Difference between revisions of "Compilation and Installation"

Revision as of 15:01, 24 March 2013

once you untarred source ( or got it from a source control ) best is to look at README provided in it.

cat README

where you will understand that you have to read another file INSTALL :

cat INSTALL

Depending on your platform you will have to pick up the right INSTALL by example INSTALL.W64. Default is for Unix based systems.

./config
make
make test
make install

If things go wrong you might want to get some information like BUILD FAQ

cat INSTALL.W32

you need Perl for Win32. Unless you will build on Cygwin, you will need ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl.
one of the following C compilers:
- Visual C++
- Borland C
- GNU C (Cygwin or MinGW)
Netwide Assembler, a.k.a. NASM, available from http://nasm.sourceforge.net/ is required if you intend to utilize assembler modules. Note that NASM is now the only supported assembler.

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 === Windows ===
-==== W32 ====
+==== W32 / Windows NT - Windows 9x ====
+cat INSTALL.W32
+* you need Perl for Win32.  Unless you will build on Cygwin, you will need ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl.
+* one of the following C compilers:
+** Visual C++
+** Borland C
+** GNU C (Cygwin or MinGW)
+* Netwide Assembler, a.k.a. NASM, available from http://nasm.sourceforge.net/ is required if you intend to utilize assembler modules. Note that NASM is now the only supported assembler.
 ==== W64 ====