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| 1Basic Installation 2================== 3 4 These are generic installation instructions. 5 6 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for 7various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses 8those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. --- 81 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 90option `--prefix=PATH'. 91 92 You can specify separate installation prefixes for 93architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you 94give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use 95PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. 96Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. 97 | 1Basic Installation 2================== 3 4 These are generic installation instructions. 5 6 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for 7various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses 8those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package. --- 81 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 90option `--prefix=PATH'. 91 92 You can specify separate installation prefixes for 93architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you 94give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use 95PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. 96Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix. 97 |
| 98 In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give 99options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular 100kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories 101you can set and what kinds of files go in them. 102 |
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| 98 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed 99with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the 100option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. 101 102Optional Features 103================= 104 105 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to --- 51 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 157 debugging `configure'. 158 159`--help' 160 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. 161 162`--quiet' 163`--silent' 164`-q' | 103 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed 104with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the 105option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'. 106 107Optional Features 108================= 109 110 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to --- 51 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 162 debugging `configure'. 163 164`--help' 165 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. 166 167`--quiet' 168`--silent' 169`-q' |
| 165 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. | 170 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To 171 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error 172 messages will still be shown). |
| 166 167`--srcdir=DIR' 168 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually 169 `configure' can determine that directory automatically. 170 171`--version' 172 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' 173 script, and exit. 174 175`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. 176 | 173 174`--srcdir=DIR' 175 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually 176 `configure' can determine that directory automatically. 177 178`--version' 179 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' 180 script, and exit. 181 182`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. 183 |