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Inc. | |
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Basic Installation | |
================== | |
Briefly, the shell command `./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. Some packages provide this | |
`INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features documented | |
below. The lack of an optional feature in a given package is not | |
necessarily a bug. More recommendations for GNU packages can be found | |
in *note Makefile Conventions: (standards)Makefile Conventions. | |
The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for | |
various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses | |
those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. | |
It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent | |
definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that | |
you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a | |
file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for | |
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 | |
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 | |
diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can | |
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 | |
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. | |
Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints | |
some messages telling which features it is checking for. | |
2. Type `make' to compile the package. | |
3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with | |
the package, generally using the just-built uninstalled binaries. | |
4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and | |
documentation. When installing into a prefix owned by root, it is | |
recommended that the package be configured and built as a regular | |
user, and only the `make install' phase executed with root | |
privileges. | |
5. Optionally, type `make installcheck' to repeat any self-tests, but | |
this time using the binaries in their final installed location. | |
This target does not install anything. Running this target as a | |
regular user, particularly if the prior `make install' required | |
root privileges, verifies that the installation completed | |
correctly. | |
6. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the | |
source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the | |
files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for | |
a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is | |
also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly | |
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. | |
7. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed | |
files again. In practice, not all packages have tested that | |
uninstallation works correctly, even though it is required by the | |
GNU Coding Standards. | |
8. Some packages, particularly those that use Automake, provide `make | |
distcheck', which can by used by developers to test that all other | |
targets like `make install' and `make uninstall' work correctly. | |
This target is generally not run by end users. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Compiling For Multiple Architectures | |
==================================== | |
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 `..'. This | |
is known as a "VPATH" build. | |
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. | |
Installation Names | |
================== | |
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', where PREFIX must be an | |
absolute file name. | |
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 | |
kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories | |
you can set and what kinds of files go in them. In general, the | |
default for these options is expressed in terms of `${prefix}', so that | |
specifying just `--prefix' will affect all of the other directory | |
specifications that were not explicitly provided. | |
The most portable way to affect installation locations is to pass the | |
correct locations to `configure'; however, many packages provide one or | |
both of the following shortcuts of passing variable assignments to the | |
`make install' command line to change installation locations without | |
having to reconfigure or recompile. | |
The first method involves providing an override variable for each | |
affected directory. For example, `make install | |
prefix=/alternate/directory' will choose an alternate location for all | |
directory configuration variables that were expressed in terms of | |
`${prefix}'. Any directories that were specified during `configure', | |
but not in terms of `${prefix}', must each be overridden at install | |
time for the entire installation to be relocated. The approach of | |
makefile variable overrides for each directory variable is required by | |
the GNU Coding Standards, and ideally causes no recompilation. | |
However, some platforms have known limitations with the semantics of | |
shared libraries that end up requiring recompilation when using this | |
method, particularly noticeable in packages that use GNU Libtool. | |
The second method involves providing the `DESTDIR' variable. For | |
example, `make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory' will prepend | |
`/alternate/directory' before all installation names. The approach of | |
`DESTDIR' overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and | |
does not work on platforms that have drive letters. On the other hand, | |
it does better at avoiding recompilation issues, and works well even | |
when some directory options were not specified in terms of `${prefix}' | |
at `configure' time. | |
Optional Features | |
================= | |
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 | |
option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. | |
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 | |
`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the | |
package recognizes. | |
For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually | |
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. | |
Some packages offer the ability to configure how verbose the | |
execution of `make' will be. For these packages, running `./configure | |
--enable-silent-rules' sets the default to minimal output, which can be | |
overridden with `make V=1'; while running `./configure | |
--disable-silent-rules' sets the default to verbose, which can be | |
overridden with `make V=0'. | |
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. | |
HP-UX `make' updates targets which have the same time stamps as | |
their prerequisites, which makes it generally unusable when shipped | |
generated files such as `configure' are involved. Use GNU `make' | |
instead. | |
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 | |
`--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: | |
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'. | |
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'. | |
`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. | |
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 | |
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 | |
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). | |
Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to | |
an Autoconf limitation. Until the limitation is lifted, you can use | |
this workaround: | |
CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash | |
`configure' Invocation | |
====================== | |
`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. | |
`--version' | |
`-V' | |
Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' | |
script, and exit. | |
`--cache-file=FILE' | |
Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE, | |
traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to | |
disable caching. | |
`--config-cache' | |
`-C' | |
Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'. | |
`--quiet' | |
`--silent' | |
`-q' | |
Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To | |
suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error | |
messages will still be shown). | |
`--srcdir=DIR' | |
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. | |