Installation Instructions
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Briefly, the shell commands ./configure; make; make install' should
README.md’ file for
configure, build, and install this package. The following
more-detailed instructions are generic; see the
instructions specific to this package.
The configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
Makefile’ in each directory of the package.
various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
those values to create a
It may also create one or more .h' files containing system-dependent
config.status’ that
definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script
you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
file config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
configure’).
debugging
It can also use an optional file (typically called config.cache'
–cache-file=config.cache’ or simply `-C’) that saves
and enabled with
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
README.md’ so they can
diffs or instructions to the address given in the
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
configure’ using a newer version
you want to change it or regenerate
of `autoconf’.
The simplest way to compile this package is:
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.
Type `make’ to compile the package.
Optionally, type `make check’ to run any self-tests that come with
the package.
Type `make install’ to install the programs and any data files and
documentation.
You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing make clean'. To also remove the
configure’ created (so you can compile the package for
files that
a different kind of computer), type make distclean'. There is
make maintainer-clean’ target, but that is intended mainly
also a
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.
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.
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
..’.
With a non-GNU make', it is safer to compile the package for one
make distclean’ before
architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have
installed the package for one architecture, use
reconfiguring for another architecture.
By default, make install' installs the package's commands under
/usr/local/bin’, include files under
/usr/local/include', etc. You
/usr/local’ by giving
can specify an installation prefix other than
configure' the option
–prefix=PREFIX’.
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
configure –help’ for a list of the directories
kinds of files. Run
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
–program-prefix=PREFIX’ or `–program-suffix=SUFFIX’.
option
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
gnu-as’ or
is something likex' (for the X Window System). The
README.md’ should mention any
--enable-' and
–with-’ options that the
package recognizes.
For packages that use the X Window System, configure' can usually
configure’ options
find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
you can use the--x-includes=DIR' and
–x-libraries=DIR’ to specify their locations.
There may be some features configure' cannot figure out automatically,
configure’ can figure that out, but if it prints a
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,
message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
sun4’, or a canonical name which has the form:
type, such as
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’.
If you want to set default values for configure' scripts to share, you
config.site’ that gives default
can create a site shell script called
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.
configure’ scripts look for a site script.
A warning: not all
Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
environment passed to configure'. However, some packages may run
configure’ command line, using `VAR=value’. For example:
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 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’ 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'
config.cache’. FILE defaults to `/dev/null’ to
Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
traditionally
disable caching.
--config-cache'
-C’
Alias for `–cache-file=config.cache’.
--quiet'
–silent’
-q'
/dev/null’ (any error
Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
suppress all normal output, redirect it to
messages will still be shown).
--srcdir=DIR'
configure’ can determine that directory automatically.
Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
configure –help’ for more details.