1   Basic Installation
  2   ==================
  3  
  4      These are generic installation instructions.
  5  
  6      The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
  7   various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
  8   those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
  9   It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
  10   definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
  11   you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
  12   `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
  13   reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
  14   (useful mainly for debugging `configure').
  15  
  16      If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
  17   to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
  18   diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
  19   be considered for the next release.  If at some point `config.cache'
  20   contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
  21  
  22      The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
  23   called `autoconf'.  You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
  24   it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
  25  
  26   The simplest way to compile this package is:
  27  
  28     1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
  29        `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
  30        using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
  31        `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
  32        `configure' itself.
  33  
  34        Running `configure' takes a while.  While running, it prints some
  35        messages telling which features it is checking for.
  36  
  37     2. Type `make' to compile the package.
  38  
  39     3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
  40        documentation.
  41  
  42     4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
  43        source code directory by typing `make clean'. 
  44  
  45   Compilers and Options
  46   =====================
  47  
  48      Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
  49   the `configure' script does not know about.  You can give `configure'
  50   initial values for variables by setting them in the environment.  Using
  51   a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
  52   this:
  53        CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
  54  
  55   Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
  56        env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
  57  
  58   Compiling For Multiple Architectures
  59   ====================================
  60  
  61      You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
  62   same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
  63   own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
  64   supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
  65   directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
  66   the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
  67   source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
  68  
  69      If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
  70   variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
  71   in the source code directory.  After you have installed the package for
  72   one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
  73   architecture.
  74  
  75   Installation Names
  76   ==================
  77  
  78      By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
  79   `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc.  You can specify an
  80   installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
  81   option `--prefix=PATH'.
  82  
  83      You can specify separate installation prefixes for
  84   architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
  85   give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
  86   PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
  87   Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
  88  
  89      If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
  90   with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
  91   option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
  92  
  93   Optional Features
  94   =================
  95  
  96      Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
  97   `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
  98   They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
  99   is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
  100   `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
  101   package recognizes.
  102  
  103      For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
  104   find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
  105   you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
  106   `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
  107  
  108   Specifying the System Type
  109   ==========================
  110  
  111      There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
  112   automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
  113   will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
  114   a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
  115   `--host=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
  116   type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
  117        CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
  118  
  119   See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
  120   `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
  121   need to know the host type.
  122  
  123      If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
  124   use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
  125   produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
  126   system on which you are compiling the package.
  127  
  128   Sharing Defaults
  129   ================
  130  
  131      If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
  132   you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
  133   default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
  134   `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
  135   `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
  136   `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
  137   A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
  138  
  139   Operation Controls
  140   ==================
  141  
  142      `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
  143   operates.
  144  
  145   `--cache-file=FILE'
  146        Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
  147        `./config.cache'.  Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
  148        debugging `configure'.
  149  
  150   `--help'
  151        Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
  152  
  153   `--quiet'
  154   `--silent'
  155   `-q'
  156        Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
  157  
  158   `--srcdir=DIR'
  159        Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
  160        `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
  161  
  162   `--version'
  163        Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
  164        script, and exit.
  165  
  166   `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
  167