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@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, -Inc. +Installation Instructions +************************* - This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free +Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. Basic Installation ================== - These are generic installation instructions. +These are generic installation instructions. The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses @@ -67,12 +70,13 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is: 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 variables by setting -them in the environment. You can do that on the command line like this: + 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=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix @@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ them in the environment. You can do that on the command line like this: 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 must use a version of `make' that supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the @@ -98,19 +102,19 @@ for another architecture. Installation Names ================== - By default, `make install' will install the package's files in +By default, `make install' will install the package's files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the -option `--prefix=PATH'. +option `--prefix=PREFIX'. You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you -give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use -PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. +give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX', the package will +use PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give -options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular +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. @@ -121,7 +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 @@ -136,10 +140,11 @@ you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and Specifying the System Type ========================== - There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out -automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package -will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints -a message saying it cannot guess the host 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: @@ -151,27 +156,23 @@ where SYSTEM can have one of these forms: 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 host type. +need to know the machine type. If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should use the `--target=TYPE' option 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'. In this case, you should also specify the -build platform with `--build=TYPE', because, in this case, it may not -be possible to guess the build platform (it sometimes involves -compiling and running simple test programs, and this can't be done if -the compiler is a cross compiler). +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'. +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. @@ -180,7 +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 @@ -194,8 +195,7 @@ overridden in the site shell script). `configure' Invocation ====================== - `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it -operates. +`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates. `--help' `-h' |