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1 frodo 150 Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
2     Foundation, Inc.
3 frodo 147
4     This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
5     unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
6    
7 frodo 2 Basic Installation
8     ==================
9    
10     These are generic installation instructions.
11    
12     The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
13     various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
14     those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
15     It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
16     definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
17 frodo 147 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
18     file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
19     debugging `configure').
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21 frodo 147 It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
22     and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
23     the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
24     disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
25     cache files.)
26    
27 frodo 2 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
28     to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
29     diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
30 frodo 147 be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
31     some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
32     may remove or edit it.
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34 frodo 147 The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
35     `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
36     `configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
37     a newer version of `autoconf'.
38 frodo 2
39     The simplest way to compile this package is:
40    
41     1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
42     `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
43     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
44     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
45     `configure' itself.
46    
47     Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
48     messages telling which features it is checking for.
49    
50     2. Type `make' to compile the package.
51    
52     3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
53     the package.
54    
55     4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
56     documentation.
57    
58     5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
59     source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
60     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
61     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
62     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
63     for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
64     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
65     with the distribution.
66    
67     Compilers and Options
68     =====================
69    
70     Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
71 frodo 147 the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help'
72     for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
73 frodo 2
74 frodo 150 You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
75     by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
76     is an example:
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78 frodo 147 ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
79    
80     *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
81    
82 frodo 2 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
83     ====================================
84    
85     You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
86     same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
87     own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
88     supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
89     directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
90     the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
91     source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
92    
93 frodo 147 If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
94     variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
95     time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
96     package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
97     for another architecture.
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99     Installation Names
100     ==================
101    
102     By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
103     `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
104     installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
105     option `--prefix=PATH'.
106    
107     You can specify separate installation prefixes for
108     architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
109     give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
110     PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
111     Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
112    
113     In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
114     options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
115     kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
116     you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
117    
118     If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
119     with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
120     option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
121    
122     Optional Features
123     =================
124    
125     Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
126     `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
127     They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
128     is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
129     `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
130     package recognizes.
131    
132     For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
133     find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
134     you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
135     `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
136    
137     Specifying the System Type
138     ==========================
139    
140 frodo 147 There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
141 frodo 150 automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
142     will run on. Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
143     _same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
144     a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
145 frodo 147 `--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
146     type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
147    
148 frodo 2 CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
149    
150 frodo 147 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
151    
152     OS KERNEL-OS
153    
154     See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
155 frodo 2 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
156 frodo 150 need to know the machine type.
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158 frodo 147 If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
159 frodo 2 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
160 frodo 147 produce code for.
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162 frodo 147 If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
163 frodo 150 platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
164     "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
165     eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
166 frodo 147
167 frodo 2 Sharing Defaults
168     ================
169    
170     If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
171     you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
172     default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
173     `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
174     `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
175     `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
176     A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
177    
178 frodo 147 Defining Variables
179 frodo 2 ==================
180    
181 frodo 147 Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
182     environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
183     configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
184     variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
185     them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
186    
187     ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
188    
189     will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
190     overridden in the site shell script).
191    
192     `configure' Invocation
193     ======================
194    
195 frodo 2 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
196     operates.
197    
198     `--help'
199 frodo 147 `-h'
200 frodo 2 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
201    
202 frodo 147 `--version'
203     `-V'
204     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
205     script, and exit.
206    
207     `--cache-file=FILE'
208     Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
209     traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
210     disable caching.
211    
212     `--config-cache'
213     `-C'
214     Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
215    
216 frodo 2 `--quiet'
217     `--silent'
218     `-q'
219     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
220     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
221     messages will still be shown).
222    
223     `--srcdir=DIR'
224     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
225     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
226    
227 frodo 147 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
228     `configure --help' for more details.
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