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1 Installation Instructions
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2 *************************
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4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
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5 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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7 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
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8 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
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10 Basic Installation
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11 ==================
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13 Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
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14 configure, build, and install this package. The following
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15 more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
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18 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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19 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
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20 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
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21 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
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22 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
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27 It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
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28 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
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29 the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is
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33 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
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36 be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
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37 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
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41 `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if
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45 The simplest way to compile this package is:
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47 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
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48 `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
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50 Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints
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51 some messages telling which features it is checking for.
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53 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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55 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
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56 the package.
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58 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
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59 documentation.
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61 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
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62 source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
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63 files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
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64 a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
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65 also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
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66 for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
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67 all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
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70 6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
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73 Compilers and Options
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74 =====================
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76 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
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80 You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
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81 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
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88 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
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89 ====================================
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93 own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make'. `cd' to the
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95 the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
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98 With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
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99 architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have
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103 Installation Names
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104 ==================
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106 By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
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119 kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
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126 Optional Features
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141 Specifying the System Type
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180 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
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182 Defining Variables
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183 ==================
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186 environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
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201 `configure' Invocation
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202 ======================
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227 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
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228 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
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235 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
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