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1   -Installation Instructions
2   -*************************
3   -
4   -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
5   -2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6   -
7   -This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
8   -unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
9   -
10 1 Basic Installation
11 2 ==================
12 3  
13   -Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
14   -configure, build, and install this package. The following
15   -more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
16   -instructions specific to this package.
17   -
18   - The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
19   -various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
20   -those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
21   -It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
22   -definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
23   -you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
24   -file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
25   -debugging `configure').
26   -
27   - It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
28   -and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
29   -the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is
30   -disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
31   -cache files.
32   -
33   - If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
34   -to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
35   -diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
36   -be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
37   -some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
38   -may remove or edit it.
39   -
40   - The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
41   -`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if
42   -you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
43   -of `autoconf'.
44   -
45   -The simplest way to compile this package is:
46   -
47   - 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
48   - `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
49   -
50   - Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints
51   - some messages telling which features it is checking for.
52   -
53   - 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
54   -
55   - 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
56   - the package.
57   -
58   - 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
59   - documentation.
60   -
61   - 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
62   - source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
63   - files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
64   - a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
65   - also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
66   - for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
67   - all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
68   - with the distribution.
69   -
70   -Compilers and Options
71   -=====================
72   -
73   -Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
74   -`configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for
75   -details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
76   -
77   - You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
78   -by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
79   -is an example:
80   -
81   - ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
82   -
83   - *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
84   -
85   -Compiling For Multiple Architectures
86   -====================================
87   -
88   -You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
89   -same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
90   -own directory. To do this, you can use GNU `make'. `cd' to the
91   -directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
92   -the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
93   -source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
94   -
95   - With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
96   -architecture at a time in the source code directory. After you have
97   -installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
98   -reconfiguring for another architecture.
99   -
100   -Installation Names
101   -==================
102   -
103   -By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
104   -`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
105   -can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
106   -`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
107   -
108   - You can specify separate installation prefixes for
109   -architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
110   -pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
111   -PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
112   -Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
113   -
114   - In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
115   -options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
116   -kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
117   -you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
118   -
119   - If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
120   -with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
121   -option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
122   -
123   -Optional Features
124   -=================
125   -
126   -Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
127   -`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
128   -They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
129   -is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
130   -`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
131   -package recognizes.
132   -
133   - For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
134   -find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
135   -you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
136   -`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
137   -
138   -Specifying the System Type
139   -==========================
140   -
141   -There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
142   -but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
143   -Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
144   -architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
145   -message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
146   -`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
147   -type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
148   -
149   - CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
150   -
151   -where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
152   -
153   - OS KERNEL-OS
154   -
155   - See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
156   -`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
157   -need to know the machine type.
158   -
159   - If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
160   -use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
161   -produce code for.
162   -
163   - If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
164   -platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
165   -"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
166   -eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
167   -
168   -Sharing Defaults
169   -================
170   -
171   -If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
172   -can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
173   -values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
174   -`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
175   -`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
176   -`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
177   -A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
178   -
179   -Defining Variables
180   -==================
181   -
182   -Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
183   -environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
184   -configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
185   -variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
186   -them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
187   -
188   - ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
189   -
190   -causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
191   -overridden in the site shell script).
192   -
193   -Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
194   -an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
195   -
196   - CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
197   -
198   -`configure' Invocation
199   -======================
200   -
201   -`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
202   -
203   -`--help'
204   -`-h'
205   - Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
206   -
207   -`--version'
208   -`-V'
209   - Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
210   - script, and exit.
211   -
212   -`--cache-file=FILE'
213   - Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
214   - traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
215   - disable caching.
216   -
217   -`--config-cache'
218   -`-C'
219   - Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
220   -
221   -`--quiet'
222   -`--silent'
223   -`-q'
224   - Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
225   - suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
226   - messages will still be shown).
227   -
228   -`--srcdir=DIR'
229   - Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
230   - `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
  4 +The build system is Waf, the shell commandes are
  5 +$ ./waf configure
  6 +$ ./waf build
  7 +$ sudo ./waf install
231 8  
232   -`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
233   -`configure --help' for more details.
  9 +The sources are built in the 'build' directory at the root of the
  10 +project source files.
234 11  
  12 +The compilation with autotools is DEPRECATED. The shell commands were
  13 +'./configure; make; make install'. Warning, don't use the two build systems at
  14 +the same time.
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