Hi Mick, You may want to try the build scripts that I and some community members have made for GNUstep on Debian/Ubuntu based systems.
Or perhaps use them as documentation to see the build steps that have worked for us. https://github.com/plaurent/gnustep-build Best regards, Patryk > On Jan 4, 2026, at 10:50, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > Once again in my life, I am installing gnustep, but every time after a lot of > time, so I have to learn from scratch the procedure. > This time on my own LinuxMint 22, and I am in trouble configuring base. > > I downloaded gnustep-make-2.9.3.tar.gz, unpacked and configured to use > clang compiler (14) and --layout=gnustep. > Than I got libobjc2 from github repo, compiled and installed under > /usr/local. Finally I added /usr/local/lib in a file under > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/, and launched ldconfig. > > At the base step the configure failed "checking whether objc really > works... no". So I tried to write a very simple program in objc > (containing a class definition, though), and it fails to link with > error: "/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/testobjc-ba4d71.o:(.data.rel.ro+0x0): > undefined reference to `__objc_class_name_Object'". > > Any idea of what can I miss? > I compiled the program with "clang -o testobjc testobjc.m > -L/usr/local/lib -mobjc", so I am quite sure I am pointing the right > library. > > -- > Mick > > >
