From eb207d1c42ae5aed9ed6d9695a4ff44f62d72540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexei Sheplyakov Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:31:06 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Improve instructions for installing GiNaC from CVS. * prerequisites: mention libtool, flex, and bison. * installation: required software should be installed BEFORE generating the `configure' script. --- INSTALL | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 1fda652a..38b9681e 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ different or older 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. +The pkg-config utility is required for configuration, it can be downloaded +from . + 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. @@ -21,8 +24,8 @@ 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. +If you install from CVS, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.7), +libtool (>= 1.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed. INSTALLATION @@ -35,18 +38,6 @@ To install from a source .tar.bz2 distribution: [become root if necessary] # make install -To install from CVS: - - $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC login - [enter "anoncvs" as the password] - $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC co GiNaC - $ cd GiNaC - $ autoreconf -i - $ ./configure - $ make - [become root if necessary] - # make install - To build the GiNaC tutorial and reference manual in HTML, DVI, PostScript, or PDF formats, use one of @@ -90,6 +81,32 @@ make | ~6m | ~8m | shared and static library make check | ~8m | ~12m | largely due to compilation +To install from CVS +=================== + +First, download the code: + + $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC login + [enter "anoncvs" as the password] + $ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.ginac.de:/home/cvs/GiNaC co GiNaC + $ cd GiNaC + +Secondly, make sure all required software is installed. This is *really* +important step. If some package is missing, the `configure' script might +be misgenerated, see e.g. this discussion: + + +Finally, run + + $ autoreconf -i + +to generate the `configure' script, and proceed in a standard way, i.e. + + $ ./configure + $ make + [become root if necessary] + # make install + COMMON PROBLEMS =============== -- 2.44.0