X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FINSTALL;h=411f3878045f899b94cde296e442d44160119432;hb=1a4fd05ac8b426112d48d66a240356a4b5fd59cc;hp=4a0806292997efc746a185d4d90158f3ef19fff6;hpb=b74b47d25eb8cd4d911a21461a62030e31c1c7e9;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index 4a0806292..411f38780 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ Installation Instructions ************************* Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, -2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +2006, 2007, 2008 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 + 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. @@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ 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 @@ -85,22 +88,36 @@ is an example: 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 should use GNU `make'. `cd' to the +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 `..'. - With a non-GNU `make', you should compile the package for one + 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 + 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'. @@ -123,7 +140,7 @@ 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 @@ -135,14 +152,46 @@ 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 `' 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: @@ -168,9 +217,9 @@ 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. @@ -179,7 +228,7 @@ 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 @@ -198,11 +247,19 @@ an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: `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 the options to `configure', and exit. + 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' @@ -229,6 +286,16 @@ an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround: 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.