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1.4 -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
1.5 -Foundation, Inc.
1.6 -
1.7 - This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
1.8 -unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
1.9 -
1.10 -Basic Installation
1.11 -==================
1.12 -
1.13 - These are generic installation instructions.
1.14 -
1.15 - The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
1.16 -various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
1.17 -those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
1.18 -It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
1.19 -definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
1.20 -you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
1.21 -file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
1.22 -debugging `configure').
1.23 -
1.24 - It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
1.25 -and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
1.26 -the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
1.27 -disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
1.28 -cache files.)
1.29 -
1.30 - If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
1.31 -to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
1.32 -diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
1.33 -be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
1.34 -some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
1.35 -may remove or edit it.
1.36 -
1.37 - The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
1.38 -`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
1.39 -`configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
1.40 -a newer version of `autoconf'.
1.41 -
1.42 -The simplest way to compile this package is:
1.43 -
1.44 - 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
1.45 - `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
1.46 - using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
1.47 - `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
1.48 - `configure' itself.
1.49 -
1.50 - Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
1.51 - messages telling which features it is checking for.
1.52 -
1.53 - 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
1.54 -
1.55 - 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
1.56 - the package.
1.57 -
1.58 - 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
1.59 - documentation.
1.60 -
1.61 - 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
1.62 - source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
1.63 - files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
1.64 - a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
1.65 - also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
1.66 - for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
1.67 - all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
1.68 - with the distribution.
1.69 -
1.70 -Compilers and Options
1.71 -=====================
1.72 -
1.73 - Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
1.74 -the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help'
1.75 -for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
1.76 -
1.77 - You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
1.78 -by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
1.79 -is an example:
1.80 -
1.81 - ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
1.82 -
1.83 - *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
1.84 -
1.85 -Compiling For Multiple Architectures
1.86 -====================================
1.87 -
1.88 - You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
1.89 -same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
1.90 -own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
1.91 -supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
1.92 -directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
1.93 -the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
1.94 -source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
1.95 -
1.96 - If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
1.97 -variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
1.98 -time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
1.99 -package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
1.100 -for another architecture.
1.101 -
1.102 -Installation Names
1.103 -==================
1.104 -
1.105 - By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
1.106 -`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
1.107 -installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
1.108 -option `--prefix=PATH'.
1.109 -
1.110 - You can specify separate installation prefixes for
1.111 -architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
1.112 -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
1.113 -PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
1.114 -Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
1.115 -
1.116 - In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
1.117 -options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
1.118 -kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
1.119 -you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
1.120 -
1.121 - If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
1.122 -with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
1.123 -option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
1.124 -
1.125 -Optional Features
1.126 -=================
1.127 -
1.128 - Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
1.129 -`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
1.130 -They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
1.131 -is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
1.132 -`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
1.133 -package recognizes.
1.134 -
1.135 - For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
1.136 -find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
1.137 -you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
1.138 -`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
1.139 -
1.140 -Specifying the System Type
1.141 -==========================
1.142 -
1.143 - There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
1.144 -automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
1.145 -will run on. Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
1.146 -_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
1.147 -a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
1.148 -`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
1.149 -type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
1.150 -
1.151 - CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
1.152 -
1.153 -where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
1.154 -
1.155 - OS KERNEL-OS
1.156 -
1.157 - See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
1.158 -`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
1.159 -need to know the machine type.
1.160 -
1.161 - If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
1.162 -use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
1.163 -produce code for.
1.164 -
1.165 - If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
1.166 -platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
1.167 -"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
1.168 -eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
1.169 -
1.170 -Sharing Defaults
1.171 -================
1.172 -
1.173 - If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
1.174 -you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
1.175 -default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
1.176 -`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
1.177 -`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
1.178 -`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
1.179 -A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
1.180 -
1.181 -Defining Variables
1.182 -==================
1.183 -
1.184 - Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
1.185 -environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
1.186 -configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
1.187 -variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
1.188 -them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
1.189 -
1.190 - ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
1.191 -
1.192 -will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
1.193 -overridden in the site shell script).
1.194 -
1.195 -`configure' Invocation
1.196 -======================
1.197 -
1.198 - `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
1.199 -operates.
1.200 -
1.201 -`--help'
1.202 -`-h'
1.203 - Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
1.204 -
1.205 -`--version'
1.206 -`-V'
1.207 - Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
1.208 - script, and exit.
1.209 -
1.210 -`--cache-file=FILE'
1.211 - Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
1.212 - traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
1.213 - disable caching.
1.214 -
1.215 -`--config-cache'
1.216 -`-C'
1.217 - Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
1.218 -
1.219 -`--quiet'
1.220 -`--silent'
1.221 -`-q'
1.222 - Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
1.223 - suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
1.224 - messages will still be shown).
1.225 -
1.226 -`--srcdir=DIR'
1.227 - Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
1.228 - `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
1.229 -
1.230 -`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
1.231 -`configure --help' for more details.
1.232 -