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author Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
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1 XEmacs Installation Guide 1 XEmacs Installation Guide
2 2
3 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois 3 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
4 Copyright (c) 1994-1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 Copyright (c) 1994-1999, 2003, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 5
6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies 6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
7 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the 7 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
8 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved, 8 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
9 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission 9 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
59 installation, upgrade, and removal of applications written in Lisp. 59 installation, upgrade, and removal of applications written in Lisp.
60 60
61 PACKAGE SYSTEM 61 PACKAGE SYSTEM
62 ============== 62 ==============
63 63
64 The file README.packages contain information vital to have a fully 64 The FAQ sections 1.7 and 2.1 contain information vital to have a fully
65 working XEmacs. It includes a description of available packages, and 65 working XEmacs. It includes a description of available packages, and
66 how to bootstrap XEmacs from a minimal or a complete set of packages. 66 how to bootstrap XEmacs from a minimal or a complete set of packages.
67 This information was not included in this file only because it is too 67 This information was not included in this file only because it is too
68 large for this terse INSTALL. Please read README.packages now! 68 large for this terse INSTALL. The FAQ is available in Texinfo format
69 in man/xemacs-faq.texi, as an Info file once you build XEmacs, and
70 online at http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/21.5/html/xemacs-faq_1.html.
69 71
70 ADD-ON LIBRARIES 72 ADD-ON LIBRARIES
71 ================ 73 ================
72 74
73 Decide which libraries you would like to use with XEmacs, but are not 75 Decide which libraries you would like to use with XEmacs, but are not
792 You are done with the hard part! You can remove executables and 794 You are done with the hard part! You can remove executables and
793 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also 795 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also
794 remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile XEmacs 796 remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile XEmacs
795 for a different configuration), type `make distclean'. 797 for a different configuration), type `make distclean'.
796 798
797 READ README.packages 799 READ THE FAQ
798 ==================== 800 ============
799 801
800 Do it! 802 Do it!
801 803
802 PROBLEMS 804 PROBLEMS
803 ======== 805 ========
804 806
805 The most common problem is that you forgot to read and follow the 807 The most common problem is that you forgot to read and follow the
806 directions in README.packages. You can not have a normal XEmacs 808 directions for installing bootstrap packages in the FAQ. You can not
807 without downloading some additional packages. 809 have a normal XEmacs without downloading some additional packages.
808 810
809 See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various problems 811 See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various problems
810 sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also 812 sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also
811 the place where platform-specific build notes can be found. 813 the place where platform-specific build notes can be found.
812 814