use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
name-mangling schemes.
+To build the GiNaC tutorial and reference manual the doxygen utility
+(it can be downloaded from http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen) and
+TeX are necessary.
+
Known to work with:
- - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 3.0.x, 3.1 and 3.2.
+ - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 3.x and 4.0.
Known not to work with:
- GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
is missing there.
+If you install from CVS, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59) and
+automake (>=1.7) to be installed.
+
INSTALLATION
============
To install from CVS:
- $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvsthep.physik.uni-mainz.de:/home/cvs login
+ $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC login
[enter "anoncvs" as the password]
- $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvsthep.physik.uni-mainz.de:/home/cvs co GiNaC
+ $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC co GiNaC
$ cd GiNaC
- $ ./autogen.sh
+ $ autoreconf -i
+ $ ./configure
$ make
[become root if necessary]
# make install
$ make check
-The "configure" script (and "autogen.sh", which invokes "configure") can be
-given a number of options to enable and disable various features. For a
-complete list, type:
+The "configure" script can be given a number of options to enable and
+disable various features. For a complete list, type:
$ ./configure --help
Problems building ginsh
-----------------------
-The most common reason why this doesn't succeed is the absence of
+The most common reason why this doesn't succeed is the absence of GNU
libreadline and/or the corresponding header files. Depending on what your
system/distribution is, you will have to install a package called
libreadline and maybe libreadline-dev. If your system's vendor doesn't
supply such packages, go to <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/> and compile
-it yourself.
+it yourself. Note that non-GNU versions of libreadline (in particular
+one shipped with Mac OS X) are not supported at the moment.
Problems with missing standard header files
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