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author | raster <raster> | 2010-08-16 09:59:13 +0000 |
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committer | raster <raster@7cbeb6ba-43b4-40fd-8cce-4c39aea84d33> | 2010-08-16 09:59:13 +0000 |
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eeze - 1.0.0 alpha ready.
git-svn-id: http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/eeze@51185 7cbeb6ba-43b4-40fd-8cce-4c39aea84d33
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@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@ Installation Instructions ************************* -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, -2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free +Software Foundation, Inc. - This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives +This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. Basic Installation ================== - Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should -configure, build, and install this package. The following -more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for -instructions specific to this package. +These are generic installation instructions. The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses @@ -26,9 +23,9 @@ 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 +the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale -cache files. +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 @@ -38,17 +35,20 @@ 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 -you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version -of `autoconf'. +`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. + `./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' might take a while. While running, it prints - some messages telling which features it is checking for. + Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some + messages telling which features it is checking for. 2. Type `make' to compile the package. @@ -67,57 +67,42 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is: all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution. - 6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed - files again. - 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. +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 + ./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 +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 +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 `..'. - With a non-GNU `make', it is safer 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. - - On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and -executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or -"universal" binaries--by specifying multiple `-arch' options to the -compiler but only a single `-arch' option to the preprocessor. Like -this: - - ./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ - CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \ - CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E" - - This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases, you -may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results -using the `lipo' tool if you have problems. + 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' installs the package's commands under +By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'. @@ -140,7 +125,7 @@ option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. Optional Features ================= - Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to +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 @@ -152,46 +137,14 @@ 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. -Particular systems -================== - - On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible. If GNU -CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in -order to use an ANSI C compiler: - - ./configure CC="cc -Ae -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500" - -and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX. - - On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot -parse its `<wchar.h>' header file. The option `-nodtk' can be used as -a workaround. If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended -to try - - ./configure CC="cc" - -and if that doesn't work, try - - ./configure CC="cc -nodtk" - - On Solaris, don't put `/usr/ucb' early in your `PATH'. This -directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants of -these programs are available in `/usr/bin'. So, if you need `/usr/ucb' -in your `PATH', put it _after_ `/usr/bin'. - - On Haiku, software installed for all users goes in `/boot/common', -not `/usr/local'. It is recommended to use the following options: - - ./configure --prefix=/boot/common - 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 +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: @@ -199,8 +152,7 @@ type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form: where SYSTEM can have one of these forms: - OS - KERNEL-OS + 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 @@ -218,9 +170,9 @@ 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'. +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. @@ -229,7 +181,7 @@ 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 +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 @@ -238,29 +190,21 @@ them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example: ./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). +overridden in the site shell script). Here is a another example: -Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to -an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: + /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash - CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash +Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent +configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'. `configure' Invocation ====================== - `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it -operates. +`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates. `--help' `-h' - Print a summary of all of the options to `configure', and exit. - -`--help=short' -`--help=recursive' - Print a summary of the options unique to this package's - `configure', and exit. The `short' variant lists options used - only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options - also present in any nested packages. + Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. `--version' `-V' @@ -287,16 +231,6 @@ operates. Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually `configure' can determine that directory automatically. -`--prefix=DIR' - Use DIR as the installation prefix. *Note Installation Names:: - for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning - the installation locations. - -`--no-create' -`-n' - Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output - files. - `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run `configure --help' for more details. |