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1 frodo 2 PREFACE
2     =======
3    
4     As of version 0.5, the psiconv package uses automake, autoconf and libtool.
5     This should make it possible to compile it on almost any architecture.
6     Of course, this all depends on whether I have isolated all possible
7     incompatibilities. If it does not compile for you, please send me a
8     bug report, with as much information as possible, or even patches if
9     you know what causes the problems.
10    
11     If your platform has no 32-bit integers (as int, long or long long), you
12     can forget about compiling libpsiconv. Sorry.
13    
14     There is no manpage yet for psiconv, but try `psiconv -h' for some help.
15    
16     The included format data text files are translated by `make all' from
17     Psion Word to HTML. This process should succeed with no warnings or
18     errors. If the translation is ended without problems, psiconv is probably
19     working right.
20    
21 frodo 49 If you want to use ImageMagick, please make sure that it is version 5.x.y.
22     Version 4 will no longer work.
23 frodo 2
24 frodo 49
25 frodo 2 Basic Installation
26     ==================
27    
28     These are generic installation instructions.
29    
30     The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
31     various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
32     those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
33     It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
34     definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
35     you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
36     `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
37     reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
38     (useful mainly for debugging `configure').
39    
40     If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
41     to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
42     diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
43     be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache'
44     contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
45    
46     The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
47     called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
48     it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
49    
50     The simplest way to compile this package is:
51    
52     1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
53     `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
54     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
55     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
56     `configure' itself.
57    
58     Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
59     messages telling which features it is checking for.
60    
61     2. Type `make' to compile the package.
62    
63     3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
64     the package.
65    
66     4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
67     documentation.
68    
69     5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
70     source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
71     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
72     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
73     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
74     for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
75     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
76     with the distribution.
77    
78     Compilers and Options
79     =====================
80    
81     Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
82     the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure'
83     initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using
84     a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
85     this:
86     CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
87    
88     Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
89     env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
90    
91     Compiling For Multiple Architectures
92     ====================================
93    
94     You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
95     same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
96     own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
97     supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
98     directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
99     the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
100     source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
101    
102     If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
103     variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
104     in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for
105     one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
106     architecture.
107    
108     Installation Names
109     ==================
110    
111     By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
112     `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
113     installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
114     option `--prefix=PATH'.
115    
116     You can specify separate installation prefixes for
117     architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
118     give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
119     PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
120     Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
121    
122     In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
123     options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
124     kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
125     you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
126    
127     If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
128     with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
129     option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
130    
131     Optional Features
132     =================
133    
134     Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
135     `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
136     They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
137     is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
138     `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
139     package recognizes.
140    
141     For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
142     find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
143     you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
144     `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
145    
146     Specifying the System Type
147     ==========================
148    
149     There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
150     automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
151     will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
152     a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
153     `--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
154     type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
155     CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
156    
157     See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
158     `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
159     need to know the host type.
160    
161     If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
162     use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
163     produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
164     system on which you are compiling the package.
165    
166     Sharing Defaults
167     ================
168    
169     If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
170     you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
171     default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
172     `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
173     `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
174     `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
175     A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
176    
177     Operation Controls
178     ==================
179    
180     `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
181     operates.
182    
183     `--cache-file=FILE'
184     Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
185     `./config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
186     debugging `configure'.
187    
188     `--help'
189     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
190    
191     `--quiet'
192     `--silent'
193     `-q'
194     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
195     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
196     messages will still be shown).
197    
198     `--srcdir=DIR'
199     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
200     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
201    
202     `--version'
203     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
204     script, and exit.
205    
206     `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.

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