|  | Installation Instructions | 
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|  | Basic Installation | 
|  | ================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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.  Some packages provide this | 
|  | `INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features documented | 
|  | below.  The lack of an optional feature in a given package is not | 
|  | necessarily a bug.  More recommendations for GNU packages can be found | 
|  | in *note Makefile Conventions: (standards)Makefile Conventions. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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, 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 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.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. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with | 
|  | the package, generally using the just-built uninstalled binaries. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and | 
|  | documentation.  When installing into a prefix owned by root, it is | 
|  | recommended that the package be configured and built as a regular | 
|  | user, and only the `make install' phase executed with root | 
|  | privileges. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 5. Optionally, type `make installcheck' to repeat any self-tests, but | 
|  | this time using the binaries in their final installed location. | 
|  | This target does not install anything.  Running this target as a | 
|  | regular user, particularly if the prior `make install' required | 
|  | root privileges, verifies that the installation completed | 
|  | correctly. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 6. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the | 
|  | source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the | 
|  | files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for | 
|  | a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is | 
|  | also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly | 
|  | for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get | 
|  | all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came | 
|  | with the distribution. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 7. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed | 
|  | files again.  In practice, not all packages have tested that | 
|  | uninstallation works correctly, even though it is required by the | 
|  | GNU Coding Standards. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 8. Some packages, particularly those that use Automake, provide `make | 
|  | distcheck', which can by used by developers to test that all other | 
|  | targets like `make install' and `make uninstall' work correctly. | 
|  | This target is generally not run by end users. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Compilers and Options | 
|  | ===================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./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 | 
|  | same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their | 
|  | 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 `..'.  This | 
|  | is known as a "VPATH" build. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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. | 
|  |  | 
|  | On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and | 
|  | executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or | 
|  | "universal" binaries--by specifying multiple `-arch' options to the | 
|  | compiler but only a single `-arch' option to the preprocessor.  Like | 
|  | this: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ | 
|  | CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ | 
|  | CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E" | 
|  |  | 
|  | This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases, you | 
|  | may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results | 
|  | using the `lipo' tool if you have problems. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Installation Names | 
|  | ================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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', where PREFIX must be an | 
|  | absolute file name. | 
|  |  | 
|  | You can specify separate installation prefixes for | 
|  | architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you | 
|  | 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=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.  In general, the | 
|  | default for these options is expressed in terms of `${prefix}', so that | 
|  | specifying just `--prefix' will affect all of the other directory | 
|  | specifications that were not explicitly provided. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The most portable way to affect installation locations is to pass the | 
|  | correct locations to `configure'; however, many packages provide one or | 
|  | both of the following shortcuts of passing variable assignments to the | 
|  | `make install' command line to change installation locations without | 
|  | having to reconfigure or recompile. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The first method involves providing an override variable for each | 
|  | affected directory.  For example, `make install | 
|  | prefix=/alternate/directory' will choose an alternate location for all | 
|  | directory configuration variables that were expressed in terms of | 
|  | `${prefix}'.  Any directories that were specified during `configure', | 
|  | but not in terms of `${prefix}', must each be overridden at install | 
|  | time for the entire installation to be relocated.  The approach of | 
|  | makefile variable overrides for each directory variable is required by | 
|  | the GNU Coding Standards, and ideally causes no recompilation. | 
|  | However, some platforms have known limitations with the semantics of | 
|  | shared libraries that end up requiring recompilation when using this | 
|  | method, particularly noticeable in packages that use GNU Libtool. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The second method involves providing the `DESTDIR' variable.  For | 
|  | example, `make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory' will prepend | 
|  | `/alternate/directory' before all installation names.  The approach of | 
|  | `DESTDIR' overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and | 
|  | does not work on platforms that have drive letters.  On the other hand, | 
|  | it does better at avoiding recompilation issues, and works well even | 
|  | when some directory options were not specified in terms of `${prefix}' | 
|  | at `configure' time. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Optional Features | 
|  | ================= | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed | 
|  | with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the | 
|  | option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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 | 
|  | `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the | 
|  | package recognizes. | 
|  |  | 
|  | For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually | 
|  | find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't, | 
|  | you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and | 
|  | `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Some packages offer the ability to configure how verbose the | 
|  | execution of `make' will be.  For these packages, running `./configure | 
|  | --enable-silent-rules' sets the default to minimal output, which can be | 
|  | overridden with `make V=1'; while running `./configure | 
|  | --disable-silent-rules' sets the default to verbose, which can be | 
|  | overridden with `make V=0'. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Particular systems | 
|  | ================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible.  If GNU | 
|  | CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in | 
|  | order to use an ANSI C compiler: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./configure CC="cc -Ae -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500" | 
|  |  | 
|  | and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX. | 
|  |  | 
|  | On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot | 
|  | parse its `<wchar.h>' header file.  The option `-nodtk' can be used as | 
|  | a workaround.  If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended | 
|  | to try | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./configure CC="cc" | 
|  |  | 
|  | and if that doesn't work, try | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./configure CC="cc -nodtk" | 
|  |  | 
|  | On Solaris, don't put `/usr/ucb' early in your `PATH'.  This | 
|  | directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants of | 
|  | these programs are available in `/usr/bin'.  So, if you need `/usr/ucb' | 
|  | in your `PATH', put it _after_ `/usr/bin'. | 
|  |  | 
|  | On Haiku, software installed for all users goes in `/boot/common', | 
|  | not `/usr/local'.  It is recommended to use the following options: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./configure --prefix=/boot/common | 
|  |  | 
|  | Specifying the System Type | 
|  | ========================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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 | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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 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 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'. | 
|  | `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. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Defining Variables | 
|  | ================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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: | 
|  |  | 
|  | ./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 all of the options to `configure', and exit. | 
|  |  | 
|  | `--help=short' | 
|  | `--help=recursive' | 
|  | Print a summary of the options unique to this package's | 
|  | `configure', and exit.  The `short' variant lists options used | 
|  | only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options | 
|  | also present in any nested packages. | 
|  |  | 
|  | `--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' | 
|  | Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To | 
|  | suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error | 
|  | messages will still be shown). | 
|  |  | 
|  | `--srcdir=DIR' | 
|  | Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually | 
|  | `configure' can determine that directory automatically. | 
|  |  | 
|  | `--prefix=DIR' | 
|  | Use DIR as the installation prefix.  *note Installation Names:: | 
|  | for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning | 
|  | the installation locations. | 
|  |  | 
|  | `--no-create' | 
|  | `-n' | 
|  | Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output | 
|  | files. | 
|  |  | 
|  | `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run | 
|  | `configure --help' for more details. | 
|  |  |