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| author | Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de> | 2005-03-08 00:54:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de> | 2005-03-08 00:54:46 +0000 |
| commit | a98dbc879e1c593f02685a80356f9b7a46fc2a36 (patch) | |
| tree | 8bbbab35660e2a01346f6418fc0ae6f7e6c9aefa /README | |
| parent | 5a3ce59e21ac72a70dd910fdc3a48abbb2ca8b78 (diff) | |
| download | guile-a98dbc879e1c593f02685a80356f9b7a46fc2a36.tar.gz | |
* configure.in: Do not call AC_LIBLTDL_INSTALLABLE. Use
AC_CHECK_LIB instead. Do not subst LTDLINCL and LIBLTDL. Do not
add "-DLIBLTDL_DLL_IMPORT" on MINGW32.
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Removed libltdl.
* README: Talk about required external packages.
* autogen.sh: Do not call libtoolize.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 28 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ Generic instructions for configuring and compiling Guile can be found in the INSTALL file. Guile specific information and configure options can be found below, including instructions for installing SLIB. -Guile can use a number of external packages such as `readline' when -they are available. Guile expects to be able to find these packages -in the default compiler setup, it does not try to make any special -arrangements itself. For example, for the `readline' package, Guile -expects to be able to find the include file <readline/readline.h>, -without passing any special `-I' options to the compiler. +Guile requires a few external packages and can optionally use a number +of external packages such as `readline' when they are available. +Guile expects to be able to find these packages in the default +compiler setup, it does not try to make any special arrangements +itself. For example, for the `readline' package, Guile expects to be +able to find the include file <readline/readline.h>, without passing +any special `-I' options to the compiler. If you installed an external package, and you used the --prefix installation option to install it somewhere else than /usr/local, you @@ -46,6 +47,21 @@ you install gcc and the package; you need to use the more details. +Required External Packages ================================================ + +Guile requires the following external packages: + + - GNU MP, at least version 4.1 + + GNU MP is used for bignum arithmetic. It is available from + http://swox.com/gmp + + - libltdl from libtool, at least from libtool version 1.5.6 + + libltdl is used for loading extensions at run-time. It is + available from http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ + + Special Instructions For Some Systems ===================================== We would like Guile to build on all systems using the simple |