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To install groff, follow the instructions in the file INSTALL.gen.
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This file contains information that supplements those instructions.
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2000-12-05 18:49:44 +00:00
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(For instructions how to build groff with DJGPP tools for MS-DOS and
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MS-Windows, see the file arch/djgpp/README.)
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2005-10-20 10:45:19 +00:00
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(For instructions how to build groff with the MinGW tools for
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MS-Windows, see the file README.MinGW.)
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groff is written in C++, so you will need a C++ compiler. The C++
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source files use a suffix of `.cpp', so your C++ compiler must be able
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to handle this. If you don't already have a C++ compiler, I suggest
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gcc 2.7.1 or later (gcc version 2 includes GNU C++ as well as GNU C).
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From gcc 2.5, it is no longer necessary to install libg++: the C++
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header files needed by groff are created by the gcc installation
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process. To override configure's choice of C++ compiler, you can set
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the CXX environment variable.
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If you have a library that provides a faster malloc than your system's
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usual malloc, it is good idea to include it in LIBS. For example,
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using the malloc that comes with GNU Emacs version 20 can give a
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worthwhile (and sometimes spectacular) performance improvement.
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2001-04-17 12:12:05 +00:00
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If you want A4 or letter paper format and the configure script produces
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an incorrect guess, say
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PAGE=xxx ./configure
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where `xxx' should be either `A4' or `letter'. Note that this will only
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affect the paper selection of some device drivers like grops (which can
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be still overridden on the command line). For compatibility with
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ditroff, the default page length in gtroff is always 11 inches. The
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page length can be changed with the `pl' request.
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1999-03-15 08:36:16 +00:00
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When you have built groff, you can use the test-groff script to try
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groff out on one of the man pages. (Use the .n files not the .man
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files.) The test-groff script sets up environment variables to allow
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groff to run without being installed. For example, you could do
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./test-groff -man -Tascii src/roff/groff/groff.n | less
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2002-10-11 08:52:17 +00:00
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To get a DVI, PDF, or HTML version of the groff texinfo manual, say `make
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groff.dvi', `make groff.pdf', or `make groff.html', respectively, in the
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`doc' subdirectory (after configuring the groff package). Note that you
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need texinfo version 4.6 as a prerequisite. Neither older versions nor
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texinfo 4.7 (due to a bug) will work.
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If you have problems, read the PROBLEMS file. If this doesn't help
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send a bug report using the form in the file BUG-REPORT.
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