X-Git-Url: https://www.ginac.de/ginac.git//ginac.git?p=ginac.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=7c6258f3889723389732d7913c2cab8e3b229589;hp=e4da1d79c0c79be1a0d4933d9d287f2529b07354;hb=729d30ae80fa9fdcdbafd7a29e8671083130f69c;hpb=0d9b6e6d134917a8fb5cf76ade55dcbaf01acb28 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index e4da1d79..7c6258f3 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -12,13 +12,6 @@ different compiler you are on your own. Note that you may have to use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing name-mangling schemes. -Optionally, GiNaC may work together with Masaharu Goto's free C++ -interpreter Cint. You may obtain it from - * . -Install it by following the instructions included in Cint's -distribution before trying to compile GiNaC-cint. (See section -`Working with the Cint C++ interpreter' below.) - INSTALLATION ============ @@ -29,10 +22,10 @@ As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this: $ make $ make check [become root if necessary] - $ make install + # make install Known to work with: - - Linux/x86, EGCS-1.1.x and GCC 2-95.x + - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 2-95.x. Known not to work with: - GCC 2.7.x or earlier because proper exception support is missing there. @@ -56,13 +49,13 @@ The time the "make" step takes depends heavily on optimization levels. Large amounts of memory (>128MB) will be required by the compiler, also depending on optimization. To give you a rough idea of what you have to expect the following table may be helpful. It was measured on -a P-III/500MHz with "enough" memory: +an Athlon/800MHz with "enough" memory: -step: | GCC optimization level: | comment: - | -O0 | -O1 | -O2 | ---------------+--------+--------+--------+------------------------------- -make | ~4m | ~6m | ~10m | building shared and static lib -make check | ~3m | ~3m | ~7m | mostly due to compilation +step | GCC optimization | comment + | -O1 | -O2 | +--------------+---------+---------+---------------------------------------- +make | ~6m | ~8m | shared and static library +make check | ~8m | ~12m | largely due to compilation COMMON PROBLEMS @@ -71,12 +64,11 @@ COMMON PROBLEMS Problems with CLN ----------------- -You should use at least CLN V1.0.3, since during the development of +You should use at least CLN-1.1, since during the development of GiNaC various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions. -To protect you, the "configure" script checks for a feature that was -added in V1.0.3 so it won't continue with earlier versions anyhow. Please install CLN properly on your system before continuing with -GiNaC. +GiNaC. When using GCC3 as compiler please use at least CLN-1.1.1 +since some parts of GiNaC won't build with CLN-1.1. Problems with building ginsh ---------------------------- @@ -88,26 +80,18 @@ libreadline and maybe libreadline-dev. If your system's vendor doesn't supply such packages, go to and compile it yourself. - -Working with the Cint C++ interpreter -===================================== - -Please see to learn about Cint -and install it prior to installing ginaccint. For the interpreter- -compiler `makecint' to work properly, the Makefiles need to know where -Cint has its system directory. This is usually done by exporting -$CINTSYSDIR to point to the proper place. With GiNaC you may either -try to export that variable and type - $ ./configure --with-cint -or specify it directly on the command line by saying - $ ./configure --with-cint=/my/path/to/cintsysdir -Enjoy! - -Here is an overview to gives you an idea if you can expect GiNaCcint -to compile, install and work properly: - - Cint version | is known to work with | is known not to work with ---------------+---------------------------+------------------------------- - < 5.14.39 | `verboten' by license (please bite your favorite lawyer) - < 5.14.39,40 | egcs 1.1.1, gcc 2.95.2 | COMPILES BUT DOES NOT WORK OK - 5.14.41 | We all wait for it... +Problems with missing standard header files +------------------------------------------- + +Building GiNaC requires many standard header files. If you get a +configure error complaining about such missing files your compiler and +library are probably not up to date enough and it's no worth +continuing. If the only file missing is , however, there is +a solution. GCC-2.95.2 and earlier don't ship with this file. A +working implementation has been available since GCC-2.95.3. GCC-3.0 +and later have an even better, fully standard-conforming +implementation, by default. If you are stuck with GCC-2.95.2 or +earlier and you cannot upgrade your compiler we recommend obtaining +the libstdc++-v2 header written by Magnus Fromreide. It was +posted to the gcc-patches mailing list on November 21 2000: +.