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(Acknowledgements): Make up-to-date with Emacs 21.
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1 GNU Emacs Installation Guide
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2 Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000 Free software Foundation, Inc.
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6 BASIC INSTALLATION
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8 The simplest way to build Emacs is to use the `configure' shell script
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9 which attempts to guess correct values for various system-dependent
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10 variables and features and find the directories where various system
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11 headers and libraries are kept. It then creates a `Makefile' in each
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12 subdirectory and a `config.h' file containing system-dependent
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13 definitions. Running the `make' utility then builds the package for
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14 your system.
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16 Here's the procedure to build Emacs using `configure' on systems which
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17 are supported by it. If this simplified procedure fails, or if you
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18 are using a platform such as MS-Windows, where `configure' script
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19 doesn't work, you might need to use various non-default options, and
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20 maybe perform some of the steps manually. The more detailed
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21 description in the rest of the sections of this guide will help you do
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22 that, so please refer to them if the simple procedure does not work.
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24 1. If you want to be able to input international characters which
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25 your keyboard doesn't support directly (i.e. you cannot type
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26 them at the shell prompt), download the leim-M.N.tar.gz
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27 distribution and unpack it into the same directory where you have
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28 unpacked the main Emacs distribution. See ADDITIONAL
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29 DISTRIBUTION FILES, below, for more about this.
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31 2. Make sure your system has at least 120 MB of free disk space.
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33 3a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
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36 ./configure
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38 3b. Alternatively, create a separate directory, outside the source
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39 directory, where you want to build Emacs, and invoke `configure'
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40 from there:
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42 SOURCE-DIR/configure
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44 where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory. This
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55 which tell it where to find various headers and libraries; refer
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56 to DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION section below.
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80 src/emacs -q
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82 8. Assuming that the program `src/emacs' starts and displays its
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83 opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
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86 make install
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88 You are now ready to use Emacs. If you wish to conserve disk space,
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89 you may remove the program binaries and object files from the
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92 make clean
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94 You can also save some space by compressing (with `gzip') Info files
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95 and installed Lisp source (.el) files which have corresponding .elc
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99 ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES
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101 * leim-M.N.tar.gz
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103 The Emacs Lisp code for input methods for various international
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107 size of the distribution. This tar file is called leim-M.N.tar.gz,
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108 with the same version number as Emacs, and it unpacks into the
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111 You should unpack leim-M.N.tar.gz into the same directory where you
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112 have previously unpacked the main Emacs distribution. It fills in the
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113 contents of one subdirectory, which is present in the main Emacs
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114 distribution only in dummy form.
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116 Once you have unpacked the Leim tar file into the Emacs source tree,
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117 building and installing Emacs automatically installs the input method
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118 support as well. If you have built Emacs without unpacking Leim
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121 * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
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123 The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts that Emacs needs in
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124 order to display international characters. If you see a non-ASCII
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125 character appear as a hollow box, that means you don't have a font for
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126 it. You might find a font in the intlfonts distribution. If you do
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127 have a font for a non-ASCII character, but some characters don't look
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128 right, or appear improperly aligned, a font from the intlfonts
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131 The fonts in the intlfonts distribution are also used by the ps-print
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142 complements the Emacs Manual. (The Emacs Manual is accessible from
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143 within the editor by typing "C-h i", then selecting the "Emacs" item
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144 from the menu, or by clicking "Help" in the menu bar and selecting
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145 "Read Emacs Manual".) It is a good idea to install the Emacs Lisp
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146 Reference Manual after installing Emacs, to complete the on-line
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147 documentation of Emacs in Info.
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150 Reference Manual this way (after unpacking the elisp-manual-M.N.tar.gz
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151 file):
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153 cd elisp-manual-M.N
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154 ./configure --prefix=PREFIXDIR
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155 make install
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157 Otherwise, you can install it manually. Just copy the files elisp and
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158 elisp-* from the elisp-manual-M.N directory to your site's info
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162 * Elisp: (elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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164 * Image support libraries
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166 Emacs needs optional libraries to be able to display images (with the
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167 exception of PBM and XBM images whose support is built-in).
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169 On some systems, particularly on GNU/Linux, these libraries may
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170 already be present or available as additional packages. If not, you
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171 can download and build them from sources. None of them are vital for
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172 running Emacs; however, note that Emacs will not be able to use color
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173 icons in the toolbar if the XPM support is not available.
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178 . libXaw3d for fancy 3D-style
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179 scroll bars: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/
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180 . libxpm for XPM: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/
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181 . libpng for PNG: ftp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
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182 . libz (for PNG): http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
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183 . libjpeg for JPEG: ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
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184 . libtiff for TIFF: http://www.libtiff.org/
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185 . libungif for GIF:
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186 http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml
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188 4.1.0 can crash Emacs.
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190 Emacs will configure itself to build with these libraries if the
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191 `configure' script finds them on your system, unless you supply the
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192 appropriate --without-LIB option. In some cases, older versions of
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193 these libraries won't work because some routines are missing, and
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194 configure should avoid such old versions. If that happens, use the
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195 --without-LIB options to `configure'. See below for more details.
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200 (This is for a Unix or Unix-like system. For MS-DOS and Windows 3.X,
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201 see below; search for MSDOG. For Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows NT,
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202 and Windows 2000, see the file nt/INSTALL. For the Mac, see the file
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207 least 2.5 MB and can reach 80 MB or more. If the swapping space is
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210 running the final dumped Emacs.
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212 Building Emacs requires about 95 MB of disk space (including the Emacs
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214 about 60 MB (70 MB with Leim) in the file system where it is
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215 installed; this includes the executable files, Lisp libraries,
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221 give to the `configure' program. That file offers hints for
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222 getting around some possible installation problems. The file lists
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223 many different configurations, but only the part for your machine and
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224 operating system is relevant. (The list is arranged in alphabetical
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225 order by the vendor name.)
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230 3a) To build in the top-level Emacs source directory, go to that
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231 directory and run the program `configure' as follows:
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233 ./configure [CONFIGURATION-NAME] [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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236 in `./etc/MACHINES', with the system version number added at the end.
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239 `configure' will try to guess your system type. If it cannot guess,
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241 try again specifying the proper CONFIGURATION-NAME explicitly.
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243 If you don't want X support, specify `--with-x=no'. If you omit this
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244 option, `configure' will try to figure out for itself whether your
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245 system has X, and arrange to use it if present.
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247 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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248 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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249 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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250 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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251 Window System files installed in unusual places. These options also
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255 configure Emacs; use the option `--with-x-toolkit=TOOLKIT', where
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256 TOOLKIT is `athena' or `motif' (`yes' and `lucid' are synonyms for
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257 `athena'). On some systems, it does not work to use a toolkit with
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258 shared libraries. A free implementation of Motif, called LessTif, is
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259 available ftom <http://www.lesstif.org>. Compiling with LessTif or
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260 Motif causes a standard File Selection Dialog to pop up when you type
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261 "C-x C-f" and similar commands. You can get fancy 3D-style scroll
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273 POP3 are not supported. For Kerberos-authenticated POP add
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294 scroll bars. --without-xim disables the use of X Input Methods, and
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295 --disable-largefile omits support for files larger than 2GB on systems
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324 `configure' doesn't do any compilation or installation
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326 `./Makefile', `lib-src/Makefile', `oldXMenu/Makefile',
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327 `lwlib/Makefile', `src/Makefile', and `./src/config.h'. For details
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328 on exactly what it does, see the section called `CONFIGURATION BY
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329 HAND', below.
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333 same configuration. If `configure' exits with an error after
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334 disturbing the status quo, it removes `config.status'. `configure'
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336 to make reconfiguring faster, and a file `config.log' containing compiler
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337 output (useful mainly for debugging `configure'). You can give
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338 `configure' the option `--cache-file=FILE' to use the results of the
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339 tests in FILE instead of `config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to
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340 disable caching, for debugging `configure'.
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342 If the description of the system configuration printed by `configure'
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344 available when you know they are, look at the `config.log' file for
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345 the trace of the failed tests performed by `configure' to check
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346 whether these features are supported. Typically, some test fails
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347 because the compiler cannot find some function in the system
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348 libraries, or some macro-processor definition in the system headers.
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350 Some tests might fail because the compiler should look in special
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351 directories for some header files, or link against optional
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352 libraries, or use special compilation options. You can force
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353 `configure' and the build process which follows it to do that by
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354 setting the variables CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS, and CC before
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355 running `configure'. CPPFLAGS lists the options passed to the
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356 preprocessor, CFLAGS are compilation options, LDFLAGS are options used
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357 when linking, LIBS are libraries to link against, and CC is the
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358 command which invokes the compiler.
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360 Here's an example of a `configure' invocation, assuming a Bourne-like
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361 shell such as Bash, which uses these variables:
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363 CPPFLAGS='-I/foo/myinclude' LDFLAGS='-L/bar/mylib' \
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364 CFLAGS='-O3' LIBS='-lfoo -lbar' ./configure
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366 (this is all one long line). This tells `configure' to instruct the
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367 preprocessor to look in the `/foo/myinclude' directory for header
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368 files (in addition to the standard directories), instruct the linker
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370 switch to the compiler, and link against libfoo.a and libbar.a
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371 libraries in addition to the standard ones.
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374 distribution, but using `configure' is easier. See the section called
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375 "CONFIGURATION BY HAND" below if you want to do the configuration
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376 yourself.
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379 and run the program `configure' as follows:
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381 SOURCE-DIR/configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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384 where Emacs's configure script is located. `configure' looks for the
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385 Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
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387 To build in a separate directory, you must use a version of `make'
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391 it full of symlinks to the files in the real source directory.
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392 If you do that, `make all' does work, but `make install' fails:
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393 it copies the symbolic links rather than the actual files.
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395 As far as is known, there is no particular reason to use
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396 a directory full of links rather than use the standard GNU
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397 facilities to build in a separate directory (see 3b above).
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401 Lisp code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el
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429 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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430 See `./etc/PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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441 building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
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442 named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
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443 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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444 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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446 Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their
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447 installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files
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450 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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451 `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient',
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452 and `rcs-checkin'.
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454 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp library;
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456 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.27'. Since the
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457 Lisp library changes from one version of Emacs to
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460 at the same time; in particular, you don't have to
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461 make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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462
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463 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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464 files installed for Emacs version VERSION only.
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466 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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467 files installed for all Emacs versions.
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469 When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files
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470 in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in
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471 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in
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472 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'.
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474 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC
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476 architecture-independent files Emacs might need while
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477 running. VERSION is as specified for `.../lisp'.
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479 `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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481 run themselves.
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482 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are
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483 installing, and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument
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484 you gave to the `configure' program to identify the
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485 architecture and operating system of your machine,
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488 operating system, and architecture in use, including
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489 the configuration name in the path allows you to have
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490 several versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and
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491 operating systems installed at the same time; this is
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492 useful for sites at which different kinds of machines
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493 share the file system Emacs is installed on.
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495 `/usr/local/info' holds the on-line documentation for Emacs, known as
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496 "info files". Many other GNU programs are documented
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498 apart from the other, Emacs-specific directories.
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500 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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503 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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504 install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search
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509 8) Check the file `dir' in your site's info directory (usually
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510 /usr/local/info) to make sure that it has a menu entry for the Emacs
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511 info files.
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514 then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or setgid
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517 10) You are done! You can remove executables and object files from
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518 the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the files
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519 that `configure' created (so you can compile Emacs for a different
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520 configuration), type `make distclean'. If you don't need some, or all
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521 of the input methods from the Leim package, you can remove the
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522 unneeded files in the leim/quail, leim/skk, and leim/skk-dic
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524 /usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/).
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530 You can change where the build process installs Emacs and its data
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531 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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532 command line. For example, if you type
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534 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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536 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the Emacs
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537 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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538 `/usr/local/bin'.
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540 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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542 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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543 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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545 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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546 read-only data files that Emacs refers to while it runs; it
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551 file, and the `yow' database.
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552 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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554 of Emacs to another, including the version number in the path
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555 allows you to have several versions of Emacs installed at the
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556 same time; this means that you don't have to make Emacs
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557 unavailable while installing a new version.
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558
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559 `libexecdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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560 Emacs refers to as it runs; it defaults to `/usr/local/libexec'.
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561 We create the following subdirectories under `libexecdir':
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563 programs used by Emacs that users are not expected to run
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564 themselves.
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565 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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566 and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument you gave to the
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567 `configure' program to identify the architecture and operating
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568 system of your machine, like `mips-dec-ultrix' or
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569 `sparc-sun-sunos'. Since these files are specific to the version
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570 of Emacs, operating system, and architecture in use, including
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571 the configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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572 versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and operating systems
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573 installed at the same time; this is useful for sites at which
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574 different kinds of machines share the file system Emacs is
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575 installed on.
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576
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577 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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578 Emacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/info'.
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579
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580 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for Emacs and its
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581 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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582 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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584 `manext' gives the extension the man pages should be installed with.
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585 It should contain a period, followed by the appropriate
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586 digit. It defaults to `.1'. For example given the default
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587 values for `mandir' and `manext', the Emacs man page would be
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588 installed as `/usr/local/man/man1/emacs.1'.
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589
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590 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of Emacs; instead,
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591 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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592 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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593 `sharedstatedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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594 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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595 by default.
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596
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597 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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598 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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599 By including
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600 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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601 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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602 to place all of the Emacs data files in the appropriate
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603 directories under that path.
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604
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605 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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606 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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607 path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
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609 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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610 GNU software; this variable is specific to Emacs.
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612 `archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
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613 files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
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614 running. Its default value, based on `libexecdir' (which
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615 see), is `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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618 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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619 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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620 emacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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621 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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622 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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623 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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624 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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625
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626 The path for finding Lisp files is specified in src/paths.h,
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627 a file which is generated by running configure. To change the path,
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628 you can edit the definition of PATH_LOADSEARCH in that file
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629 before you run `make'.
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630
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631 The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
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632 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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633 when running make in the subdirectories.
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634
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636 CONFIGURATION BY HAND
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637
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638 Instead of running the `configure' program, you have to perform the
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639 following steps.
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641 1) Copy `./src/config.in' to `./src/config.h'.
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643 2) Consult `./etc/MACHINES' to see what configuration name you should
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644 use for your system. Look at the code of the `configure' script to
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645 see which operating system and architecture description files from
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646 `src/s' and `src/m' should be used for that configuration name. Edit
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647 `src/config.h', and change the two `#include' directives to include
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648 the appropriate system and architecture description files.
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649
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650 2) Edit `./src/config.h' to set the right options for your system. If
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651 you need to override any of the definitions in the s/*.h and m/*.h
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652 files for your system and machine, do so by editing config.h, not by
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653 changing the s/*.h and m/*.h files. Occasionally you may need to
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654 redefine parameters used in `./lib-src/movemail.c'.
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655
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656 3) Create src/Makefile and lib-src/Makefile from the corresponding
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657 `Makefile.in' files. First copy `Makefile.in' to `Makefile.c',
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658 then edit in appropriate substitutions for the @...@ constructs,
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659 and then copy the shell commands near the end of `configure'
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660 that run cpp to construct `Makefile'.
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662 4) Create `Makefile' files in various other directories
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663 from the corresponding `Makefile.in' files. This isn't so hard,
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664 just a matter of substitution.
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666 The `configure' script is built from `configure.in' by the `autoconf'
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667 program. You need version 2.0 or newer of `autoconf' to rebuild `configure'.
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669 BUILDING GNU EMACS BY HAND
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670
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671 Once Emacs is configured, running `make' in the top directory performs
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672 the following steps.
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675 `./src/paths.h' from the template file `./src/paths.in', changing
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676 the paths to the values specified in `./Makefile'.
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677
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678 2) Go to directory `./lib-src' and run `make'. This creates
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679 executables named `ctags' and `etags' and `wakeup' and `make-docfile'
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680 and `digest-doc' and `test-distrib'. And others.
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683 the `./lisp' and `./lib-src' subdirectories using names `../lisp' and
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686 This creates a file `./src/emacs' which is the runnable Emacs,
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687 which has another name that contains a version number.
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688 Each time you do this, that version number increments in the last place.
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690 It also creates a file in `./etc' whose name is `DOC' followed by the
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691 current Emacs version. This file contains documentation strings for
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692 all the functions in Emacs. Each time you run make to make a new
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693 emacs, a new DOC file with a new name is made. You must keep the DOC
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694 file for an Emacs version as long as you keep using that Emacs
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695 version.
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698 INSTALLATION BY HAND
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700 The steps below are done by running `make install' in the main
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702
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703 1) Copy `./lisp' and its subdirectories, `./etc', and the executables
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704 in `./lib-src' to their final destinations, as selected in `./src/paths.h'.
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705
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706 Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
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707 - The programs `cvtmail', `emacsserver', `fakemail', `hexl',
7864
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
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708 `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', `timer', `vcdiff', `wakeup',
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709 and `yow' are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
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710 - The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', `b2m', and `rcs-checkin'
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711 are intended to be run by users; they are handled below.
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0d3e8a3551b1 Formerly INSTALL.~32~
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712 - The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
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714 - The programs `digest-doc' and `sorted-doc' convert a `DOC' file into
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715 a file for users to read. There is no important reason to move them.
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716
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717 2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
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718 `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/paths.el'. Note that if the
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diff changeset
719 destination directory already contains a file named `dir', you
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720 probably don't want to replace it with the `dir' file in the Emacs
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721 distribution. Instead, you should make sure that the existing `dir'
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722 file contains an appropriate menu entry for the Emacs info.
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diff changeset
723
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2a5d306408cb *** empty log message ***
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724 3) Copy `./src/emacs' to `/usr/local/bin', or to some other directory
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725 in users' search paths. `./src/emacs' has an alternate name
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726 `./src/emacs-EMACSVERSION'; you may wish to make a symbolic link named
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727 `/usr/local/bin/emacs' pointing to that alternate name, as an easy way
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728 of installing different versions.
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729
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730 You can delete `./src/temacs'.
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731
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2a5d306408cb *** empty log message ***
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732 4) Copy the programs `b2m', `emacsclient', `ctags', `etags', and
7864
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
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733 `rcs-checkin' from `./lib-src' to `/usr/local/bin'. These programs are
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734 intended for users to run.
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735
23353
2a5d306408cb *** empty log message ***
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736 5) Copy the man pages in `./etc' for emacs, ctags, and etags into the
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737 appropriate man directories.
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738
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2a5d306408cb *** empty log message ***
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739 6) The files in the `./src' subdirectory, except for `emacs', are not
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e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
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740 used by Emacs once it is built. However, it is very desirable to keep
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
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741 the source on line for debugging.
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742
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743
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744 PROBLEMS
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745
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0413a3ff3b8d PROBLEMS is now in the etc directory.
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746 See the file PROBLEMS in etc subdirectory for a list of various
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747 problems sometimes encountered, and what to do about them.
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748
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749
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750 Installation on MSDOG (a.k.a. MSDOS)
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
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751
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752 To install on MSDOG, you need to have the GNU C compiler for MSDOG
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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753 (also known as djgpp), GNU Make, rm, mv, and sed. See the remarks in
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
754 config.bat for more information about locations and versions. The
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
755 file etc/FAQ includes pointers to Internet sites where you can find
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
756 the necessary utilities; search for "MS-DOS". The configuration step
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
757 (see below) will test for these utilities and will refuse to continue
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
758 if any of them isn't found.
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759
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66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
760 If you are building the MSDOG version of Emacs on an MSDOG-like system
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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761 which supports long file names (e.g. Windows 95), you need to make
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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762 sure that long file names are handled consistently both when you
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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763 unpack the distribution and compile it. If you intend to compile with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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764 DJGPP v2.0 or later, and long file names support is enabled (LFN=y in
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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765 the environment), you need to unpack Emacs distribution in a way that
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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766 doesn't truncate the original long filenames to the DOS 8.3 namespace;
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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767 the easiest way to do this is to use djtar program which comes with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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768 DJGPP, since it will note the LFN setting and behave accordingly.
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
769 DJGPP v1 doesn't support long filenames, so you must unpack Emacs with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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770 a program that truncates the filenames to 8.3 naming as it extracts
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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771 files; again, using djtar after setting LFN=n is the recommended way.
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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772 You can build Emacs with LFN=n even if you use DJGPP v2, if some of
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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773 your tools don't support long file names: just ensure that LFN is set
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
774 to `n' during both unpacking and compiling.
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11c175c0b7de Describe djtar.
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parents: 15016
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775
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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776 (By the time you read this, you have already unpacked the Emacs
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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777 distribution, but if the explanations above imply that you should have
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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778 done it differently, it's safer to delete the directory tree created
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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779 by the unpacking program and unpack Emacs again, than to risk running
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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780 into problems during the build process.)
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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781
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
782 It is important to understand that the runtime support of long file
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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783 names by the Emacs binary is NOT affected by the LFN setting during
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
784 compilation; Emacs compiled with DJGPP v2.0 or later will always
32557
cd84bd4a3411 Describe the new --with-FOO options for building with image support.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 26905
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785 support long file names on Windows 9X no matter what was the setting
15733
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
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786 of LFN at compile time. However, if you compiled with LFN disabled
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
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787 and want to enable LFN support after Emacs was already built, you need
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
788 to make sure that the support files in the lisp, etc and info
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
789 directories are called by their original long names as found in the
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
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790 distribution. You can do this either by renaming the files manually,
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
791 or by extracting them from the original distribution archive with
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
792 djtar after you set LFN=y in the environment.
15017
11c175c0b7de Describe djtar.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15016
diff changeset
793
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
794 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command:
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
795
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
796 djtar -x emacs.tgz
12339
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
797
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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798 (This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on
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c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
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parents: 19352
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799 your system.)
12343
91d4c394cb61 Fix previous change.
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parents: 12341
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800
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
801 If you need to type international characters, you will need to unpack
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
802 the Leim distribution (see the description near the beginning of this
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
diff changeset
803 file). You unpack it from the same directory where you unpacked
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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804 Emacs. To unpack Leim with djtar, assuming the Leim distribution is
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
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805 called `leim.tgz', type this command:
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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806
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
diff changeset
807 djtar -x leim.tgz
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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808
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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809 If you want to print international characters, install the intlfonts
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3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
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parents: 24070
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810 distribution. For this, create a directory called `fonts' under the
24070
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parents: 23353
diff changeset
811 Emacs top-level directory (usually called `emacs-XX.YY') created by
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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812 unpacking emacs.tgz, chdir into the directory emacs-XX.YY/fonts, and
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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813 type this:
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parents: 23353
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814
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
diff changeset
815 djtar -x intlfonts.tgz
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
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parents: 23353
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816
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817 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
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parents: 15209
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818 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
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819 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands:
12339
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
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parents: 12042
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820
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
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parents: 12042
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821 config msdos
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
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parents: 12042
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822 make install
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e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
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parents: 3199
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823
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parents: 33678
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824 Running "config msdos" checks for several programs that are required
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
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825 to configure and build Emacs; if one of those programs is not found,
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
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parents: 33678
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826 CONFIG.BAT stops and prints an error message. If you have DJGPP
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
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parents: 33678
diff changeset
827 version 2.0 or 2.01, it will complain about a program called
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
828 DJECHO.EXE. These old versions of DJGPP shipped that program under
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
829 the name ECHO.EXE, so you can simply copy ECHO.EXE to DJECHO.EXE and
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
830 rerun CONFIG.BAT. If you have neither ECHO.EXE nor DJECHO.EXE, you
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
831 should be able to find them in your djdevNNN.zip archive (where NNN is
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
832 the DJGPP version number).
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
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parents: 33678
diff changeset
833
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834 To install the international fonts, chdir to the intlfonts-X.Y
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835 directory created when you unpacked the intlfonts distribution (X.Y is
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836 the version number of the fonts' distribution), and type the following
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837 command:
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838
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839 make bdf INSTALLDIR=..
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841 After Make finishes, you may remove the directory intlfonts-X.Y; the
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842 fonts are installed into the fonts/bdf subdirectory of the top-level
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843 Emacs directory, and that is where Emacs will look for them by
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844 default.
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845
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846 Building Emacs creates executable files in the src and lib-src
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847 directories. Installing Emacs on MSDOS moves these executables to a
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848 sibling directory called bin. For example, if you build in directory
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849 /emacs, installing moves the executables from /emacs/src and
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850 /emacs/lib-src to the directory /emacs/bin, so you can then delete the
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851 subdirectories /emacs/src and /emacs/lib-src if you wish. The only
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852 subdirectories you need to keep are bin, lisp, etc and info. (If you
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853 installed Leim, keep the leim subdirectory, and if you installed
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854 intlfonts, keep the fonts directory and all its subdirectories as well.)
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855 The bin subdirectory should be added to your PATH. The msdos
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856 subdirectory includes a PIF and an icon file for Emacs which you might
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857 find useful if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
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858
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859 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
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860 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
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861 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
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862 environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory),
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863 EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for
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864 the location of the `info' directory).
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865
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866 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
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867 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not
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868 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work.
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869
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870 Version 2.0 of djgpp has two bugs that affect Emacs. We've included
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871 corrected versions of two files from djgpp in the msdos subdirectory:
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872 is_exec.c and sigaction.c. To work around the bugs, compile these
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873 files and link them into temacs. Djgpp versions 2.01 and later have
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874 these bugs fixed, so upgrade if you can before building Emacs.
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875
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876 COPYING PERMISSIONS
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878 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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879 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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880 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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881 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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882 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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883
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884 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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885 of this document, or of portions of it,
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886 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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887 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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888 and that any new or changed statements about the activities
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889 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.