not those you need to compile it. For example, to compile Emacs with
X11 support, you may need to install the special `X11 development'
package. For example, in April 2003, the package names to install
-were `XFree86-devel' and `Xaw3d-devel' on RedHat. On Debian, the
+were `XFree86-devel' and `Xaw3d-devel' on Red Hat. On Debian, the
packages necessary to build the installed version should be
sufficient; they can be installed using `apt-get build-dep emacs21' in
Debian 3 and above.
--without-png for PNG image support
Use --without-toolkit-scroll-bars to disable LessTif/Motif or Xaw3d
-scroll bars.
+scroll bars.
Use --without-xim to inhibit the default use of X Input Methods. In
this case, the X resource useXIM can be used to turn on use of XIM.
Use --disable-largefile omits support for files larger than 2GB on
-systems which support that.
+systems which support that.
Use --without-sound to disable sound support.
disable caching, for debugging `configure'.
If the description of the system configuration printed by `configure'
-is not right, or if it claims some of the fatures or libraries are not
+is not right, or if it claims some of the features or libraries are not
available when you know they are, look at the `config.log' file for
the trace of the failed tests performed by `configure' to check
whether these features are supported. Typically, some test fails
directories for some header files, or link against optional
libraries, or use special compilation options. You can force
`configure' and the build process which follows it to do that by
-setting the variables CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS, and CC before
-running `configure'. CPPFLAGS lists the options passed to the
-preprocessor, CFLAGS are compilation options, LDFLAGS are options used
-when linking, LIBS are libraries to link against, and CC is the
-command which invokes the compiler.
+setting the variables CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS, CPP and CC
+before running `configure'. CPP is the command which invokes the
+preprocessor, CPPFLAGS lists the options passed to it, CFLAGS are
+compilation options, LDFLAGS are options used when linking, LIBS are
+libraries to link against, and CC is the command which invokes the
+compiler.
Here's an example of a `configure' invocation, assuming a Bourne-like
shell such as Bash, which uses these variables:
switch to the compiler, and link against libfoo.a and libbar.a
libraries in addition to the standard ones.
-For some libraries, like Gtk+, fontconfig and ALSA, `configure' use
-pkg-config to find where those libraries are installed.
-If you wan't pkg-config to look in special directories, you have to set
-the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH to point to the directories
+For some libraries, like Gtk+, fontconfig and ALSA, `configure' use
+pkg-config to find where those libraries are installed.
+If you want pkg-config to look in special directories, you have to set
+the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH to point to the directories
where the .pc-files for those libraries are.
For example:
the paths to the values specified in `./Makefile'.
2) Go to directory `./lib-src' and run `make'. This creates
-executables named `ctags' and `etags' and `wakeup' and `make-docfile'
-and `digest-doc' and `test-distrib'. And others.
+executables named `ctags' and `etags' and `make-docfile' and
+`digest-doc' and `test-distrib'. And others.
3) Go to directory `./src' and Run `make'. This refers to files in
the `./lisp' and `./lib-src' subdirectories using names `../lisp' and
Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
- The programs `cvtmail', `fakemail', `hexl',
- `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', `timer', `vcdiff', `wakeup',
- and `yow' are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
+ `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', and `vcdiff' are used by Emacs;
+ they do need to be copied.
- The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', `b2m', and `rcs-checkin'
are intended to be run by users; they are handled below.
- The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.
GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,