LIBOBJC2:-http://download.gna.org/gnustep/libobjc2-1.6.tar.gz}
 
#
 
cd ${INSTALL_DIR} || exit $?
 
 
# apt-get install required packages

sudo apt-get update
 
date >> $(basename ${PWD}).log
echo 'Asking for sudo to run apt-get:'
{
  curl -ks ${APT} | sudo bash -
} 2>&1 | tee -a $(basename ${PWD}).log
 
 
# Use clang
 
export CC=clang
 
 
# Install libobjc2
 
LIBOBJC2_DIR=$(basename ${LIBOBJC2##*/} .tar.gz)
[ -d ${LIBOBJC2_DIR} ] || curl -ks ${LIBOBJC2} | tar zx || exit $?
(
  cd ${LIBOBJC2_DIR} || exit $?
  date >../$(basename ${PWD}).log
  echo 'Building '$(basename ${PWD})
  make 2>&1 | tee -a ../$(basename ${PWD}).log
  echo 'Asking for sudo to install '$(basename ${PWD})
  sudo make install 2>&1 | tee -a ../$(basename ${PWD}).log
) || exit $?
 
 
# Install GNUStep from source
 
curl -ks ${GNUSTEP_SOURCES} | while read dl; do
  pkg=$(basename ${dl##*/} .tar.gz)
  echo 'Downloading '${pkg}
  (
    curl -ks ${dl} | tar vzx && cd ${pkg} || exit $?
    {
      ./configure
      make
      sudo make install
    } 2>&1 | tee ../$(basename ${PWD}).log
  ) 2>&1 | tee -a $(basename ${PWD}).log || exit $?
done
 
 
# Reinstall libdispatch-dev
 
sudo apt-get install -y libdispatch-dev
 
 
# Test it!
 
curl -ksO https://gist.github.com/ronakbanka/8235347/raw/1bf0f0371248caaae218b7be4317d6aee1d56b24/test.m && {
  clang -o test test.m -I `gnustep-config --variable=GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS` \
                       -L `gnustep-config --variable=GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES` \
                       -lgnustep-base -fconstant-string-class=NSConstantString \
                       -D_NATIVE_OBJC_EXCEPTIONS \
                       -lobjc
} && LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./test
 
exit 0

sources.txt

ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-make-2.6.2.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-base-1.24.0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-gui-0.22.0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-back-0.22.0.tar.gz

test.m

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, char * argv[]){
    NSLog(@"Hello world!\n");
    return 0;
}

testscript.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential -y
sudo apt-get install clang -y
sudo apt-get install gnustep -y
sudo apt-get install gnustep-make -y
sudo apt-get install gnustep-devel -y
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.7/include/objc /usr/local/include/objc

curl -ksO https://gist.github.com/ronakbanka/8235347/raw/1bf0f0371248caaae218b7be4317d6aee1d56b24/test.m && {
  clang -o test test.m -I `gnustep-config --variable=GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS` \
                       -L `gnustep-config --variable=GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES` \
                       -lgnustep-base -fconstant-string-class=NSConstantString \
                       -D_NATIVE_OBJC_EXCEPTIONS \
                       -lobjc
} && LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./test