1 Installation Instructions
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4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free
5 Software Foundation, Inc.
6 Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Krzysztof Foltman
8 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
9 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
14 To compile and install Calf, you need:
16 - POSIX-compliant operating system
17 - G++ version 4.0 or higher (tested with 4.1.3)
18 - GTK+2 headers and libraries (glib 2.10, gtk+ 2.12)
19 - Cairo headers and libraries
20 - Glade 2 headers and libraries
22 Optional but recommended:
23 - JACK header and libraries (tested with 0.109.0)
31 These are generic installation instructions.
33 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
34 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
35 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
36 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
37 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
38 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
39 file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
40 debugging `configure').
42 It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
43 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
44 the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
45 disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
48 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
49 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
50 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
51 be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
52 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
53 may remove or edit it.
55 The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
56 `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
57 `configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
58 a newer version of `autoconf'.
60 The simplest way to compile this package is:
62 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
63 `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
64 using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
65 `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
68 Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
69 messages telling which features it is checking for.
71 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
73 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
76 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
79 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
80 source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
81 files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
82 a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
83 also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
84 for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
85 all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
86 with the distribution.
91 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
92 `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for
93 details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
95 You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
96 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
99 ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
101 *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
103 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
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106 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
107 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
108 own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
109 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
110 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
111 the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
112 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
114 If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
115 variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
116 time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
117 package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
118 for another architecture.
123 By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
124 `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
125 can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
126 `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
128 You can specify separate installation prefixes for
129 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
130 pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
131 PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
132 Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
134 In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
135 options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
136 kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
137 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
139 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
140 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
141 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
146 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
147 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
148 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
149 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
150 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
153 For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
154 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
155 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
156 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
158 Specifying the System Type
159 ==========================
161 There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
162 but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
163 Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
164 architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
165 message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
166 `--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
167 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
171 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
175 See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
176 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
177 need to know the machine type.
179 If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
180 use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
183 If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
184 platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
185 "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
186 eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
191 If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
192 can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
193 values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
194 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
195 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
196 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
197 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
202 Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
203 environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
204 configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
205 variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
206 them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
208 ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
210 causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
211 overridden in the site shell script). Here is a another example:
213 /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
215 Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent
216 configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'.
218 `configure' Invocation
219 ======================
221 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
225 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
229 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
233 Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
234 traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
239 Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
244 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
245 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
246 messages will still be shown).
249 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
250 `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
252 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
253 `configure --help' for more details.