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      1 Installation Instructions
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      3 
      4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
      5 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      6 
      7    This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
      8 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
      9 
     10 Basic Installation
     11 ==================
     12 
     13    Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
     14 configure, build, and install this package.  The following
     15 more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
     16 instructions specific to this package.
     17 
     18    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
     19 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
     20 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
     21 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
     22 definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
     23 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
     24 file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
     25 debugging `configure').
     26 
     27    It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
     28 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
     29 the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  Caching is
     30 disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
     31 cache files.
     32 
     33    If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
     34 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
     35 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
     36 be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
     37 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
     38 may 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
     42 you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
     43 of `autoconf'.
     44 
     45 The 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 
     70   6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
     71      files again.
     72 
     73 Compilers and Options
     74 =====================
     75 
     76    Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
     77 the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
     78 for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
     79 
     80    You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
     81 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
     82 is an example:
     83 
     84      ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
     85 
     86    *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
     87 
     88 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
     89 ====================================
     90 
     91    You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
     92 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
     93 own directory.  To do this, you can use GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
     94 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
     95 the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
     96 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
     97 
     98    With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
     99 architecture at a time in the source code directory.  After you have
    100 installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
    101 reconfiguring for another architecture.
    102 
    103    On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and
    104 executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or
    105 "universal" binaries--by specifying multiple `-arch' options to the
    106 compiler but only a single `-arch' option to the preprocessor.  Like
    107 this:
    108 
    109      ./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
    110                  CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
    111                  CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E"
    112 
    113    This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases, you
    114 may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results
    115 using the `lipo' tool if you have problems.
    116 
    117 Installation Names
    118 ==================
    119 
    120    By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
    121 `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc.  You
    122 can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
    123 `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
    124 
    125    You can specify separate installation prefixes for
    126 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
    127 pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
    128 PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
    129 Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
    130 
    131    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
    132 options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
    133 kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
    134 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
    135 
    136    If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
    137 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
    138 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
    139 
    140 Optional Features
    141 =================
    142 
    143    Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
    144 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
    145 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
    146 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
    147 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
    148 package recognizes.
    149 
    150    For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
    151 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
    152 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
    153 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
    154 
    155 Particular systems
    156 ==================
    157 
    158    On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible.  If GNU
    159 CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in
    160 order to use an ANSI C compiler:
    161 
    162      ./configure CC="cc -Ae -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500"
    163 
    164 and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX.
    165 
    166    On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot
    167 parse its `<wchar.h>' header file.  The option `-nodtk' can be used as
    168 a workaround.  If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended
    169 to try
    170 
    171      ./configure CC="cc"
    172 
    173 and if that doesn't work, try
    174 
    175      ./configure CC="cc -nodtk"
    176 
    177    On Solaris, don't put `/usr/ucb' early in your `PATH'.  This
    178 directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants of
    179 these programs are available in `/usr/bin'.  So, if you need `/usr/ucb'
    180 in your `PATH', put it _after_ `/usr/bin'.
    181 
    182    On Haiku, software installed for all users goes in `/boot/common',
    183 not `/usr/local'.  It is recommended to use the following options:
    184 
    185      ./configure --prefix=/boot/common
    186 
    187 Specifying the System Type
    188 ==========================
    189 
    190    There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
    191 automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
    192 will run on.  Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
    193 _same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
    194 a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
    195 `--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
    196 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
    197 
    198      CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
    199 
    200 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
    201 
    202      OS
    203      KERNEL-OS
    204 
    205    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
    206 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
    207 need to know the machine type.
    208 
    209    If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
    210 use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
    211 produce code for.
    212 
    213    If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
    214 platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
    215 "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
    216 eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
    217 
    218 Sharing Defaults
    219 ================
    220 
    221    If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
    222 you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
    223 default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
    224 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
    225 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
    226 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
    227 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
    228 
    229 Defining Variables
    230 ==================
    231 
    232    Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
    233 environment passed to `configure'.  However, some packages may run
    234 configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
    235 variables may be lost.  In order to avoid this problem, you should set
    236 them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
    237 
    238      ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
    239 
    240 causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
    241 overridden in the site shell script).
    242 
    243 Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
    244 an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
    245 
    246      CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
    247 
    248 `configure' Invocation
    249 ======================
    250 
    251    `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
    252 operates.
    253 
    254 `--help'
    255 `-h'
    256      Print a summary of all of the options to `configure', and exit.
    257 
    258 `--help=short'
    259 `--help=recursive'
    260      Print a summary of the options unique to this package's
    261      `configure', and exit.  The `short' variant lists options used
    262      only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options
    263      also present in any nested packages.
    264 
    265 `--version'
    266 `-V'
    267      Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
    268      script, and exit.
    269 
    270 `--cache-file=FILE'
    271      Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
    272      traditionally `config.cache'.  FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
    273      disable caching.
    274 
    275 `--config-cache'
    276 `-C'
    277      Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
    278 
    279 `--quiet'
    280 `--silent'
    281 `-q'
    282      Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
    283      suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
    284      messages will still be shown).
    285 
    286 `--srcdir=DIR'
    287      Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
    288      `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
    289 
    290 `--prefix=DIR'
    291      Use DIR as the installation prefix.  *Note Installation Names::
    292      for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning
    293      the installation locations.
    294 
    295 `--no-create'
    296 `-n'
    297      Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output
    298      files.
    299 
    300 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
    301 `configure --help' for more details.
    302 
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