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1 GNU Emacs Installation Guide
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2 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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3 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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7 BASIC INSTALLATION
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9 The simplest way to build Emacs is to use the `configure' shell script
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12 headers and libraries are kept. It then creates a `Makefile' in each
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13 subdirectory and a `config.h' file containing system-dependent
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15 your system.
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17 Here's the procedure to build Emacs using `configure' on systems which
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18 are supported by it. If this simplified procedure fails, or if you
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19 are using a platform such as MS-Windows, where `configure' script
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20 doesn't work, you might need to use various non-default options, and
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21 maybe perform some of the steps manually. The more detailed
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22 description in the rest of the sections of this guide will help you do
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23 that, so please refer to them if the simple procedure does not work.
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25 1. Make sure your system has at least 120 MB of free disk space.
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27 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
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30 ./configure
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38 where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory. This
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39 may not work unless you use GNU make.
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42 about the system configuration. Read those details carefully
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45 libraries that you know are installed on your system, etc.
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47 If you find anything wrong, you will have to pass to `configure'
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50 to DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION section below.
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56 If the details printed by `configure' don't make any sense to
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57 you, assume that `configure' did its job and proceed.
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61 directories before running `configure' again:
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63 make distclean
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64 ./configure
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77 opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
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78 files into their installation directories:
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80 make install
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82 You are now ready to use Emacs. If you wish to conserve disk space,
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83 you may remove the program binaries and object files from the
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84 directory where you built Emacs:
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86 make clean
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88 You can also save some space by compressing (with `gzip') Info files
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89 and installed Lisp source (.el) files which have corresponding .elc
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90 versions.
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93 ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES
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95 * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
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97 The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts in various encodings
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98 that Emacs can use to display international characters. If you see a
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105 The fonts in the intlfonts distribution are also used by the ps-print
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108 each character set.
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115 Emacs needs optional libraries to be able to display images (with the
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118 On some systems, particularly on GNU/Linux, these libraries may
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119 already be present or available as additional packages. Note that if
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120 there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, for use at compilation
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121 time rather than run time, you will need that as well as the
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122 corresponding run time package; typically the dev package will
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123 contain header files and a library archive. Otherwise, you can
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124 download and build libraries from sources. None of them are vital for
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125 running Emacs; however, note that Emacs will not be able to use
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126 colored icons in the toolbar if XPM support is not compiled in.
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132 scroll bars: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/
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134 Get version 3.4k or later, which lets Emacs
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135 use its own color allocation functions.
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136 . libpng for PNG: ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/
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137 . libz (for PNG): http://www.zlib.net/
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138 . libjpeg for JPEG: ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
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139 Get version 6b -- 6a is reported to fail in
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140 Emacs.
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141 . libtiff for TIFF: http://www.libtiff.org/
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142 . libgif for GIF: http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/
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143
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144 Emacs will configure itself to build with these libraries if the
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145 `configure' script finds them on your system, unless you supply the
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146 appropriate --without-LIB option. In some cases, older versions of
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147 these libraries won't work because some routines are missing, and
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148 configure should avoid such old versions. If that happens, use the
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149 --without-LIB options to `configure'. See below for more details.
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150
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153 Emacs needs the optional libraries "m17n-db", "libm17n-flt", "libotf"
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154 to correctly display such complex scripts as Indic and Khmer.
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155 On some systems, particularly GNU/Linux, these libraries may be
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156 already present or available as additional packages. Note that if
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157 there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, for use at compilation
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158 time rather than run time, you will need that as well as the
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159 corresponding run time package; typically the dev package will contain
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160 header files and a library archive. Otherwise, you can download and
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161 build libraries from sources.
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162
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163 The sources of these libraries are available by anonymous CVS from
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164 cvs.m17n.org.
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165
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166 % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n login
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167 % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n co m17n-db
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168 % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n co m17n-lib
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169 % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/m17n co libotf
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171 For m17n-lib, if you have problems with making the whole package
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172 because you lack some other packages on which m17n-lib depends, try to
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173 configure it with the option "--without-gui".
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175 * Extra fonts
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177 The Emacs distribution does not include fonts and does not install
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178 them. You must do that yourself.
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180 To take proper advantage of Emacs 21's mule-unicode charsets, you need
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181 a suitable font. For `Unicode' (ISO 10646) fonts for X, see
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182 <URL:http://czyborra.com/unifont/> (packaged in Debian),
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183 <URL:http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/> (packaged in Debian). (In
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184 recent Debian versions, there is an extensive `misc-fixed' iso10646-1
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185 in the default X installation.) Perhaps also see
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186 <URL:http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/%7Emgk25/ucs-fonts.html>.
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188 <URL:http://czyborra.com/charsets/> has basic fonts for Emacs's
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189 ISO-8859 charsets.
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190
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191 XFree86 release 4 (from <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/> and mirrors)
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192 contains font support for most, if not all, of the charsets that Emacs
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193 currently supports, including iso10646-1 encoded fonts for use with
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194 the mule-unicode charsets. The font files should also be usable with
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195 older X releases. Note that XFree 4 contains many iso10646-1 fonts
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196 with minimal character repertoires, which can cause problems -- see
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197 etc/PROBLEMS.
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198
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199 BDF Unicode fonts etl-unicode.tar.gz are available from
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200 <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/fonts/> and
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201 <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/mirror/X.Org/contrib/fonts/>. These
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202 fonts can also be used by ps-print and ps-mule to print Unicode
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203 characters.
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205 Finally, the Web pages <URL:http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/index.html>
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206 and <URL:http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/resources.html> list a large
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207 number of free Unicode fonts.
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208
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209 * GNU/Linux development packages
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210
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211 Many GNU/Linux systems do not come with development packages by
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212 default; they just include the files that you need to run Emacs, but
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213 not those you need to compile it. For example, to compile Emacs with
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214 X11 support, you may need to install the special `X11 development'
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215 package. For example, in April 2003, the package names to install
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216 were `XFree86-devel' and `Xaw3d-devel' on Red Hat. On Debian, the
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217 packages necessary to build the installed version should be
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218 sufficient; they can be installed using `apt-get build-dep emacs21' in
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219 Debian 3 and above.
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220
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222 DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION:
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223
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224 (This is for a Unix or Unix-like system. For MS-DOS and Windows 3.X,
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225 see below; search for MSDOG. For Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows NT,
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226 and Windows 2000, see the file nt/INSTALL.)
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228 1) Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle
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229 a program whose pure code is 1.5 MB and whose data area is at
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230 least 2.8 MB and can reach 100 MB or more. If the swapping space is
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231 insufficient, you will get an error in the command `temacs -batch -l
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232 loadup dump', found in `./src/Makefile.in', or possibly when
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233 running the final dumped Emacs.
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234
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235 Building Emacs requires about 140 MB of disk space (including the
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236 Emacs sources) Once installed, Emacs occupies about 77 MB in the file
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237 system where it is installed; this includes the executable files, Lisp
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238 libraries, miscellaneous data files, and on-line documentation. If
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239 the building and installation take place in different directories,
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240 then the installation procedure momentarily requires 140+77 MB.
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243 give to the `configure' program. That file offers hints for
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244 getting around some possible installation problems. The file lists
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245 many different configurations, but only the part for your machine and
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246 operating system is relevant. (The list is arranged in alphabetical
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247 order by the vendor name.)
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249 3) You can build Emacs in the top-level Emacs source directory
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250 or in a separate directory.
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252 3a) To build in the top-level Emacs source directory, go to that
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253 directory and run the program `configure' as follows:
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255 ./configure [CONFIGURATION-NAME] [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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257 The CONFIGURATION-NAME argument should be a configuration name given
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258 in `./etc/MACHINES', with the system version number added at the end.
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259
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260 You should try first omitting CONFIGURATION-NAME. This way,
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261 `configure' will try to guess your system type. If it cannot guess,
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262 or if something goes wrong in building or installing Emacs this way,
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263 try again specifying the proper CONFIGURATION-NAME explicitly.
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265 If you don't want X support, specify `--with-x=no'. If you omit this
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267 system has X, and arrange to use it if present.
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273 Window System files installed in unusual places. These options also
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277 configure Emacs; use the option `--with-x-toolkit=TOOLKIT', where
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278 TOOLKIT is `athena', `motif' or `gtk' (`yes' and `lucid' are synonyms
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279 for `athena'). On some systems, it does not work to use a toolkit
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281 LessTif, is available from <http://www.lesstif.org>. Compiling with
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282 LessTif or Motif causes a standard File Selection Dialog to pop up
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284 3D-style scroll bars, even without LessTif/Motif, if you have the
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285 Xaw3d library installed (see "Image support libraries" above for Xaw3d
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286 availability).
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288 If `--with-x-toolkit=gtk' is specified, you can tell configure where
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289 to search for GTK by specifying `--with-pkg-config-prog=PATH' where
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290 PATH is the pathname to pkg-config. Note that GTK version 2.4 or
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291 newer is required for Emacs.
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293 The Emacs mail reader RMAIL is configured to be able to read mail from
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294 a POP3 server by default. Versions of the POP protocol older than
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295 POP3 are not supported. For Kerberos-authenticated POP add
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297 is always enabled, whether Emacs actually uses POP is controlled by
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298 individual users--see the Rmail chapter of the Emacs manual.
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299
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300 For image support you may have to download, build, and install the
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301 appropriate image support libraries for image types other than XBM and
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302 PBM, see the list of URLs in "ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES" above.
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305 To disable individual types of image support in Emacs for some reason,
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306 even though configure finds the libraries, you can configure with one
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307 or more of these options:
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312 --without-gif for GIF image support
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313 --without-png for PNG image support
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315 Use --without-toolkit-scroll-bars to disable LessTif/Motif or Xaw3d
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316 scroll bars.
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318 Use --without-xim to inhibit the default use of X Input Methods. In
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321 Use --disable-largefile omits support for files larger than 2GB on
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322 systems which support that.
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324 Use --without-sound to disable sound support.
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331 (where VERSION is the version number of Emacs, like `19.27').
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337 The `--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
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338 portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
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339 files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,
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342 EXECDIR/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION.
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347 ./configure mips-dec-ultrix --with-x11
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350 support for the X11 window system.
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352 `configure' doesn't do any compilation or installation
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354 `./Makefile', `lib-src/Makefile', `oldXMenu/Makefile',
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355 `lwlib/Makefile', `src/Makefile', and `./src/config.h'. For details
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356 on exactly what it does, see the section called `CONFIGURATION BY
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357 HAND', below.
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361 same configuration. If `configure' exits with an error after
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362 disturbing the status quo, it removes `config.status'. `configure'
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364 to make reconfiguring faster, and a file `config.log' containing compiler
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365 output (useful mainly for debugging `configure'). You can give
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366 `configure' the option `--cache-file=FILE' to use the results of the
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367 tests in FILE instead of `config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to
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368 disable caching, for debugging `configure'.
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370 If the description of the system configuration printed by `configure'
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372 available when you know they are, look at the `config.log' file for
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373 the trace of the failed tests performed by `configure' to check
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374 whether these features are supported. Typically, some test fails
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376 libraries, or some macro-processor definition in the system headers.
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378 Some tests might fail because the compiler should look in special
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379 directories for some header files, or link against optional
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380 libraries, or use special compilation options. You can force
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381 `configure' and the build process which follows it to do that by
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392 CPPFLAGS='-I/foo/myinclude' LDFLAGS='-L/bar/mylib' \
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393 CFLAGS='-O3' LIBS='-lfoo -lbar' ./configure
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395 (this is all one long line). This tells `configure' to instruct the
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396 preprocessor to look in the `/foo/myinclude' directory for header
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400 libraries in addition to the standard ones.
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402 For some libraries, like Gtk+, fontconfig and ALSA, `configure' use
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403 pkg-config to find where those libraries are installed.
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404 If you want pkg-config to look in special directories, you have to set
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405 the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH to point to the directories
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406 where the .pc-files for those libraries are.
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407 For example:
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409 PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/local/alsa/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/gtk+-2.8/lib/pkgconfig' \
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410 ./configure
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413 distribution, but using `configure' is easier. See the section called
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414 "CONFIGURATION BY HAND" below if you want to do the configuration
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415 yourself.
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417 3b) To build in a separate directory, go to that directory
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418 and run the program `configure' as follows:
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420 SOURCE-DIR/configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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423 where Emacs's configure script is located. `configure' looks for the
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424 Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
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425
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426 To build in a separate directory, you must use a version of `make'
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429 3c) Some people try to build in a separate directory by filling
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430 it full of symlinks to the files in the real source directory.
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432 it copies the symbolic links rather than the actual files.
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434 As far as is known, there is no particular reason to use
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435 a directory full of links rather than use the standard GNU
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436 facilities to build in a separate directory (see 3b above).
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437
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439 for your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with Emacs
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440 Lisp code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el
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447 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
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449 Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
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450 variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the
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451 variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are
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452 doing, you'll make a mistake.
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455 Lisp code you want Emacs to load before it is dumped out. Use
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456 site-load.el for additional libraries if you arrange for their
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457 documentation strings to be in the etc/DOC file (see
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458 src/Makefile.in if you wish to figure out how to do that). For all
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459 else, use site-init.el. Do not load byte-compiled code which
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460 was build with a non-nil value of `byte-compile-dynamic'.
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462 If you set load-path to a different value in site-init.el or
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463 site-load.el, Emacs will use *precisely* that value when it starts up
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464 again. If you do this, you are on your own!
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465
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467 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
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468 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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469 See `./etc/PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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471 The `site-*.el' files are nonexistent in the distribution. You do not
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472 need to create them if you have nothing to put in them.
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474 6) Refer to the file `./etc/TERMS' for information on fields you may
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475 wish to add to various termcap entries. The files `./etc/termcap.ucb'
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476 and `./etc/termcap.dat' may already contain appropriately-modified
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479 7) Run `make' in the top directory of the Emacs distribution to finish
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480 building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
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481 named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
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482 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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483 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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485 Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their
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486 installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files
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487 are installed in the following directories:
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489 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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490 `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient',
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491 and `rcs-checkin'.
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493 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp library;
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495 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.27'. Since the
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496 Lisp library changes from one version of Emacs to
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497 another, including the version number in the path
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499 at the same time; in particular, you don't have to
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500 make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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502 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC
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504 architecture-independent files Emacs might need while
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505 running. VERSION is as specified for `.../lisp'.
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507 `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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509 run themselves.
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510 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are
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511 installing, and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument
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512 you gave to the `configure' program to identify the
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513 architecture and operating system of your machine,
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515 these files are specific to the version of Emacs,
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517 the configuration name in the path allows you to have
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518 several versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and
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519 operating systems installed at the same time; this is
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520 useful for sites at which different kinds of machines
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523 `/usr/local/share/info' holds the on-line documentation for Emacs,
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525 documented using info files as well, so this directory
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526 stands apart from the other, Emacs-specific
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527 directories.
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529 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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532 Any version of Emacs, whether installed or not, also looks for Lisp
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533 files in these directories.
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535 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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536 files installed for Emacs version VERSION only.
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538 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
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539 files installed for all Emacs versions.
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540
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541 When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files
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542 in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in
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543 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in
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544 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'.
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546 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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547 install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search
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548 for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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549 the command. See the section below called `MAKE VARIABLES' for more
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550 information on this.
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552 8) Check the file `dir' in your site's info directory (usually
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553 /usr/local/share/info) to make sure that it has a menu entry for the
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554 Emacs info files.
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556 9) If your system uses lock files to interlock access to mailer inbox files,
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557 then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or setgid
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558 to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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559
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560 10) You are done! You can remove executables and object files from
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561 the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the files
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562 that `configure' created (so you can compile Emacs for a different
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563 configuration), type `make distclean'. If you don't need some, or all
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564 of the input methods from the Leim package, you can remove the
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565 unneeded files in the leim subdirectories of your site's lisp
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566 directory (usually /usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/).
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567
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569
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570 MAKE VARIABLES
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571
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572 You can change where the build process installs Emacs and its data
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573 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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574 command line. For example, if you type
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575
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576 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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577
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578 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the Emacs
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579 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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580 `/usr/local/bin'.
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581
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582 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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583
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584 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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585 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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586
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587 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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588 read-only data files that Emacs refers to while it runs; it
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589 defaults to /usr/local/share. We create the following
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590 subdirectories under `datadir':
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591 - `emacs/VERSION/lisp', containing the Emacs Lisp library, and
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592 - `emacs/VERSION/etc', containing the Emacs tutorial, the DOC
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593 file, and the `yow' database.
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594 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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595 like `18.59' or `19.0'. Since these files vary from one version
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596 of Emacs to another, including the version number in the path
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597 allows you to have several versions of Emacs installed at the
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598 same time; this means that you don't have to make Emacs
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599 unavailable while installing a new version.
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600
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601 `libexecdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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602 Emacs refers to as it runs; it defaults to `/usr/local/libexec'.
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603 We create the following subdirectories under `libexecdir':
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604 - `emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME', containing executable
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605 programs used by Emacs that users are not expected to run
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606 themselves.
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607 `VERSION' is the number of the Emacs version you are installing,
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608 and `CONFIGURATION-NAME' is the argument you gave to the
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609 `configure' program to identify the architecture and operating
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610 system of your machine, like `mips-dec-ultrix' or
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611 `sparc-sun-sunos'. Since these files are specific to the version
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612 of Emacs, operating system, and architecture in use, including
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613 the configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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614 versions of Emacs for any mix of machines and operating systems
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615 installed at the same time; this is useful for sites at which
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616 different kinds of machines share the file system Emacs is
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617 installed on.
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618
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619 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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620 Emacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/share/info'.
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622 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for Emacs and its
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623 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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624 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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625
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626 `manext' gives the extension the man pages should be installed with.
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627 It should contain a period, followed by the appropriate
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628 digit. It defaults to `.1'. For example given the default
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629 values for `mandir' and `manext', the Emacs man page would be
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630 installed as `/usr/local/man/man1/emacs.1'.
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631
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632 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of Emacs; instead,
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633 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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634 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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635 `sharedstatedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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636 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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637 by default.
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638
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639 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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640 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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641 By including
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642 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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643 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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644 to place all of the Emacs data files in the appropriate
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645 directories under that path.
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646
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647 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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648 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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649 path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
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651 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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652 GNU software; this variable is specific to Emacs.
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654 `archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
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655 files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
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656 running. Its default value, based on `libexecdir' (which
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657 see), is `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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660 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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661 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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662 emacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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663 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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664 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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665 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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666 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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668 The path for finding Lisp files is specified in src/paths.h,
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669 a file which is generated by running configure. To change the path,
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670 you can edit the definition of PATH_LOADSEARCH in that file
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671 before you run `make'.
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674 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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675 when running make in the subdirectories.
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678 CONFIGURATION BY HAND
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681 following steps.
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685 2) Consult `./etc/MACHINES' to see what configuration name you should
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686 use for your system. Look at the code of the `configure' script to
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687 see which operating system and architecture description files from
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688 `src/s' and `src/m' should be used for that configuration name. Edit
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689 `src/config.h', and change the two `#include' directives to include
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690 the appropriate system and architecture description files.
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695 changing the s/*.h and m/*.h files. Occasionally you may need to
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696 redefine parameters used in `./lib-src/movemail.c'.
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700 then edit in appropriate substitutions for the @...@ constructs,
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702 that run cpp to construct `Makefile'.
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709 program. You need version 2.51 or newer of `autoconf' to rebuild
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710 `configure'.
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712 BUILDING GNU EMACS BY HAND
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714 Once Emacs is configured, running `make' in the top directory performs
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715 the following steps.
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721 2) Go to directory `./lib-src' and run `make'. This creates
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722 executables named `ctags' and `etags' and `make-docfile' and
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723 `digest-doc' and `test-distrib'. And others.
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726 the `./lisp' and `./lib-src' subdirectories using names `../lisp' and
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728
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729 This creates a file `./src/emacs' which is the runnable Emacs,
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730 which has another name that contains a version number.
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731 Each time you do this, that version number increments in the last place.
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733 It also creates a file in `./etc' whose name is `DOC' followed by the
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734 current Emacs version. This file contains documentation strings for
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735 all the functions in Emacs. Each time you run make to make a new
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736 emacs, a new DOC file with a new name is made. You must keep the DOC
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737 file for an Emacs version as long as you keep using that Emacs
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738 version.
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741 INSTALLATION BY HAND
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742
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743 The steps below are done by running `make install' in the main
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744 directory of the Emacs distribution.
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745
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746 1) Copy `./lisp' and its subdirectories, `./etc', and the executables
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747 in `./lib-src' to their final destinations, as selected in `./src/paths.h'.
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748
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749 Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
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750 - The programs `cvtmail', `fakemail', `hexl',
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751 `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', and `vcdiff' are used by Emacs;
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752 they do need to be copied.
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753 - The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', `b2m', and `rcs-checkin'
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755 - The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
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756 used in building Emacs, and are not needed any more.
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757 - The programs `digest-doc' and `sorted-doc' convert a `DOC' file into
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758 a file for users to read. There is no important reason to move them.
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759
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760 2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
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761 `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/paths.el'. Note that if the
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762 destination directory already contains a file named `dir', you
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763 probably don't want to replace it with the `dir' file in the Emacs
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764 distribution. Instead, you should make sure that the existing `dir'
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765 file contains an appropriate menu entry for the Emacs info.
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766
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767 3) Copy `./src/emacs' to `/usr/local/bin', or to some other directory
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769 `./src/emacs-EMACSVERSION'; you may wish to make a symbolic link named
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770 `/usr/local/bin/emacs' pointing to that alternate name, as an easy way
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771 of installing different versions.
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772
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773 You can delete `./src/temacs'.
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774
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775 4) Copy the programs `b2m', `emacsclient', `ctags', `etags', and
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776 `rcs-checkin' from `./lib-src' to `/usr/local/bin'. These programs are
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778
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779 5) Copy the man pages in `./etc' for emacs, ctags, and etags into the
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780 appropriate man directories.
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781
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782 6) The files in the `./src' subdirectory, except for `emacs', are not
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783 used by Emacs once it is built. However, it is very desirable to keep
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784 the source on line for debugging.
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786
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787 PROBLEMS
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788
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789 See the file PROBLEMS in etc subdirectory for a list of various
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790 problems sometimes encountered, and what to do about them.
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792
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793 Installation on MSDOG (a.k.a. MSDOS)
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794
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795 To install on MSDOG, you need to have the GNU C compiler for MSDOG
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796 (also known as djgpp), GNU Make, rm, mv, and sed. See the remarks in
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797 config.bat for more information about locations and versions. The
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798 file etc/FAQ includes pointers to Internet sites where you can find
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799 the necessary utilities; search for "MS-DOS". The configuration step
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800 (see below) will test for these utilities and will refuse to continue
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801 if any of them isn't found.
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802
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803 Recompiling Lisp files in the `lisp' subdirectory using the various
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804 targets in the lisp/Makefile file requires additional utilities:
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805 `find' and `xargs' (from Findutils), `touch' (from Fileutils) GNU
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806 `echo' and `test' (from Sh-utils), `tr, `sort', and `uniq' (from
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807 Textutils), and a port of Bash. However, you should not normally need
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808 to run lisp/Makefile, as all the Lisp files are distributed in
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809 byte-compiled form as well.
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810
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811 If you are building the MSDOG version of Emacs on an MSDOG-like system
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812 which supports long file names (e.g. Windows 95), you need to make
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813 sure that long file names are handled consistently both when you
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814 unpack the distribution and compile it. If you intend to compile with
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815 DJGPP v2.0 or later, and long file names support is enabled (LFN=y in
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816 the environment), you need to unpack Emacs distribution in a way that
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817 doesn't truncate the original long filenames to the DOS 8.3 namespace;
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818 the easiest way to do this is to use djtar program which comes with
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819 DJGPP, since it will note the LFN setting and behave accordingly.
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820 DJGPP v1 doesn't support long filenames, so you must unpack Emacs with
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821 a program that truncates the filenames to 8.3 naming as it extracts
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822 files; again, using djtar after setting LFN=n is the recommended way.
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823 You can build Emacs with LFN=n even if you use DJGPP v2, if some of
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824 your tools don't support long file names: just ensure that LFN is set
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825 to `n' during both unpacking and compiling.
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826
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827 (By the time you read this, you have already unpacked the Emacs
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828 distribution, but if the explanations above imply that you should have
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829 done it differently, it's safer to delete the directory tree created
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830 by the unpacking program and unpack Emacs again, than to risk running
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831 into problems during the build process.)
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832
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833 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
834 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
835 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
836 support long file names on Windows 9X no matter what was the setting
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e3d77845180c Clarify info about long filenames on MSDOS-like systems.
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 15444
diff changeset
837 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
838 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
839 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
840 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
841 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
842 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
843 djtar after you set LFN=y in the environment.
15017
11c175c0b7de Describe djtar.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15016
diff changeset
844
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
845 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
846
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
847 djtar -x emacs.tgz
12339
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
848
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
849 (This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on
19635
c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 19352
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850 your system.)
12343
91d4c394cb61 Fix previous change.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12341
diff changeset
851
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526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
852 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
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853 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
854 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
855 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
856 type this:
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
857
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
858 djtar -x intlfonts.tgz
526d645420b5 Explain that intlfonts are used by ps-print as well.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 23353
diff changeset
859
15444
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15209
diff changeset
860 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
66a9ef0892a2 Explain about MSDOS installation and long file name support.
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parents: 15209
diff changeset
861 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
862 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
863
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
864 config msdos
3398b88cbd25 Update MSDOS needs list.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12042
diff changeset
865 make install
6062
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
866
33812
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
867 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
868 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
869 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
870 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
871 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
872 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
873 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
874 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
875 the DJGPP version number).
c41a9a242fed Describe a possible problem with djecho.exe in old
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33678
diff changeset
876
37479
a240b159c8df Mention problems with Windows NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36753
diff changeset
877 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
878 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
879 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
880 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
881 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
882 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
883
24452
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
884 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
885 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
886 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
887 command:
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
888
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
889 make bdf INSTALLDIR=..
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
890
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
891 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
892 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
893 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
894 default.
3f25405e6e70 Add detailed instructions to unpack and install intlfonts on MS-DOS.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 24070
diff changeset
895
15039
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
896 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
897 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
898 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
899 /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
900 /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
901 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
902 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
903 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
904 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>
parents: 40890
diff changeset
905 PATH. The msdos subdirectory includes a PIF and an icon file for
a85200bb3831 Remove text that describes Leim as a separate package.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 40890
diff changeset
906 Emacs which you might find useful if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
12349
f5ba89f88cfd Talk about MSDOS type conflict workaround.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 12343
diff changeset
907
15039
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
908 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
909 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
43c846d45f79 Clarify MSDOS installing and unpacking.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15017
diff changeset
910 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
19635
c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 19352
diff changeset
911 environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory),
c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 19352
diff changeset
912 EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for
c08a8e2d0f27 MSDOS-related changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 19352
diff changeset
913 the location of the `info' directory).
6062
e9768f0d0653 Formerly INSTALL.~20~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 3199
diff changeset
914
7627
99cf43c08895 Formerly INSTALL.~28~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6062
diff changeset
915 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
99cf43c08895 Formerly INSTALL.~28~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6062
diff changeset
916 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not
99cf43c08895 Formerly INSTALL.~28~
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6062
diff changeset
917 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work.
15825
615a180ced87 Describe djgpp library replacement files.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 15733
diff changeset
918
16861
310fd977a344 Update info about DJGPP.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 16309
diff changeset
919 Version 2.0 of djgpp has two bugs that affect Emacs. We've included
310fd977a344 Update info about DJGPP.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 16309
diff changeset
920 corrected versions of two files from djgpp in the msdos subdirectory:
310fd977a344 Update info about DJGPP.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 16309
diff changeset
921 is_exec.c and sigaction.c. To work around the bugs, compile these
32557
cd84bd4a3411 Describe the new --with-FOO options for building with image support.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 26905
diff changeset
922 files and link them into temacs. Djgpp versions 2.01 and later have
cd84bd4a3411 Describe the new --with-FOO options for building with image support.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 26905
diff changeset
923 these bugs fixed, so upgrade if you can before building Emacs.
34939
44564f6157cc Move the copying conditions to the end of the file.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34879
diff changeset
924
75769
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
925 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
926
94719
1a762a842f80 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91573
diff changeset
927 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
75769
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
928 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
94719
1a762a842f80 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91573
diff changeset
929 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
1a762a842f80 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91573
diff changeset
930 (at your option) any later version.
34994
fb1c795f1a5e Minor style and punctuation changes from Kim Storm.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34939
diff changeset
931
75769
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
932 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
933 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
934 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
935 GNU General Public License for more details.
34939
44564f6157cc Move the copying conditions to the end of the file.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34879
diff changeset
936
75769
92a0e87ff562 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75348
diff changeset
937 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
94719
1a762a842f80 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91573
diff changeset
938 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.