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INSTALL

    Installation Instructions
    *************************

    Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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    Basic Installation
    ==================

       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.  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.

       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 bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:

         CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /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.