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Updated AUTHORS, COPYING, DISCLAIMER, and INSTALL files. Added standardized headers to all source file to clearly indicate the copyright, license, and to give credit where credit is due.
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Installation Instructions
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Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
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2006, 2007, 2008 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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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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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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those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
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It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
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definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
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you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
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file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
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debugging `configure').
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It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
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and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
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the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. Caching is
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disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
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cache files.
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If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
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to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
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diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
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be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
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some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
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may remove or edit it.
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The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
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`configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You need `configure.ac' if
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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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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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Running `configure' might take a while. While running, it prints
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some messages telling which features it is checking for.
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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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4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
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documentation.
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5. 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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also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
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for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
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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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Compilers and Options
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=====================
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Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
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the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help'
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for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
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You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
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by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
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is an example:
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./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
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*Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
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Compiling For Multiple Architectures
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====================================
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You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
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same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
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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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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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installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
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reconfiguring for another architecture.
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On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and
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executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or
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"universal" binaries--by specifying multiple `-arch' options to the
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compiler but only a single `-arch' option to the preprocessor. Like
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this:
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./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
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CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
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CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E"
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This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases, you
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may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results
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using the `lipo' tool if you have problems.
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Installation Names
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==================
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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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You can specify separate installation prefixes for
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architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
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pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
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PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
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Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
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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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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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is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
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`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
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package recognizes.
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For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
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find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
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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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Particular systems
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==================
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On HP-UX, the default C compiler is not ANSI C compatible. If GNU
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CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in
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order to use an ANSI C compiler:
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./configure CC="cc -Ae"
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and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX.
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On OSF/1 a.k.a. Tru64, some versions of the default C compiler cannot
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parse its `<wchar.h>' header file. The option `-nodtk' can be used as
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a workaround. If GNU CC is not installed, it is therefore recommended
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to try
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./configure CC="cc"
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and if that doesn't work, try
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./configure CC="cc -nodtk"
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Specifying the System Type
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==========================
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There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
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automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
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will run on. Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
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_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
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a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
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`--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
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type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
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CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
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where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
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OS KERNEL-OS
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See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
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`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
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need to know the machine type.
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If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
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use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
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produce code for.
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If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
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platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
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"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
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eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
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Sharing Defaults
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================
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If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
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you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
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default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
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`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
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`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
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`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
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A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
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Defining Variables
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==================
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Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
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environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
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configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
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variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
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them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
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./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
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causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
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overridden in the site shell script).
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Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
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an Autoconf bug. Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
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CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
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`configure' Invocation
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======================
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`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
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operates.
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`--help'
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`-h'
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Print a summary of all of the options to `configure', and exit.
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`--help=short'
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`--help=recursive'
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Print a summary of the options unique to this package's
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`configure', and exit. The `short' variant lists options used
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only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options
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also present in any nested packages.
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`--version'
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`-V'
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
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script, and exit.
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`--cache-file=FILE'
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Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
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traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
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disable caching.
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`--config-cache'
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`-C'
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Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
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`--quiet'
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`--silent'
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`-q'
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Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
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suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
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messages will still be shown).
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`--srcdir=DIR'
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Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
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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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for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning
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the installation locations.
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`--no-create'
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`-n'
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Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output
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files.
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`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
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`configure --help' for more details.
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