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Basic Installation |
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These are generic installation instructions. |
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The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for |
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various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses |
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those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. |
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It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent |
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definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that |
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you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file |
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`config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up |
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reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output |
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(useful mainly for debugging `configure'). |
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If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try |
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to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail |
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diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can |
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be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache' |
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contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it. |
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The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program |
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called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change |
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it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'. |
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The simplest way to compile this package is: |
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1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type |
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`./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're |
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using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type |
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`sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute |
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`configure' itself. |
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Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some |
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messages telling which features it is checking for. |
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2. Type `make' to compile the package. |
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3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with |
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the package. |
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4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and |
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documentation. |
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5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the |
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source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the |
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files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for |
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a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is |
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also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly |
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for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get |
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all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came |
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with the distribution. |
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Compilers and Options |
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Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that |
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the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure' |
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initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using |
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a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like |
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this: |
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CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure |
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Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this: |
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env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure |
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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 |
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same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their |
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own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that |
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supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the |
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directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run |
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the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the |
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source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. |
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If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH' |
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variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time |
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in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for |
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one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another |
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architecture. |
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Installation Names |
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By default, `make install' will install the package's files in |
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`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an |
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installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the |
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option `--prefix=PATH'. |
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You can specify separate installation prefixes for |
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architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you |
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give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use |
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PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. |
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Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. |
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In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give |
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options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular |
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kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories |
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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 |
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with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the |
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option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. |
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Optional Features |
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Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to |
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`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package. |
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They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE |
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is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The |
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`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the |
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package recognizes. |
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For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually |
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find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't, |
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you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and |
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`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations. |
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Specifying the System Type |
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There may be some features `configure' can not figure out |
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automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package |
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will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints |
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a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the |
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`--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system |
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type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields: |
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CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM |
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See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If |
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`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't |
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need to know the host type. |
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If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also |
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use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will |
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produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of |
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system on which you are compiling the package. |
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Sharing Defaults |
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If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, |
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you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives |
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default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. |
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`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then |
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`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the |
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`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script. |
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A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script. |
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Operation Controls |
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`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it |
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operates. |
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`--cache-file=FILE' |
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Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of |
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`./config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for |
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debugging `configure'. |
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`--help' |
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Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. |
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`--quiet' |
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`--silent' |
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`-q' |
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Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To |
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suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error |
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messages will still be shown). |
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`--srcdir=DIR' |
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Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually |
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`configure' can determine that directory automatically. |
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`--version' |
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' |
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script, and exit. |
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`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. |
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