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1Installation Instructions
2*************************
3
4Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
52006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6
7This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
8unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
9
10Basic Installation
11==================
12
13Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
14configure, build, and install this package.  The following
15more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
16instructions specific to this package.
17
18   The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
19various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
20those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
21It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
22definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
23you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
24file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
25debugging `configure').
26
27   It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
28and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
29the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  Caching is
30disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
31cache files.
32
33   If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
34to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
35diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
36be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
37some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
38may remove or edit it.
39
40   The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
41`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You need `configure.ac' if
42you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
43of `autoconf'.
44
45The simplest way to compile this package is:
46
47  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
48     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
49
50     Running `configure' might take a while.  While running, it prints
51     some messages telling which features it is checking for.
52
53  2. Type `make' to compile the package.
54
55  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
56     the package.
57
58  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
59     documentation.
60
61  5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
62     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
63     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
64     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
65     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
66     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
67     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
68     with the distribution.
69
70Compilers and Options
71=====================
72
73Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
74`configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help' for
75details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
76
77   You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
78by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
79is an example:
80
81     ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
82
83   *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
84
85Compiling For Multiple Architectures
86====================================
87
88You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
89same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
90own directory.  To do this, you can use GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
91directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
92the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
93source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
94
95   With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
96architecture at a time in the source code directory.  After you have
97installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
98reconfiguring for another architecture.
99
100Installation Names
101==================
102
103By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
104`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc.  You
105can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
106`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
107
108   You can specify separate installation prefixes for
109architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
110pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
111PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
112Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
113
114   In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
115options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
116kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
117you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
118
119   If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
120with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
121option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
122
123Optional Features
124=================
125
126Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
127`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
128They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
129is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
130`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
131package recognizes.
132
133   For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
134find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
135you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
136`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
137
138Specifying the System Type
139==========================
140
141There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
142but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
143Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
144architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
145message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
146`--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
147type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
148
149     CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
150
151where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
152
153     OS KERNEL-OS
154
155   See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
156`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
157need to know the machine type.
158
159   If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
160use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
161produce code for.
162
163   If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
164platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
165"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
166eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
167
168Sharing Defaults
169================
170
171If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
172can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
173values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
174`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
175`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
176`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
177A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
178
179Defining Variables
180==================
181
182Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
183environment passed to `configure'.  However, some packages may run
184configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
185variables may be lost.  In order to avoid this problem, you should set
186them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
187
188     ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
189
190causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
191overridden in the site shell script).
192
193Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
194an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
195
196     CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
197
198`configure' Invocation
199======================
200
201`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
202
203`--help'
204`-h'
205     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
206
207`--version'
208`-V'
209     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
210     script, and exit.
211
212`--cache-file=FILE'
213     Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
214     traditionally `config.cache'.  FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
215     disable caching.
216
217`--config-cache'
218`-C'
219     Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
220
221`--quiet'
222`--silent'
223`-q'
224     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
225     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
226     messages will still be shown).
227
228`--srcdir=DIR'
229     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
230     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
231
232`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
233`configure --help' for more details.
234
235