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authorManoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>2003-12-03 22:33:17 -0800
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-This is a generic INSTALL file for utilities distributions.
-If this package does not come with, e.g., installable documentation or
-data files, please ignore the references to them below.
-
-To compile this package:
-
-1. Configure the package for your system. In the directory that this
-file is in, type `./configure'. 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.
-
-The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
-various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and
-creates the Makefile(s) (one in each subdirectory of the source
-directory). In some packages it creates a C header file containing
-system-dependent definitions. It also creates a file `config.status'
-that you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration.
-
-Running `configure' takes a minute or two. While it is running, it
-prints some messages that tell what it is doing. If you don't want to
-see the messages, run `configure' with its standard output redirected
-to `/dev/null'; for example, `./configure >/dev/null'.
-
-To compile the package in a different directory from the one
-containing the source code, you must use a version of `make' that
-supports the VPATH variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the directory
-where you want the object files and executables to go and run
-`configure'. `configure' automatically checks for the source code in
-the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. If for some reason
-`configure' is not in the source code directory that you are
-configuring, then it will report that it can't find the source code.
-In that case, run `configure' with the option `--srcdir=DIR', where
-DIR is the directory that contains the source code.
-
-By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
-/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man, etc. You can specify
-an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving `configure' the
-option `--prefix=PATH'. Alternately, you can do so by giving a value
-for the `prefix' variable when you run `make', e.g.,
- make prefix=/usr/gnu
-
-You can specify separate installation prefixes for
-architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If
-you give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH' or set the
-`make' variable `exec_prefix' to PATH, the package will use PATH as
-the prefix for installing programs and libraries. Data files and
-documentation will still use the regular prefix. Normally, all files
-are installed using the regular prefix.
-
-Another `configure' option is useful mainly in `Makefile' rules for
-updating `config.status' and `Makefile'. The `--no-create' option
-figures out the configuration for your system and records it in
-`config.status', without actually configuring the package (creating
-`Makefile's and perhaps a configuration header file). Later, you can
-run `./config.status' to actually configure the package. You can also
-give `config.status' the `--recheck' option, which makes it re-run
-`configure' with the same arguments you used before. This option is
-useful if you change `configure'.
-
-Some packages pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options to `configure',
-where PACKAGE is something like `gnu-libc' or `x' (for X windows).
-The README should mention any --with- options that the package recognizes.
-
-`configure' ignores any other arguments that you give it.
-
-If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking
-that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure' initial
-values for some variables by setting them in the environment. In
-Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the command line like
-this:
- CC='gcc -traditional' DEFS=-D_POSIX_SOURCE ./configure
-
-The `make' variables that you might want to override with environment
-variables when running `configure' are:
-
-(For these variables, any value given in the environment overrides the
-value that `configure' would choose:)
-CC C compiler program.
- Default is `cc', or `gcc' if `gcc' is in your PATH.
-INSTALL Program to use to install files.
- Default is `install' if you have it, `cp' otherwise.
-
-(For these variables, any value given in the environment is added to
-the value that `configure' chooses:)
-DEFS Configuration options, in the form `-Dfoo -Dbar ...'
- Do not use this variable in packages that create a
- configuration header file.
-LIBS Libraries to link with, in the form `-lfoo -lbar ...'
-
-If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, we encourage
-you to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and
-mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the README so we
-can include them in the next release.
-
-2. Type `make' to compile the package. If you want, you can override
-the `make' variables CFLAGS and LDFLAGS like this:
-
- make CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS=-s
-
-3. If the package comes with self-tests and you want to run them,
-type `make check'. If you're not sure whether there are any, try it;
-if `make' responds with something like
- make: *** No way to make target `check'. Stop.
-then the package does not come with self-tests.
-
-4. Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and
-documentation.
-
-5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
-source directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
-Makefile(s), the header file containing system-dependent definitions
-(if the package uses one), and `config.status' (all the files that
-`configure' created), type `make distclean'.
-
-The file `configure.in' is used as a template to create `configure' by
-a program called `autoconf'. You will only need it if you want to
-regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 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.
+
+ 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 only 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.
+
+ Running `configure' takes awhile. 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.
+
+ 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
+ documentation.
+
+ 5. 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.
+
+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=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 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 must use a version of `make' that
+supports the `VPATH' variable, such as 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 support 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.
+
+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'.
+
+ 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.
+
+ In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
+options like `--bindir=PATH' 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.
+
+ 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'.
+
+Optional Features
+=================
+
+ 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.
+
+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 `--target=TYPE' option 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
+
+will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
+overridden in the site shell script).
+
+`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'
+ 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.
+
+`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
+`configure --help' for more details.
+