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3 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
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6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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7 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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8 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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9 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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10 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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12 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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13 of this document, or of portions of it,
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14 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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15 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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16 and that any new or changed statements about the activities
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17 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
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19 Last modified by Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> 2003-02-12
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21 BUILDING AND INSTALLATION FOR UNIX AND CYGWIN
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23 (for Microsoft Windows, see nt/README also.)
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25 PREREQUISITES
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28 Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle a
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29 program whose pure code is 900k bytes and whose data area is at least
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30 400k and can reach 8Mb or more. Note that a typical XEmacs process
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31 can get much bigger: the instance this sentence was written with is
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32 over 100MB! If the swapping space is insufficient, you will get an
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33 error in the command `temacs -batch -l loadup dump', found in
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34 `./src/Makefile.in.in', or possibly when running the final dumped
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39 MacOS/X (Darwin), it's 512kB. See 'PROBLEMS' for details.
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41 Building XEmacs requires about 100 Mb of disk space (including the
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42 XEmacs sources). Once installed, XEmacs occupies between 20 and 100
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43 MB in the file system where it is installed; this includes the
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44 executable files, Lisp libraries, miscellaneous data files, and
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45 on-line documentation. The exact amount depends greatly on the number
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46 of extra Lisp packages that are installed.
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49 make, such as GNU Make. If you wish to build the documentation
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50 yourself, you will need at least version 1.68 of makeinfo (GNU
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51 texinfo-3.11). GNU Texinfo 4.2 is recommended; it is necessary for
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52 building Lisp packages, and we may move to it for the core.
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55 are heavily overloaded. In the following, "library" refers to an
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56 external body of executable code which may be linked with XEmacs at
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57 build time to provide support for system features, such as images,
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58 audio, stream compression, databases, and input methods. A "Lisp
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59 library" is a file of Lisp code which may be loaded into XEmacs at
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60 run-time to provide editor features. A "package" is a specially
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61 prepared Lisp library or set of Lisp libraries, providing for easy
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62 installation, upgrade, and removal of applications written in Lisp.
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68 working XEmacs. It includes a description of available packages, and
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69 how to bootstrap XEmacs from a minimal or a complete set of packages.
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70 This information was not included in this file only because it is too
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71 large for this terse INSTALL. Please read README.packages now!
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73 ADD-ON LIBRARIES
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76 Decide which libraries you would like to use with XEmacs, but are not
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77 yet available on your system. On some systems, X11, Motif and CDE are
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78 optional additions. On MacOS/X systems, you may download X11R6 for
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79 Mac OS X from http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/. You need
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80 both the runtime libraries and the SDK (in a sidebar of that page at
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81 the time of writing). There is also a 3rd-party implementation of
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82 X11R6 for the Mac at http://www.xdarwin.org/. On Solaris, the
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83 SUNWaudmo package enables native sound support. There are also a
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84 number of free software applications that XEmacs can use. If these
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85 are not yet available on your system, obtain, build and install those
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86 external libraries before building XEmacs. The libraries XEmacs can
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87 use are:
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89 Xaw3d, XPM, JPEG, compface, PNG, zlib, GNU DBM, Berkeley DB, socks,
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90 term, NAS, Canna, Kinput2, SJ3, Wnn, PostgreSQL, LDAP.
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92 You can get (most of) them from the XEmacs FTP archive at
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93 <ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux>. Information about what
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94 each library does is available in the file
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95 <ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/00README.txt>.
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97 Use the `--site-includes' and `--site-libraries' options when building
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98 XEmacs to allow configure to find the external software packages. For
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99 your convenience these can be set together by using the
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100 `--with-site-prefix' option. This will set these variables as needed
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101 assuming your libraries are organised as a typical /usr tree.
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103 If you link dynamically with external libraries, usually denoted by
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104 ".so" (Unix), ".dll" (Windows), or ".dylib" (MacOS) file extensions,
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105 on some systems you may also need to add the library directories to
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106 the `--site-runtime-libraries' option. It is typically necessary only
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107 if you link with dynamic libraries that are installed in non-standard
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108 directories, or if you expect some of the libraries used to build
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109 XEmacs to be in a different directory at run time than at build time.
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111 NOTE: This option has unusual semantics. ONLY libraries found in the
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112 directories specified in this option will be used at runtime. This
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113 means you must specify ALL directories you want searched at runtime in
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114 this option (perhaps excluding a very small number of standard system
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115 library paths).
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117 Directories specified with `--site-libraries' are NOT automatically
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118 added. The rationale is that most users will not need this option,
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119 and this allows the builder to specify exactly the needed directories.
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120 Specifying unnecessary directories leads to obscure problems
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121 (typically startup delays) if those directories are mounted over a
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122 network, and the automounter configuration changes. Not all systems
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123 need this option; it's best to avoid using it if you can.
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125 Dynamic linking has pros and cons. Dynamically linking 3rd party
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126 libraries to XEmacs decreases the size of the binary, and means you
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127 don't need to rebuild XEmacs to take advantage of improvements in the
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128 libraries. On the other hand, XEmacs can fail subtly if the semantics
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129 of a library changes, other users may not be able to use your
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130 "private" copies of the libraries, and you may have to relink XEmacs,
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131 or even omit the feature, if the ABI changes when the libraries are
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148 configuration name in the form MACHINE-VENDOR-OPSYS, for example:
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152 See config.guess and configure.in for valid values for MACHINE,
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153 VENDOR, and OPSYS. Also check `./etc/MACHINES' for advice on building
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159 The `--site-includes=DIR' and `--site-libraries=DIR' options allow you
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160 to specify additional places the compiler should look for include
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161 files and object libraries. You may specify multiple DIR's by
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162 enclosing the list in quotes. All the external libraries you want to
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163 use with XEmacs (e.g. xpm, wnn, ...) described later should have their
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164 include and library directories defined using these options.
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167 search for shared libraries at run time. If you use this option, you
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168 must specify ALL of the directories containing shared libraries at run
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172 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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173 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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174 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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175 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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182 should compile XEmacs using GCC. The `--compiler' option allows you
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183 to specify some other compiler to be used to compile XEmacs. If
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184 neither option is specified, the environment variable CC is used
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185 instead. Otherwise the compiler will then default to 'cc'.
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188 program for the xemacs binary only. Other C code will be compiled
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189 according to the `--with-gcc' and `--compiler' options above. This is
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190 useful if you wish to compile XEmacs with a C++ compiler, because the
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191 utilities in ./lib-src cannot be compiled as C++. This option is
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195 should use when compiling XEmacs, except for flags controlling warning
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196 generation. Otherwise the value of the environment variable CFLAGS is
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197 consulted. If that is also undefined, CFLAGS defaults to "-g -O" for
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201 generated. There is normally no reason to use this flag, as XEmacs
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202 turns on as many warnings as possible, and is still expected to build
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209 source directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
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212 one, run the XEmacs `configure' script. `configure' looks for the
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214 `--srcdir' option may not work correctly (traditionally it was
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215 overridden by the directory containing `configure').
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217 Configuring the Installation Layout
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220 The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
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221 should put XEmacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
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222 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
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223 (unless the `--exec-prefix' option says otherwise).
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231 The `--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
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232 portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
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233 files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,
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234 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in EXECDIR/bin, and
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243 dynamically. Sometimes, it is desirable *not* to compile these
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244 directories into the executable so you can move the XEmacs
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245 installation around (as whole) at will. This is true for binary kits,
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246 for instance. Therefore, you can specify --without-prefix on the
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247 configure command line to prevent the installation prefix to become
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248 part of the generated executable; everything else will continue to
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254 If you don't want X Window System support, specify `--without-x'. If
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255 you omit this option, `configure' will try to autodetect whether your
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256 system has X Window System support, and arrange to use it if present.
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258 The `--without-xmu' option can be used if your vendor doesn't ship
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259 the Xmu library.
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277 result in the `athena' toolkit being used. If the Motif toolkit can be
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290 The `--with-xface' option specifies that XEmacs should support
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291 X-Faces. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the compface
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292 library and define `--with-xface' for you.
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297 `configure' will attempt to detect the necessary libraries and header
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298 files and define `--with-database' for you.
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301 with PostgreSQL support, linking with libpq. `configure' will attempt
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302 to detect whether PostgreSQL support is available, and automatically
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305 The `--with-ldap' option specifies that XEmacs should be build with
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306 LDAP support, using the OpenLDAP libraries. `configure' will attempt
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307 to detect whether LDAP support is available, and automatically define
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314 with support for being used as a widget by other X11 applications.
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315 This functionality should be considered beta.
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317 The `--with-sound=TYPE' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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318 with sound support. Native (`--with-sound=native') sound support is
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319 currently available only on Sun SparcStations, SGI's, HP9000s, and
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320 systems (such as Linux) with soundcard.h. Network Audio Support (NAS)
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321 (`--with-sound=nas' or `--with-sound=both') is an extension to X that
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322 you may or may not have for your system. For NAS, you will probably
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323 need to provide the paths to the nas include and library directories
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324 to configure. If `--with-sound' is not specified, `configure' will
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325 attempt to determine if your configuration supports native sound and
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326 define --with-sound for you. If your native sound library is not in a
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327 standard location you can specify it with the `--native-sound-lib=LIB'
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328 flag. For Linux, `/dev/audio' is required for SunAudio files and
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329 `/dev/dsp' is required for raw data and WAVE format files.
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334 option, you should have the tooltalk package (see etc/PACKAGES)
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357 support is required for Asian language and Unicode (multibyte and wide
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359 Community expansion, Mule support is also recommended for Western
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360 Europeans. Enabling Mule support requires the mule-base package
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361 installed prior to building XEmacs. The `--with-xim', --with-xfs',
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365 The `--with-xim' option enables use of the X11 XIM mechanism to allow
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374 localization for Japanese. The XIM support defaults to `no' except
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375 when Motif is detected where it is stable with OSF libraries. The XIM
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376 support in Lesstif (a Free Motif replacement) does not work as of
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377 v0.82. If you enable this option, you will probably wish to install
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378 the `locale' package which contains localized Splash screens and
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390 versions 3.2pl2, 3.5b2, and 3.7p3 are known to work. Version 3.2pl2 is
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391 considered more stable than version 3.5b2; the stability of 3.7p3 is
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392 still unknown. If Canna is already installed, configure will autodetect
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399 multi-language input method. `--with-wnn' is for compiling with Wnn-4.2,
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400 the Free version of WNN. `--with-wnn6' is for compiling against WNN6,
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401 the commercial version of WNN available from OMRON Corporation. This is
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402 stable code and fairly well tested. In order to build with this
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403 option, you will need to have the `egg-its' lisp package already
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404 installed.
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406 Please note that it is safe to build with as many of the options
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413 The `--rel-alloc' option can be used to either enable or disable use
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414 of the relocating allocator. Turning on --rel-alloc will allow XEmacs
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415 to return unused memory to the operating system, thereby reducing its
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416 memory footprint. However, it may make XEmacs runs more slowly,
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417 especially if your system's `mmap' implementation is missing or
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418 inefficient. Generally, it's best to go with the default
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419 configuration for your system. You can tweak this based on how you
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420 use XEmacs, and the memory and cpu resources available on your system.
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422 The `--with-system-malloc' option can be used to either enable or
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423 disable use of the system malloc. Generally, it's best to go with the
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425 using the system malloc disables the use of the relocating allocator.
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427 The `--with-debug-malloc' option can be used to link a special
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428 debugging version of malloc. Debug Malloc is not included with XEmacs
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429 and is intended for use only by the developers. It may be obtained
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430 from <URL:http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>.
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432 The `--debug' and `--error-checking' options are primarily useful to
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433 the developers. `--debug' incorporates code for performing various
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434 tests, but does not impose a speed penalty. `--error-checking' adds
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435 additional tests to many of the commonly used macros, and imposes a
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436 speed penalty. Using either or both of these options can make bug
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437 reports more useful to the developers.
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439 The `--verbose' and `--extra-verbose' options are useful only to the
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440 developers. `--verbose' causes the results of all configure tests to
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441 be displayed. `--extra-verbose' displays additional information,
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442 useful for debugging `configure'.
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445 ============
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448 method for locking mail spool files preconfigured. Otherwise you must
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449 find out for youself. Do not choose a locking protocol "on the
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450 objective merits." XEmacs must use the same method as other mail
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453 Presently, XEmacs supports lockf, flock, and dot locking. Specify the
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454 locking method via the --mail-locking=METHOD option to configure.
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455 Valid values for METHOD are --mail-locking are `lockf', `flock', and
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466 creates a shell script `config.status' which, when run, recreates the
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467 same configuration. If `configure' exits with an error after
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469 doesn't work as expected, the file `config.log' contains details of
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473 ===============
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475 Look at `./lisp/paths.el'; if some of those values are not right for
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476 your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with XEmacs Lisp
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477 code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el itself.
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478 YOU MUST USE THE LISP FUNCTION `setq' TO ASSIGN VALUES, rather than
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479 `defvar', as used by `./lisp/paths.el'. For example,
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484 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
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486 Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
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487 variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the
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488 variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are
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492 set up to translate "temporary" automounter mount points into the
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493 canonical form. XEmacs tries to detect how your automounter is
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494 configured. If you have an unusual automounter configuration that
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495 XEmacs cannot detect, you may need to change the value of
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496 `directory-abbrev-alist'.
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499 ==========================
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501 Put into `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/site-load.el' any Emacs Lisp
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502 code you want XEmacs to load before it is dumped out. Use
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504 documentation strings to be in the lib-src/DOC file (see
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505 src/Makefile.in.in if you wish to figure out how to do that). For all
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506 else, use site-init.el.
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508 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must
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509 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
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510 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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511 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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513 The `site-*.el' files are nonexistent in the distribution. You do not
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519 Refer to the file `./etc/TERMS' for information on fields you may
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521 and `./etc/termcap.dat' may already contain appropriately-modified
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525 ============
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526
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527 Run `make' in the top directory of the XEmacs distribution to finish
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530 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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531 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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534 permanent locations, with `make install'. By default, XEmacs's files
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536
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537 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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540
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541 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp libraries;
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542 `VERSION' stands for the number of the XEmacs version
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543 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since
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544 the lisp libraries change from one version of XEmacs to
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545 another, including the version number in the path
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546 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed
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547 at the same time; this means that you don't have to
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548 make XEmacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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549
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550 XEmacs searches for its lisp files in these
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551 directories, and then in
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552 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/*'.
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553
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554 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' holds the XEmacs tutorial, the
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555 `yow' database, and other architecture-independent
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556 files XEmacs might need while running. VERSION is as
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557 specified for `.../lisp'.
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558
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559 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock' contains files indicating who is
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560 editing what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes
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561 between users.
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562
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563 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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564 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to
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565 run themselves, and the DOC file. `VERSION' is the
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566 number of the XEmacs version you are installing, and
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568 Since these files are specific to the version of
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569 XEmacs, operating system, and architecture in use,
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570 including the configuration name in the path allows
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571 you to have several versions of XEmacs for any mix of
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572 machines and operating systems installed at the same
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573 time; this is useful for sites at which different
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574 kinds of machines share the file system XEmacs is
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575 installed on.
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578 dynamically loadable modules. These are special programs
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579 typically written in C that can be loaded in much the same
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580 way that Lisp packages are. Not all systems support
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581 dynamic modules, so do not be alarmed if this directory
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582 does not exist or is empty.
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583
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584 XEmacs searches for modules in this directory, or any
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585 sub-directory of it, and then in
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586 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules/*'.
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587
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588 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info' holds the on-line documentation
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589 for XEmacs, known as "info files".
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590
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591 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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592 in `/usr/local/bin'.
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593
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594 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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595 install XEmacs's libraries and data files or where XEmacs should search
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596 for its lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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597 the command.
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598
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599 You can change where the build process installs XEmacs and its data
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600 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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601 command line. For example, if you type
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602
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603 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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604
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605 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the XEmacs
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606 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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607 `/usr/local/bin'.
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608
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609 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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610
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611 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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612 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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613
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614 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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615 read-only data files that XEmacs refers to while it runs; it
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616 defaults to /usr/local/lib. We create the following
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617 subdirectories under `datadir':
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618 - `xemacs-VERSION/lisp', containing the XEmacs lisp libraries, and
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619
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620 - `xemacs-VERSION/etc', containing the XEmacs tutorial and the
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621 `yow' database.
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622 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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623 like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since these files vary from one version
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624 of XEmacs to another, including the version number in the path
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625 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed at the
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626 same time; this means that you don't have to make XEmacs
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627 unavailable while installing a new version.
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628
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629 `statedir' indicates where to put architecture-independent data files
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630 that XEmacs modifies while it runs; it defaults to
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631 /usr/local/lib as well. We create the following
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632 subdirectories under `statedir':
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633 - `xemacs/lock', containing files indicating who is editing
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634 what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes between
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635 users.
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636
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637 `libdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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638 XEmacs refers to as it runs; it too defaults to `/usr/local/lib'.
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639 We create the following subdirectories under `libdir':
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640 - `xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME', containing executable
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641 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to run
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644 and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the host type of your system.
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645 Since these files are specific to the version of XEmacs,
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646 operating system, and architecture in use, including the
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647 configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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648 versions of XEmacs for any mix of machines and operating
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649 systems installed at the same time; this is useful for sites
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650 at which different kinds of machines share the file system
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651 XEmacs is installed on.
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652
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653 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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654 XEmacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info'.
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655
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656 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for XEmacs and its
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657 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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658 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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659
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660 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of XEmacs; instead,
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661 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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662 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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663 `statedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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664 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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665 by default.
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666
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667 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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668 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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669 By including
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670 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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671 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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672 to place all of the XEmacs data files in the appropriate
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673 directories under that path.
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674
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675 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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676 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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677 path variables - `bindir' and `libdir'.
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678
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679 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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680 GNU software; here are some variables specific to XEmacs.
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681
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682 `lispdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects its lisp
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683 libraries. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above),
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684 is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as
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685 described above).
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686
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687 `sitelispdir' indicates where XEmacs should search for lisp libraries
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688 specific to your site. XEmacs checks them in order before
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689 checking `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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690 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp'.
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691
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692 `etcdir' indicates where XEmacs should install and expect the rest of
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693 its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial and yow
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694 database. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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695 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' (where
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696 `VERSION' is as described above).
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697
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698 `lockdir' indicates the directory where XEmacs keeps track of its
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699 locking information. Its default value, based on `statedir'
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700 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock'.
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701
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702 `archlibdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects the
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703 executable files and other architecture-dependent data it uses
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704 while running. Its default value, based on `libdir' (see
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705 above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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706 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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707
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708 `docdir' indicates where to put Lisp documentation strings that XEmacs
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709 refers to as it runs. It defaults to the value of `archlibdir'
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710 (see above).
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711
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712 `moduledir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects to find
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713 any dynamic modules. Its default value, based on
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714 `archlibdir' (see above) is
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715 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
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716 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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717 By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
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718 dependent, and care should be taken not to set this directory
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719 to a system- or architecture-independent directory.
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721 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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722 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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723 xemacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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724 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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725 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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726 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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727 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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728
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729 The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
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730 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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731 when running make in the subdirectories.
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732
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733 Using GNU Make allows for simultaneous builds with and without the
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734 --srcdir option.
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737 ==================
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738
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739 This saves nothing but a small (by modern standards) amount of disk
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740 space; the symbol table is not loaded into memory at execution time.
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741 If you do encounter a crash or other serious bug, the first thing the
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742 developers will do is ask you to build an XEmacs with a full symbol
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743 table, anyway. Don't strip the XEmacs binary.
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744
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745 MAIL-LOCKING POST-INSTALLATION
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747
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748 If your system uses dot-locking to interlock access to mailer inbox
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749 files, then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or
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750 setgid to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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751 The setuid/setgid bits need not be set on any other XEmacs-related
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752 executables.
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753
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754 CLEANING UP
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755 ==========
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756
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757 You are done with the hard part! You can remove executables and
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758 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also
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759 remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile XEmacs
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760 for a different configuration), type `make distclean'.
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761
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762 READ README.packages
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763 ====================
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765 Do it!
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766
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767 PROBLEMS
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768 ========
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770 The most common problem is that you forgot to read and follow the
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771 directions in README.packages. You can not have a normal XEmacs
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772 without downloading some additional packages.
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773
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774 See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various problems
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775 sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also
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