Getting the code

svn checkout http://glimmerblocker.org/svn/trunk GlimmerBlocker

Compiling and installing GlimmerBlocker from source requires the latest version of IntelliJ IDEA (I'm very often using the latest pre-beta builds), Xcode and a decent knowledge of shell scripting. The build process is not simple.

Send patches to: [​patch@glimmerblocker.org]

Subversion client

The subversion commandline client is included in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and later, so you don't need to install anything if you use the commandline. For GUI-based clients, check the links in the "Subversion Clients: stand-alone" section on ​http://subversion.tigris.org/links.html

How to build it, I think

Never been tested, so this should be taken as hints, not a cookbook. Mastering shell and perl scripts is mandatory.

1. Stop the running proxy (aka deactivate).
2. Create install dir: sudo mkdir -p /Library/PreferencePanes/GlimmerBlocker.prefPane
3. Make sure it is owned by you: chmod -R johndoe /Library/PreferencePanes/GlimmerBlocker.prefPane
4. Clean it out, but keep the dir: rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/GlimmerBlocker.prefPane/*
5. Make the Xcode project. It will fail at the end due to missing Jars: PrefsPane/GlimmerBlockerPrefsPane.xcodeproj
   
6. Open the IDEA project. Make it.
7. Open Terminal, and cd into svntrunk/PrefsPane
8. Execute ./java-runner.sh
9. Build the Xcode once more (not clean), it should now be a success.
10. In Terminal: fix permissions on the auth helper:
    sudo chown root:admin /Library/PreferencePanes/GlimmerBlocker.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/AuthHelper
    sudo chmod 6555 /Library/PreferencePanes/GlimmerBlocker.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/AuthHelper