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@@ -1,42 +1,54 @@ -$Id$ -$URL$ +Installation Instructions +************************* +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, +2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives +unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. Basic Installation ================== - These are generic installation instructions. +Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should +configure, build, and install this package. The following +more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for +instructions specific to this package. The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that -you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file -`config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up -reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output -(useful mainly for debugging `configure'). +you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a +file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for +debugging `configure'). + + It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache' +and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves +the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is +disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale +cache files. If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can -be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache' -contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it. +be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at +some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you +may remove or edit it. - The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program -called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change -it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'. + The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create +`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if +you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version +of `autoconf'. The simplest way to compile this package is: 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type - `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're - using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type - `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute - `configure' itself. + `./configure' to configure the package for your system. - Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some - messages telling which features it is checking for. + Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints + some messages telling which features it is checking for. 2. Type `make' to compile the package. @@ -55,52 +67,55 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is: all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution. + 6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed + files again. + Compilers and Options ===================== - Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that -the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure' -initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using -a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like -this: - CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure +Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the +`configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for +details on some of the pertinent environment variables. + + You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters +by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here +is an example: -Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this: - env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure + ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix + + *Note Defining Variables::, for more details. Compiling For Multiple Architectures ==================================== - You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the +You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their -own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that -supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the +own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make'. `cd' to the directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. - If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH' -variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time -in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for -one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another -architecture. + With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one +architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have +installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before +reconfiguring for another architecture. Installation Names ================== - By default, `make install' will install the package's files in -`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an -installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the -option `--prefix=PATH'. +By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under +`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You +can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving +`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'. You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use -PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. -Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. +pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses +PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. +Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix. In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give -options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular +options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories you can set and what kinds of files go in them. @@ -111,7 +126,7 @@ option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. Optional Features ================= - Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to +Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package. They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The @@ -126,48 +141,86 @@ you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and Specifying the System Type ========================== - There may be some features `configure' can not figure out -automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package -will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints -a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the -`--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system -type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields: +There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically, +but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on. +Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_ +architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a +message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the +`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system +type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form: + CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM -See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If +where SYSTEM can have one of these forms: + + OS KERNEL-OS + + See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't -need to know the host type. +need to know the machine type. + + If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should +use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will +produce code for. - If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also -use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will -produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of -system on which you are compiling the package. + If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a +platform different from the build platform, you should specify the +"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will +eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'. Sharing Defaults ================ - If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, -you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives -default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. +If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you +can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default +values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script. A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script. -Operation Controls +Defining Variables ================== - `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it -operates. +Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the +environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run +configure again during the build, and the customized values of these +variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set +them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example: -`--cache-file=FILE' - Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of - `./config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for - debugging `configure'. + ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc + +causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is +overridden in the site shell script). + +Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to +an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: + + CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash + +`configure' Invocation +====================== + +`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates. `--help' +`-h' Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. +`--version' +`-V' + Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' + script, and exit. + +`--cache-file=FILE' + Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE, + traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to + disable caching. + +`--config-cache' +`-C' + Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'. + `--quiet' `--silent' `-q' @@ -179,8 +232,6 @@ operates. Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually `configure' can determine that directory automatically. -`--version' - Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' - script, and exit. +`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run +`configure --help' for more details. -`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. |