gst-plugins-mythtv/INSTALL
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     1.4 -Basic Installation
     1.5 -==================
     1.6 -
     1.7 -   These are generic installation instructions.
     1.8 -
     1.9 -   The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
    1.10 -various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
    1.11 -those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
    1.12 -It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
    1.13 -definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
    1.14 -you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
    1.15 -`config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
    1.16 -reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
    1.17 -(useful mainly for debugging `configure').
    1.18 -
    1.19 -   If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
    1.20 -to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
    1.21 -diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
    1.22 -be considered for the next release.  If at some point `config.cache'
    1.23 -contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
    1.24 -
    1.25 -   The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
    1.26 -called `autoconf'.  You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
    1.27 -it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
    1.28 -
    1.29 -The simplest way to compile this package is:
    1.30 -
    1.31 -  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
    1.32 -     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
    1.33 -     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
    1.34 -     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
    1.35 -     `configure' itself.
    1.36 -
    1.37 -     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
    1.38 -     messages telling which features it is checking for.
    1.39 -
    1.40 -  2. Type `make' to compile the package.
    1.41 -
    1.42 -  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
    1.43 -     the package.
    1.44 -
    1.45 -  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
    1.46 -     documentation.
    1.47 -
    1.48 -  5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
    1.49 -     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
    1.50 -     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
    1.51 -     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
    1.52 -     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
    1.53 -     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
    1.54 -     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
    1.55 -     with the distribution.
    1.56 -
    1.57 -Compilers and Options
    1.58 -=====================
    1.59 -
    1.60 -   Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
    1.61 -the `configure' script does not know about.  You can give `configure'
    1.62 -initial values for variables by setting them in the environment.  Using
    1.63 -a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
    1.64 -this:
    1.65 -     CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
    1.66 -
    1.67 -Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
    1.68 -     env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
    1.69 -
    1.70 -Compiling For Multiple Architectures
    1.71 -====================================
    1.72 -
    1.73 -   You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
    1.74 -same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
    1.75 -own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
    1.76 -supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
    1.77 -directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
    1.78 -the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
    1.79 -source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
    1.80 -
    1.81 -   If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
    1.82 -variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
    1.83 -in the source code directory.  After you have installed the package for
    1.84 -one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
    1.85 -architecture.
    1.86 -
    1.87 -Installation Names
    1.88 -==================
    1.89 -
    1.90 -   By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
    1.91 -`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc.  You can specify an
    1.92 -installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
    1.93 -option `--prefix=PATH'.
    1.94 -
    1.95 -   You can specify separate installation prefixes for
    1.96 -architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
    1.97 -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
    1.98 -PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
    1.99 -Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
   1.100 -
   1.101 -   In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
   1.102 -options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
   1.103 -kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
   1.104 -you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
   1.105 -
   1.106 -   If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
   1.107 -with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
   1.108 -option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
   1.109 -
   1.110 -Optional Features
   1.111 -=================
   1.112 -
   1.113 -   Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
   1.114 -`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
   1.115 -They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
   1.116 -is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
   1.117 -`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
   1.118 -package recognizes.
   1.119 -
   1.120 -   For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
   1.121 -find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
   1.122 -you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
   1.123 -`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
   1.124 -
   1.125 -Specifying the System Type
   1.126 -==========================
   1.127 -
   1.128 -   There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
   1.129 -automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
   1.130 -will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
   1.131 -a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
   1.132 -`--host=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
   1.133 -type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
   1.134 -     CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
   1.135 -
   1.136 -See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
   1.137 -`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
   1.138 -need to know the host type.
   1.139 -
   1.140 -   If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
   1.141 -use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
   1.142 -produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
   1.143 -system on which you are compiling the package.
   1.144 -
   1.145 -Sharing Defaults
   1.146 -================
   1.147 -
   1.148 -   If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
   1.149 -you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
   1.150 -default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
   1.151 -`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
   1.152 -`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
   1.153 -`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
   1.154 -A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
   1.155 -
   1.156 -Operation Controls
   1.157 -==================
   1.158 -
   1.159 -   `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
   1.160 -operates.
   1.161 -
   1.162 -`--cache-file=FILE'
   1.163 -     Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
   1.164 -     `./config.cache'.  Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
   1.165 -     debugging `configure'.
   1.166 -
   1.167 -`--help'
   1.168 -     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
   1.169 -
   1.170 -`--quiet'
   1.171 -`--silent'
   1.172 -`-q'
   1.173 -     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
   1.174 -     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
   1.175 -     messages will still be shown).
   1.176 -
   1.177 -`--srcdir=DIR'
   1.178 -     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
   1.179 -     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
   1.180 -
   1.181 -`--version'
   1.182 -     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
   1.183 -     script, and exit.
   1.184 -
   1.185 -`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.