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INSTALL

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Installation Instructions
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Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
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2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
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unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
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Basic Installation
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==================
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These are generic installation instructions.
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Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
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configure, build, and install this package. The following
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more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
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instructions specific to this package.
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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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you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
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file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
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debugging `configure').
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It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
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and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
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the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is
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disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
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cache files.
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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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be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
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some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
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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 file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
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`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if
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you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
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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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`./configure' to configure the package for your system.
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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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Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints
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some messages telling which features it is checking for.
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2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
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6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
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files again.
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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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Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
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`configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for
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details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
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You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
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by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
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is an example:
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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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./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
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*Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
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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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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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own directory. To do this, you can use 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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With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
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architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have
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installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
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reconfiguring for another architecture.
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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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By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
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`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
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can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
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`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
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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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pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
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PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
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Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
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options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
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`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of 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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There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
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but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
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Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
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architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
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message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
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`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
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type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
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need to know the machine type.
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If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
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use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
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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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If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
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platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
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can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
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values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
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environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
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configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
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variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
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an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
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script, and exit.
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