annotate INSTALL @ 2545:585f2fc4134e

MIDI files were never properly supported (and probably shouldn't be, because we have separate and working plugins for handling MIDI files), thus references to MIDI are removed.
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:01:37 +0300
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1 Installation Instructions
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2 *************************
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4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free
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5 Software Foundation, Inc.
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7 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
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8 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
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10 Basic Installation
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11 ==================
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13 These are generic installation instructions.
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15 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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16 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
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17 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
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18 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
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19 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
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20 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
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21 file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
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22 debugging `configure').
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24 It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
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25 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
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26 the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
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27 disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
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28 cache files.)
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30 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
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31 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
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32 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
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33 be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
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34 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
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35 may remove or edit it.
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37 The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
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38 `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
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39 `configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
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40 a newer version of `autoconf'.
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42 The simplest way to compile this package is:
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44 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
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45 `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
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46 using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
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47 `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
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48 `configure' itself.
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49
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50 Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
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51 messages telling which features it is checking for.
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53 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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55 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
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56 the package.
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58 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
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59 documentation.
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61 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
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62 source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
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63 files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
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64 a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
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65 also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
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66 for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
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67 all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
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68 with the distribution.
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70 Compilers and Options
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71 =====================
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73 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
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74 `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for
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75 details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
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77 You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
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78 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
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79 is an example:
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81 ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
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83 *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
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85 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
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86 ====================================
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88 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
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89 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
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90 own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
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91 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
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92 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
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93 the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
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94 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
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96 If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
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97 variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
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98 time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
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99 package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
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100 for another architecture.
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102 Installation Names
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103 ==================
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105 By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
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106 `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
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107 can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
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108 `configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
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110 You can specify separate installation prefixes for
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111 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
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112 pass the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX' to `configure', the package uses
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113 PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
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114 Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
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115
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116 In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
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117 options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
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118 kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
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119 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
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120
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121 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
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122 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
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123 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
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124
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125 Optional Features
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126 =================
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128 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
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129 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
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130 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
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131 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
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132 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
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133 package recognizes.
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135 For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
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136 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
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137 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
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138 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
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140 Specifying the System Type
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141 ==========================
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143 There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
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144 but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
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145 Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
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146 architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
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147 message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
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148 `--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
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149 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
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151 CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
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153 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
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155 OS KERNEL-OS
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157 See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
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158 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
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159 need to know the machine type.
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161 If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
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162 use the option `--target=TYPE' to select the type of system they will
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163 produce code for.
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165 If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
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166 platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
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167 "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
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168 eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
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169
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170 Sharing Defaults
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171 ================
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173 If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
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174 can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
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175 values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
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176 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
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177 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
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178 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
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179 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
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181 Defining Variables
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182 ==================
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184 Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
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185 environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
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186 configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
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187 variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
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188 them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
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189
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190 ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
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192 causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
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193 overridden in the site shell script). Here is a another example:
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195 /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
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197 Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent
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198 configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'.
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200 `configure' Invocation
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201 ======================
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202
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203 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
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205 `--help'
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206 `-h'
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207 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
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209 `--version'
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210 `-V'
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211 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
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212 script, and exit.
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214 `--cache-file=FILE'
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215 Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
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216 traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
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217 disable caching.
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219 `--config-cache'
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220 `-C'
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221 Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
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222
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223 `--quiet'
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224 `--silent'
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225 `-q'
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226 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
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227 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
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228 messages will still be shown).
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230 `--srcdir=DIR'
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231 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
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232 `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
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234 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
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235 `configure --help' for more details.
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