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1 GNU Emacs Installation Guide
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2 Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 Free software Foundation, Inc.
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3 See the end of the file for copying permissions.
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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. Make sure your system has at least 120 MB of free disk space.
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26 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
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29 ./configure
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31 2b. Alternatively, create a separate directory, outside the source
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32 directory, where you want to build Emacs, and invoke `configure'
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33 from there:
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35 SOURCE-DIR/configure
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37 where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory. This
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38 may not work unless you use GNU make.
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40 3. When `configure' finishes, it prints several lines of details
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41 about the system configuration. Read those details carefully
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42 looking for anything suspicious, such as wrong CPU and operating
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43 system names, wrong places for headers or libraries, missing
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44 libraries that you know are installed on your system, etc.
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46 If you find anything wrong, you will have to pass to `configure'
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47 explicit machine configuration name, and one or more options
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49 to DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION section below.
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51 If `configure' didn't find some image support libraries, such as
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52 Xpm, jpeg, etc., and you want to use them refer to the subsection
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53 "Image support libraries", below.
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55 If the details printed by `configure' don't make any sense to
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56 you, assume that `configure' did its job and proceed.
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58 4. If you need to run the `configure' script more than once (e.g.,
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59 with some non-default options), always clean the source
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62 make distclean
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63 ./configure
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65 5. Invoke the `make' program:
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69 6. If `make' succeeds, it will build an executable program `emacs'
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73 src/emacs -q
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76 opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
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77 files into their installation directories:
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79 make install
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81 You are now ready to use Emacs. If you wish to conserve disk space,
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82 you may remove the program binaries and object files from the
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83 directory where you built Emacs:
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85 make clean
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87 You can also save some space by compressing (with `gzip') Info files
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88 and installed Lisp source (.el) files which have corresponding .elc
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92 ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES
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94 * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
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96 The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts that Emacs needs in
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97 order to display international characters. If you see a non-ASCII
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98 character appear as a hollow box, that means you don't have a font for
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99 it. You might find a font in the intlfonts distribution. If you do
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100 have a font for a non-ASCII character, but some characters don't look
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101 right, or appear improperly aligned, a font from the intlfonts
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104 The fonts in the intlfonts distribution are also used by the ps-print
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105 package for printing international characters. The file
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106 lisp/ps-mule.el defines the *.bdf font files required for printing
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107 each character set.
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109 The intlfonts distribution contains its own installation instructions,
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110 in the intlfonts/README file.
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112 * Image support libraries
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114 Emacs needs optional libraries to be able to display images (with the
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115 exception of PBM and XBM images whose support is built-in).
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117 On some systems, particularly on GNU/Linux, these libraries may
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118 already be present or available as additional packages. Note that if
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119 there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, for use at compilation
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120 time rather than run time, you will need that as well as the
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121 corresponding run time package; typically the dev package will
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122 contain header files and a library archive. Otherwise, you can
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123 download and build libraries from sources. None of them are vital for
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124 running Emacs; however, note that Emacs will not be able to use
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125 colored icons in the toolbar if XPM support is not compiled in.
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127 Here's the list of these optional libraries, and the URLs where they
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130 . libXaw3d for fancy 3D-style
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131 scroll bars: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/
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133 Get version 3.4k or later, which lets Emacs
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134 use its own color allocation functions.
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135 . libpng for PNG: ftp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
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136 . libz (for PNG): http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
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137 . libjpeg for JPEG: ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
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138 Get version 6b -- 6a is reported to fail in
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139 Emacs.
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140 . libtiff for TIFF: http://www.libtiff.org/
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141 . libungif for GIF:
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142 http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml
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143 Ensure you get version 4.1.0b1 or higher of libungif -- a bug in
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144 4.1.0 can crash Emacs.
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146 Emacs will configure itself to build with these libraries if the
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147 `configure' script finds them on your system, unless you supply the
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148 appropriate --without-LIB option. In some cases, older versions of
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149 these libraries won't work because some routines are missing, and
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150 configure should avoid such old versions. If that happens, use the
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151 --without-LIB options to `configure'. See below for more details.
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155 To take proper advantage of Emacs 21's mule-unicode charsets, you need
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156 a Unicode font. For information on Unicode fonts for X, see
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157 <URL:http://czyborra.com/unifont/>,
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161 ISO-8859 charsets.
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163 XFree86 release 4 (from <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/> and mirrors)
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164 contains font support for most, if not all, of the charsets that Emacs
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165 supports. The font files should be usable separately with older X
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166 releases.
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173 and Windows 2000, see the file nt/INSTALL. For the Mac, see the file
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177 a program whose pure code is 1.5 MB and whose data area is at
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178 least 2.8 MB and can reach 100 MB or more. If the swapping space is
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180 loadup dump', found in `./src/Makefile.in', or possibly when
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181 running the final dumped Emacs.
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183 Building Emacs requires about 140 MB of disk space (including the
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184 Emacs sources) Once installed, Emacs occupies about 77 MB in the file
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185 system where it is installed; this includes the executable files, Lisp
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186 libraries, miscellaneous data files, and on-line documentation. If
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187 the building and installation take place in different directories,
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191 give to the `configure' program. That file offers hints for
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192 getting around some possible installation problems. The file lists
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193 many different configurations, but only the part for your machine and
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194 operating system is relevant. (The list is arranged in alphabetical
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195 order by the vendor name.)
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200 3a) To build in the top-level Emacs source directory, go to that
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201 directory and run the program `configure' as follows:
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203 ./configure [CONFIGURATION-NAME] [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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206 in `./etc/MACHINES', with the system version number added at the end.
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208 You should try first omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME. This way,
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209 `configure' will try to guess your system type. If it cannot guess,
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210 or if something goes wrong in building or installing Emacs this way,
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211 try again specifying the proper CONFIGURATION-NAME explicitly.
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213 If you don't want X support, specify `--with-x=no'. If you omit this
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214 option, `configure' will try to figure out for itself whether your
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215 system has X, and arrange to use it if present.
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217 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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218 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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219 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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220 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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221 Window System files installed in unusual places. These options also
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222 accept a list of directories, separated with colons.
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224 To get more attractive menus, you can specify an X toolkit when you
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225 configure Emacs; use the option `--with-x-toolkit=TOOLKIT', where
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226 TOOLKIT is `athena' or `motif' (`yes' and `lucid' are synonyms for
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227 `athena'). On some systems, it does not work to use a toolkit with
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228 shared libraries. A free implementation of Motif, called LessTif, is
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229 available ftom <http://www.lesstif.org>. Compiling with LessTif or
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230 Motif causes a standard File Selection Dialog to pop up when you type
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231 "C-x C-f" and similar commands. You can get fancy 3D-style scroll
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232 bars, even without LessTif/Motif, if you have the Xaw3d library
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233 installed (see "Image support libraries" above for Xaw3d
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234 availability).
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236 The `--with-gcc' option specifies that the build process should
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237 compile Emacs using GCC. If you don't want to use GCC, specify
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238 `--with-gcc=no'. If you omit this option, `configure' will search
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239 for GCC in your path, and use it if present.
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241 The Emacs mail reader RMAIL is configured to be able to read mail from
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242 a POP3 server by default. Versions of the POP protocol older than
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243 POP3 are not supported. For Kerberos-authenticated POP add
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244 `--with-kerberos', for Hesiod support add `--with-hesiod'. While POP3
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245 is always enabled, whether Emacs actually uses POP is controlled by
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246 individual users--see the Rmail chapter of the Emacs manual.
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248 For image support you may have to download, build, and install the
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249 appropriate image support libraries for image types other than XBM and
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250 PBM, see the list of URLs in "ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES" above.
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251 (Note that PNG support requires libz in addition to libpng.)
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253 To disable individual types of image support in Emacs for some reason,
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254 even though configure finds the libraries, you can configure with one
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255 or more of these options:
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257 --without-xpm for XPM image support
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258 --without-jpeg for JPEG image support
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259 --without-tiff for TIFF image support
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260 --without-gif for GIF image support
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261 --without-png for PNG image support
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263 Use --without-toolkit-scroll-bars to disable LessTif/Motif or Xaw3d
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264 scroll bars. --without-xim disables the use of X Input Methods, and
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265 --disable-largefile omits support for files larger than 2GB on systems
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294 `configure' doesn't do any compilation or installation
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298 on exactly what it does, see the section called `CONFIGURATION BY
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299 HAND', below.
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304 disturbing the status quo, it removes `config.status'. `configure'
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314 available when you know they are, look at the `config.log' file for
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316 whether these features are supported. Typically, some test fails
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318 libraries, or some macro-processor definition in the system headers.
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320 Some tests might fail because the compiler should look in special
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321 directories for some header files, or link against optional
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322 libraries, or use special compilation options. You can force
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323 `configure' and the build process which follows it to do that by
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324 setting the variables CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS, and CC before
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325 running `configure'. CPPFLAGS lists the options passed to the
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326 preprocessor, CFLAGS are compilation options, LDFLAGS are options used
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327 when linking, LIBS are libraries to link against, and CC is the
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328 command which invokes the compiler.
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330 Here's an example of a `configure' invocation, assuming a Bourne-like
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334 CFLAGS='-O3' LIBS='-lfoo -lbar' ./configure
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338 files (in addition to the standard directories), instruct the linker
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340 switch to the compiler, and link against libfoo.a and libbar.a
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344 distribution, but using `configure' is easier. See the section called
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345 "CONFIGURATION BY HAND" below if you want to do the configuration
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346 yourself.
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348 3b) To build in a separate directory, go to that directory
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349 and run the program `configure' as follows:
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351 SOURCE-DIR/configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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354 where Emacs's configure script is located. `configure' looks for the
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355 Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
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357 To build in a separate directory, you must use a version of `make'
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362 If you do that, `make all' does work, but `make install' fails:
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365 As far as is known, there is no particular reason to use
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366 a directory full of links rather than use the standard GNU
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367 facilities to build in a separate directory (see 3b above).
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371 Lisp code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el
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411 building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
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412 named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
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413 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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414 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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416 Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their
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417 installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files
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420 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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427 Lisp library changes from one version of Emacs to
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431 make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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432
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433 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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434 files installed for Emacs version VERSION only.
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436 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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437 files installed for all Emacs versions.
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438
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439 When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files
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441 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in
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442 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'.
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444 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC
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446 architecture-independent files Emacs might need while
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447 running. VERSION is as specified for `.../lisp'.
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449 `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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450 programs used by Emacs that users are not expected to
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451 run themselves.
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452 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are
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453 installing, and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument
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454 you gave to the `configure' program to identify the
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455 architecture and operating system of your machine,
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456 like `mips-dec-ultrix' or `sparc-sun-sunos'. Since
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457 these files are specific to the version of Emacs,
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458 operating system, and architecture in use, including
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459 the configuration name in the path allows you to have
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460 several versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and
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461 operating systems installed at the same time; this is
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462 useful for sites at which different kinds of machines
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463 share the file system Emacs is installed on.
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464
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465 `/usr/local/info' holds the on-line documentation for Emacs, known as
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466 "info files". Many other GNU programs are documented
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467 using info files as well, so this directory stands
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468 apart from the other, Emacs-specific directories.
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469
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470 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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471 in `/usr/local/bin'.
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473 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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474 install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search
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475 for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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476 the command. See the section below called `MAKE VARIABLES' for more
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477 information on this.
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479 8) Check the file `dir' in your site's info directory (usually
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480 /usr/local/info) to make sure that it has a menu entry for the Emacs
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481 info files.
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483 9) If your system uses lock files to interlock access to mailer inbox files,
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484 then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or setgid
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485 to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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487 10) You are done! You can remove executables and object files from
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488 the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the files
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489 that `configure' created (so you can compile Emacs for a different
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490 configuration), type `make distclean'. If you don't need some, or all
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491 of the input methods from the Leim package, you can remove the
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492 unneeded files in the leim/quail, leim/skk, and leim/skk-dic
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493 subdirectories of your site's lisp directory (usually
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494 /usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/).
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498 MAKE VARIABLES
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499
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500 You can change where the build process installs Emacs and its data
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501 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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502 command line. For example, if you type
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504 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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505
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506 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the Emacs
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507 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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508 `/usr/local/bin'.
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510 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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512 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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513 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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514
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515 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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516 read-only data files that Emacs refers to while it runs; it
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521 file, and the `yow' database.
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522 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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523 like `18.59' or `19.0'. Since these files vary from one version
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524 of Emacs to another, including the version number in the path
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525 allows you to have several versions of Emacs installed at the
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526 same time; this means that you don't have to make Emacs
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527 unavailable while installing a new version.
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528
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529 `libexecdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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530 Emacs refers to as it runs; it defaults to `/usr/local/libexec'.
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531 We create the following subdirectories under `libexecdir':
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533 programs used by Emacs that users are not expected to run
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534 themselves.
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535 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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536 and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument you gave to the
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537 `configure' program to identify the architecture and operating
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538 system of your machine, like `mips-dec-ultrix' or
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539 `sparc-sun-sunos'. Since these files are specific to the version
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540 of Emacs, operating system, and architecture in use, including
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541 the configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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542 versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and operating systems
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543 installed at the same time; this is useful for sites at which
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544 different kinds of machines share the file system Emacs is
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545 installed on.
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547 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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548 Emacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/info'.
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549
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550 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for Emacs and its
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551 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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552 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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553
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554 `manext' gives the extension the man pages should be installed with.
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555 It should contain a period, followed by the appropriate
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560 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of Emacs; instead,
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561 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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562 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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564 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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565 by default.
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567 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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568 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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569 By including
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570 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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571 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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572 to place all of the Emacs data files in the appropriate
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573 directories under that path.
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574
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575 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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576 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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577 path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
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579 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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580 GNU software; this variable is specific to Emacs.
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582 `archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
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583 files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
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584 running. Its default value, based on `libexecdir' (which
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585 see), is `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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587
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588 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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589 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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590 emacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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591 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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592 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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593 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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594 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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596 The path for finding Lisp files is specified in src/paths.h,
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597 a file which is generated by running configure. To change the path,
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598 you can edit the definition of PATH_LOADSEARCH in that file
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599 before you run `make'.
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600
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602 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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603 when running make in the subdirectories.
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606 CONFIGURATION BY HAND
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607
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608 Instead of running the `configure' program, you have to perform the
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609 following steps.
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613 2) Consult `./etc/MACHINES' to see what configuration name you should
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614 use for your system. Look at the code of the `configure' script to
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615 see which operating system and architecture description files from
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616 `src/s' and `src/m' should be used for that configuration name. Edit
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617 `src/config.h', and change the two `#include' directives to include
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618 the appropriate system and architecture description files.
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619
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620 2) Edit `./src/config.h' to set the right options for your system. If
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621 you need to override any of the definitions in the s/*.h and m/*.h
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622 files for your system and machine, do so by editing config.h, not by
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623 changing the s/*.h and m/*.h files. Occasionally you may need to
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624 redefine parameters used in `./lib-src/movemail.c'.
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625
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626 3) Create src/Makefile and lib-src/Makefile from the corresponding
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627 `Makefile.in' files. First copy `Makefile.in' to `Makefile.c',
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628 then edit in appropriate substitutions for the @...@ constructs,
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629 and then copy the shell commands near the end of `configure'
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630 that run cpp to construct `Makefile'.
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632 4) Create `Makefile' files in various other directories
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633 from the corresponding `Makefile.in' files. This isn't so hard,
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634 just a matter of substitution.
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636 The `configure' script is built from `configure.in' by the `autoconf'
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637 program. You need version 2.51 or newer of `autoconf' to rebuild
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638 `configure'.
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639
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640 BUILDING GNU EMACS BY HAND
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641
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642 Once Emacs is configured, running `make' in the top directory performs
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643 the following steps.
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644
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645 1) Run `make src/paths.h' in the top directory. This produces
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646 `./src/paths.h' from the template file `./src/paths.in', changing
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647 the paths to the values specified in `./Makefile'.
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648
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649 2) Go to directory `./lib-src' and run `make'. This creates
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650 executables named `ctags' and `etags' and `wakeup' and `make-docfile'
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651 and `digest-doc' and `test-distrib'. And others.
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652
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653 3) Go to directory `./src' and Run `make'. This refers to files in
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654 the `./lisp' and `./lib-src' subdirectories using names `../lisp' and
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656
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657 This creates a file `./src/emacs' which is the runnable Emacs,
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658 which has another name that contains a version number.
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659 Each time you do this, that version number increments in the last place.
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661 It also creates a file in `./etc' whose name is `DOC' followed by the
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662 current Emacs version. This file contains documentation strings for
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663 all the functions in Emacs. Each time you run make to make a new
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664 emacs, a new DOC file with a new name is made. You must keep the DOC
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665 file for an Emacs version as long as you keep using that Emacs
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666 version.
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669 INSTALLATION BY HAND
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670
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671 The steps below are done by running `make install' in the main
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672 directory of the Emacs distribution.
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674 1) Copy `./lisp' and its subdirectories, `./etc', and the executables
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675 in `./lib-src' to their final destinations, as selected in `./src/paths.h'.
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676
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677 Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
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678 - The programs `cvtmail', `emacsserver', `fakemail', `hexl',
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679 `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', `timer', `vcdiff', `wakeup',
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680 and `yow' are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
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681 - The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', `b2m', and `rcs-checkin'
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685 - The programs `digest-doc' and `sorted-doc' convert a `DOC' file into
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686 a file for users to read. There is no important reason to move them.
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688 2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
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692 distribution. Instead, you should make sure that the existing `dir'
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693 file contains an appropriate menu entry for the Emacs info.
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697 `./src/emacs-EMACSVERSION'; you may wish to make a symbolic link named
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698 `/usr/local/bin/emacs' pointing to that alternate name, as an easy way
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699 of installing different versions.
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Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 23330
diff changeset
707 5) Copy the man pages in `./etc' for emacs, ctags, and etags into the
3199
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
708 appropriate man directories.
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
709
23353
2a5d306408cb *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 23330
diff changeset
710 6) The files in the `./src' subdirectory, except for `emacs', are not
7864
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 7627
diff changeset
711 used by Emacs once it is built. However, it is very desirable to keep
e520e9f9a8d9 Formerly INSTALL.~31~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 7627
diff changeset
712 the source on line for debugging.
3199
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
713
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
714
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
715 PROBLEMS
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
716
21089
0413a3ff3b8d PROBLEMS is now in the etc directory.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 20213
diff changeset
717 See the file PROBLEMS in etc subdirectory for a list of various
3199
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
718 problems sometimes encountered, and what to do about them.
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
719
8788744c0c64 Initial revision
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
parents:
diff changeset
720
6062
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
721 Installation on MSDOG (a.k.a. MSDOS)
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
722
7627
99cf43c08895 Formerly INSTALL.~28~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6062
diff changeset
723 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.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
724 (also known as djgpp), GNU Make, rm, mv, and sed. See the remarks in
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
725 config.bat for more information about locations and versions. The
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
726 file etc/FAQ includes pointers to Internet sites where you can find
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
727 the necessary utilities; search for "MS-DOS". The configuration step
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
728 (see below) will test for these utilities and will refuse to continue
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
729 if any of them isn't found.
6062
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
730
36123
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
731 Recompiling Lisp files in the `lisp' subdirectory using the various
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
732 targets in the lisp/Makefile file requires additional utilities:
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
733 `find' and `xargs' (from Findutils), `touch' (from Fileutils) GNU
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
734 `echo' and `test' (from Sh-utils), `tr, `sort', and `uniq' (from
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
735 Textutils), and a port of Bash. However, you should not normally need
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
736 to run lisp/Makefile, as all the Lisp files are distributed in
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
737 byte-compiled form as well.
53ca0e322e9e List additional utilities required on MS-DOS to run lisp/Makefile.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36040
diff changeset
738
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
739 If you are building the MSDOG version of Emacs on an MSDOG-like system
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
740 which supports long file names (e.g. Windows 95), you need to make
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
741 sure that long file names are handled consistently both when you
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
742 unpack the distribution and compile it. If you intend to compile with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
743 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.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
744 the environment), you need to unpack Emacs distribution in a way that
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
745 doesn't truncate the original long filenames to the DOS 8.3 namespace;
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
746 the easiest way to do this is to use djtar program which comes with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
747 DJGPP, since it will note the LFN setting and behave accordingly.
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
748 DJGPP v1 doesn't support long filenames, so you must unpack Emacs with
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
749 a program that truncates the filenames to 8.3 naming as it extracts
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
750 files; again, using djtar after setting LFN=n is the recommended way.
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
751 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.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
752 your tools don't support long file names: just ensure that LFN is set
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
753 to `n' during both unpacking and compiling.
15017
11c175c0b7de Describe djtar.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15016
diff changeset
754
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
755 (By the time you read this, you have already unpacked the Emacs
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
756 distribution, but if the explanations above imply that you should have
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
757 done it differently, it's safer to delete the directory tree created
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
758 by the unpacking program and unpack Emacs again, than to risk running
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
759 into problems during the build process.)
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
760
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
761 It is important to understand that the runtime support of long file
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
762 names by the Emacs binary is NOT affected by the LFN setting during
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
763 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
diff changeset
764 support long file names on Windows 9X no matter what was the setting
15733
e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
765 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
diff changeset
766 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
767 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
768 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
diff changeset
769 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
770 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
771 djtar after you set LFN=y in the environment.
15017
11c175c0b7de Describe djtar.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15016
diff changeset
772
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
773 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command:
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
774
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
775 djtar -x emacs.tgz
12339
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
776
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
777 (This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on
19635
c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 19352
diff changeset
778 your system.)
12343
91d4c394cb61 Fix previous change.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12341
diff changeset
779
24070
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
780 If you want to print international characters, install the intlfonts
24452
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
781 distribution. For this, create a directory called `fonts' under the
24070
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
782 Emacs top-level directory (usually called `emacs-XX.YY') created by
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
783 unpacking emacs.tgz, chdir into the directory emacs-XX.YY/fonts, and
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
784 type this:
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
785
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
786 djtar -x intlfonts.tgz
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
787
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
788 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
789 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
790 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands:
12339
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
791
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
792 config msdos
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
793 make install
6062
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
794
33812
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
795 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
diff changeset
796 to configure and build Emacs; if one of those programs is not found,
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
797 CONFIG.BAT stops and prints an error message. If you have DJGPP
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
798 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
799 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
800 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
801 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
802 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
803 the DJGPP version number).
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
804
37479
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
805 On Windows NT or Windows 2000, running "config msdos" might print an
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
806 error message like "VDM has been already loaded". This is because
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
807 those systems have a program called `redir.exe' which is incompatible
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
808 with a program by the same name supplied with DJGPP, which is used by
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
809 config.bat. To resolve this, move the DJGPP's `bin' subdirectory to
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
810 the front of your PATH environment variable.
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
811
24452
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
812 To install the international fonts, chdir to the intlfonts-X.Y
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
813 directory created when you unpacked the intlfonts distribution (X.Y is
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
814 the version number of the fonts' distribution), and type the following
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
815 command:
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
816
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
817 make bdf INSTALLDIR=..
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
818
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
819 After Make finishes, you may remove the directory intlfonts-X.Y; the
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
820 fonts are installed into the fonts/bdf subdirectory of the top-level
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
821 Emacs directory, and that is where Emacs will look for them by
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
822 default.
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
823
15039
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
824 Building Emacs creates executable files in the src and lib-src
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
825 directories. Installing Emacs on MSDOS moves these executables to a
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
826 sibling directory called bin. For example, if you build in directory
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
827 /emacs, installing moves the executables from /emacs/src and
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
828 /emacs/lib-src to the directory /emacs/bin, so you can then delete the
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
829 subdirectories /emacs/src and /emacs/lib-src if you wish. The only
24070
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
830 subdirectories you need to keep are bin, lisp, etc and info. (If you
42213
a85200bb3831 Remove text that describes Leim as a separate package.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 40890
diff changeset
831 installed intlfonts, keep the fonts directory and all its
a85200bb3831 Remove text that describes Leim as a separate package.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 40890
diff changeset
832 subdirectories as well.) The bin subdirectory should be added to your
a85200bb3831 Remove text that describes Leim as a separate package.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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833 PATH. The msdos subdirectory includes a PIF and an icon file for
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834 Emacs which you might find useful if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
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835
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836 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
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837 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
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838 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
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839 environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory),
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840 EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for
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841 the location of the `info' directory).
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842
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843 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
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844 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not
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845 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work.
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846
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847 Version 2.0 of djgpp has two bugs that affect Emacs. We've included
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848 corrected versions of two files from djgpp in the msdos subdirectory:
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849 is_exec.c and sigaction.c. To work around the bugs, compile these
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850 files and link them into temacs. Djgpp versions 2.01 and later have
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851 these bugs fixed, so upgrade if you can before building Emacs.
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852
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853 COPYING PERMISSIONS
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854
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855 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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856 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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857 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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858 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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859 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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860
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861 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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862 of this document, or of portions of it,
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863 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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864 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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865 and that any new or changed statements about the activities
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866 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.