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Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
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unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
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without warranty of any kind.
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Basic Installation
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==================
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Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
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configure, build, and install this package. The following
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more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
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instructions specific to this package.
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instructions specific to this package. Some packages provide this
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`INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features documented
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below. The lack of an optional feature in a given package is not
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necessarily a bug. More recommendations for GNU packages can be found
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in *note Makefile Conventions: (standards)Makefile Conventions.
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The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
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you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
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of `autoconf'.
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The simplest way to compile this package is:
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The simplest way to compile this package is:
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1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
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`./configure' to configure the package for your system.
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2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
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the package.
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the package, generally using the just-built uninstalled binaries.
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4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
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documentation.
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documentation. When installing into a prefix owned by root, it is
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recommended that the package be configured and built as a regular
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user, and only the `make install' phase executed with root
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privileges.
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5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
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5. Optionally, type `make installcheck' to repeat any self-tests, but
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this time using the binaries in their final installed location.
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This target does not install anything. Running this target as a
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regular user, particularly if the prior `make install' required
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root privileges, verifies that the installation completed
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correctly.
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6. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
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source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
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files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
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a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
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all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
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with the distribution.
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6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
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files again.
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7. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
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files again. In practice, not all packages have tested that
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uninstallation works correctly, even though it is required by the
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GNU Coding Standards.
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8. Some packages, particularly those that use Automake, provide `make
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distcheck', which can by used by developers to test that all other
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targets like `make install' and `make uninstall' work correctly.
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This target is generally not run by end users.
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Compilers and Options
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=====================
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own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make'. `cd' to the
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directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
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the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
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source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
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source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. This
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is known as a "VPATH" build.
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With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
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architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have
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By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
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`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
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can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
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`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
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`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX', where PREFIX must be an
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absolute file name.
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You can specify separate installation prefixes for
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architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
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In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
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options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
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kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
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you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
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you can set and what kinds of files go in them. In general, the
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default for these options is expressed in terms of `${prefix}', so that
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specifying just `--prefix' will affect all of the other directory
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specifications that were not explicitly provided.
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The most portable way to affect installation locations is to pass the
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correct locations to `configure'; however, many packages provide one or
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both of the following shortcuts of passing variable assignments to the
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`make install' command line to change installation locations without
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having to reconfigure or recompile.
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The first method involves providing an override variable for each
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affected directory. For example, `make install
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prefix=/alternate/directory' will choose an alternate location for all
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directory configuration variables that were expressed in terms of
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`${prefix}'. Any directories that were specified during `configure',
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but not in terms of `${prefix}', must each be overridden at install
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time for the entire installation to be relocated. The approach of
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makefile variable overrides for each directory variable is required by
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the GNU Coding Standards, and ideally causes no recompilation.
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However, some platforms have known limitations with the semantics of
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shared libraries that end up requiring recompilation when using this
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method, particularly noticeable in packages that use GNU Libtool.
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The second method involves providing the `DESTDIR' variable. For
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example, `make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory' will prepend
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`/alternate/directory' before all installation names. The approach of
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`DESTDIR' overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and
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does not work on platforms that have drive letters. On the other hand,
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it does better at avoiding recompilation issues, and works well even
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when some directory options were not specified in terms of `${prefix}'
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at `configure' time.
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Optional Features
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=================
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If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
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with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
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option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
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Optional Features
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=================
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Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
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`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
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They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
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you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
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`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
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Some packages offer the ability to configure how verbose the
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execution of `make' will be. For these packages, running `./configure
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--enable-silent-rules' sets the default to minimal output, which can be
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overridden with `make V=1'; while running `./configure
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--disable-silent-rules' sets the default to verbose, which can be
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overridden with `make V=0'.
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Particular systems
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==================
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`configure' can determine that directory automatically.
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`--prefix=DIR'
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Use DIR as the installation prefix. *Note Installation Names::
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Use DIR as the installation prefix. *note Installation Names::
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for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning
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the installation locations.
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