| Installation Instructions |
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| Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, |
| 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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| This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives |
| unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. |
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| Basic Installation |
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| Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install |
| configure, build, and install this package. The following |
| more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README |
| instructions specific to this package. |
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| The `configure |
| various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses |
| those values to create a `Makefile |
| It may also create one or more `.h |
| definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status |
| you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a |
| file `config.log |
| debugging `configure |
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| It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache |
| and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache |
| the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is |
| disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale |
| cache files. |
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| If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try |
| to figure out how `configure |
| diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README |
| be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at |
| some point `config.cache |
| may remove or edit it. |
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| The file `configure.ac |
| `configure |
| you want to change it or regenerate `configure |
| of `autoconf |
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| The simplest way to compile this package is: |
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| 1. `cd |
| `./configure |
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| Running `configure |
| some messages telling which features it is checking for. |
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| 2. Type `make |
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| 3. Optionally, type `make check |
| the package. |
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| 4. Type `make install |
| documentation. |
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| 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the |
| source code directory by typing `make clean |
| files that `configure |
| a different kind of computer), type `make distclean |
| also a `make maintainer-clean |
| for the package |
| all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came |
| with the distribution. |
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| Compilers and Options |
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| Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the |
| `configure |
| details on some of the pertinent environment variables. |
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| You can give `configure |
| by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here |
| is an example: |
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| ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix |
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| *Note Defining Variables::, for more details. |
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| Compiling For Multiple Architectures |
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| You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the |
| same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their |
| own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make |
| directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run |
| the `configure |
| source code in the directory that `configure |
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| With a non-GNU `make |
| architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have |
| installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean |
| reconfiguring for another architecture. |
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| Installation Names |
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| By default, `make install |
| `/usr/local/bin |
| can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local |
| `configure |
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| You can specify separate installation prefixes for |
| architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you |
| pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX |
| PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. |
| Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix. |
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| In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give |
| options like `--bindir=DIR |
| kinds of files. Run `configure --help |
| you can set and what kinds of files go in them. |
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| If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed |
| with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure |
| option `--program-prefix=PREFIX |
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| Optional Features |
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| Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE |
| `configure |
| They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE |
| is something like `gnu-as |
| `README |
| package recognizes. |
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| For packages that use the X Window System, `configure |
| find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn |
| you can use the `configure |
| `--x-libraries=DIR |
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| Specifying the System Type |
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| There may be some features `configure |
| but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on. |
| Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_ |
| architectures, `configure |
| message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the |
| `--build=TYPE |
| type, such as `sun4 |
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| CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM |
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| where SYSTEM can have one of these forms: |
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| OS KERNEL-OS |
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| See the file `config.sub |
| `config.sub |
| need to know the machine type. |
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| If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should |
| use the option `--target=TYPE |
| produce code for. |
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| If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a |
| platform different from the build platform, you should specify the |
| "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will |
| eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE |
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| Sharing Defaults |
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| If you want to set default values for `configure |
| can create a site shell script called `config.site |
| values for variables like `CC |
| `configure |
| `PREFIX/etc/config.site |
| `CONFIG_SITE |
| A warning: not all `configure |
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| Defining Variables |
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| Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the |
| environment passed to `configure |
| configure again during the build, and the customized values of these |
| variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set |
| them in the `configure |
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| ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc |
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| causes the specified `gcc |
| overridden in the site shell script). |
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| Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL |
| an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: |
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| CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash |
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| `configure |
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| `configure |
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| `--help |
| `-h |
| Print a summary of the options to `configure |
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| `--version |
| `-V |
| Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure |
| script, and exit. |
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| `--cache-file=FILE |
| Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE, |
| traditionally `config.cache |
| disable caching. |
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| `--config-cache |
| `-C |
| Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache |
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| `--quiet |
| `--silent |
| `-q |
| Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To |
| suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null |
| messages will still be shown). |
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| `--srcdir=DIR |
| Look for the package |
| `configure |
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| `configure |
| `configure --help |
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