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- +----------------------------+
- | STk 3.1 Installation notes |
- +----------------------------+
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE - IMPORTANT NOTE - IMPORTANT NOTE
- ------------------------------------------------
- |
- | STk bignums are implemented with the GNU mp APIs. This library provides a
- | VERY EFFICIENT implementation of multiple precision numbers. This library
- | is placed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. However, to avoid to fall
- | under the restrictive GPL terms you can use the FGMP package (FGMP is a
- | public domain implementation of a subset of the GNU gmp library with the
- | same API, written by Mark Henderson <markh@wimsey.bc.ca>). This package
- | has the advantage to be totally *FREE*, and the disadventage to be *SLOW*.
- |
- | So, if your concern is speed, and if the GPL is not a problem for you,
- | use the Gnu package.
- |
- | Both package are in the distribution file. You don't need to ftp them.
- |
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- END OF IMPORTANT NOTE - END OF IMPORTANT NOTE - END OF IMPORTANT NOTE
-
-
- To install this package:
-
- *** 1. Configure the package for your system.
-
- In the directory that this file is in, type
-
- $ /bin/sh ./configure
-
- This line runs the `configure' shell script. This script attempts to
- guess correct values for various system-dependent variables used
- during compilation, and creates various files necessary for package
- building.
-
- Default configuration will compile the package with the the "gcc"
- compiler and the "-O2" option. This can be changed by changing the
- default value of the CC and CFLAGS shell variables. For instance:
-
- $ /bin/sh -c 'CC=another-cc CFLAGS="-O2 -g" ./configure'
-
- will configure the package to use the "another-cc" compiler with
- options "-O2" and "-g".
-
- By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
- /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man, etc. You can specify
- an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving `configure' the
- option `--prefix=PATH'. For instance to place everything in the
- directory whose name is 'another/place' You'll have to type
-
- $ /bin/sh configure --prefix=/another/place
-
- By default STk is compiled with the Gnu MP library. If using GNU
- software is a problem for you you can specify to use the FGMP package
- with the '--with-fgmp' option. Example:
-
- $ /bin/sh configure --prefix=/another/place --with-fgmp
-
- Several features can also specified at configuration time. To enable
- the feature XXX you'll have to specify the '--enable-XXX'. Of course,
- '--disable-XXX' permits to disable an option which is enabled by
- default. The following table gives the list of possible features
- available when compiling STk and their default value.
-
- ________________________________________________________________
- | XXX | Default | |
- | | value | |
- |=============|=========|=======================================|
- | hash | enabled | Compile support for hash tables |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | stklos | enabled | Compile support for stklos (requires |
- | | | hash tables) |
- |-------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
- | socket | enabled | Compile support for sockets. |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | dynload | depends | Specifies if STk uses dynamic loading |
- | | | for extensions. By default, dynamic |
- | | | loading is enabled for systems which |
- | | | support it (and for which support has |
- | | | been integrated into the interpreter |
- | | | This option permit to change this |
- | | | default value. |
- | | | See below for systems for which |
- | | | dynamic loading support exists |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | elf | depends | Use it to enable or disable ELF |
- | | | dynamic loading on Linux system. |
- | | | Default value is choosen by the |
- | | | configure script. If this value is |
- | | | incorrect, use this option to toggle |
- | | | it. This option works only on Linux |
- | | | systems |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | pixmap [ enabled | Add pixmap support for Tk images |
- | | | Use --with-pixmap=XXX if configure |
- | | | can't locate your Xpm library. XXX |
- | | | is the linking option you need for |
- | | | using pixmaps. For example, |
- | | | -with-pixmap='-L/home/X11 -lXpm' |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | html | enabled | Compile support for html |
- |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
- | dld | disabled| Use it to enable synamic loading using|
- | | | the DLD package (works on Linux only) |
- |-------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
- | regexp | enabled | Add support for regular expressions |
- |-------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
- | process | enabled | Add support for running processes from|
- | | | the interpreter and redirecting their |
- | | | IO |
- |-------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
- | posix | enabled | Add support for POSIX.1 functions. |
- | | | Support is very incmplete but will |
- | | | grow |
- |_____________|_________|_______________________________________|
-
- For instance
-
- $ /bin/sh -c 'CC=gcc ./configure --with-fgmp \
- --enable-socket --prefix=/scheme'
-
- will configure the package to use the free bignum library and the socket
- support . All the needed files will be installed in the /scheme/bin
- /scheme/lib ... directories.
-
-
- *** 2 . Compiling the package (and testing it)
-
- Once configuration is done, just type
-
- $ make
-
- in this directory to make the whole system. Once the make is terminated you
- can do a minimal test of stk with
-
- $ (cd Src; /bin/sh test-stk)
-
- This will bring a little squared window on your screen (if your DISPLAY
- variable is correctly set). When this is done, enter the following line
-
- (pack (button '.test :text "Hello, world" :command '(destroy *root*)))
-
- at the scheme prompt. This will display an Hello world button. Clicking on it
- will leave the scheme interpreter. A more complete demo can be obtained with:
-
- $ make demos
-
- This command runs the STk HTML browser on a file which allows you to launch
- simply the demos located in the "Demos" directory.
-
-
-
- *** 3. Documentation
-
- Documentation is provided in Postscript and in TeX. To rebuild the
- documentation, you'll have to type
-
- $ make doc
-
- This will rebuilt the Postscript documentation. To make only the
- dvi files, use
-
- $ make dvi
-
-
- *** 4. Installation
-
- To install stk in the definitive place, type
-
- $ make install
-
- Intalling STk and Tk manual pages is done with
-
- $ make install.man
-
- Have fun
-
-