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Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 17 deletions
@@ -43,18 +43,21 @@ in the config/ subdirectory. The "configure" script accepts the following options: --bindir <dir> (default: /usr/local/bin) - Directory where the binaries will be installed +-prefix <dir> (default: /usr/local) + Set the PREFIX variable used to define the defaults of the + following three options. Must be an absolute path name. --libdir <dir> (default: /usr/local/lib/ocaml) - Directory where the Caml library will be installed +-bindir <dir> (default: $(PREFIX)/bin) + Directory where the binaries will be installed. + Must be an absolute path name, or start with "$(PREFIX)" --mandir <dir> (default: /usr/local/man/man1) - Directory where the manual pages will be installed +-libdir <dir> (default: $(PREFIX)/lib/ocaml) + Directory where the OCaml library will be installed + Must be an absolute path name, or start with "$(PREFIX)" --prefix <dir> (default: /usr/local) - Set bindir, libdir and mandir to - <dir>/bin, <dir>/lib/ocaml, <dir>/man/man1 respectively. +-mandir <dir> (default: $(PREFIX)/man/man1) + Directory where the manual pages will be installed + Must be an absolute path name, or start with "$(PREFIX)" -cc <C compiler and options> (default: gcc if available, cc otherwise) C compiler to use for building the system @@ -67,10 +70,11 @@ The "configure" script accepts the following options: -host <hosttype> (default: determined automatically) The type of the host machine, in GNU's "configuration name" - format (CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM). This info is generally determined - automatically by the "configure" script, and rarely ever - needs to be provided by hand. The installation instructions - for gcc or emacs contain a complete list of configuration names. + format (CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM or CPU-COMPANY-KERNEL-SYSTEM). + This info is generally determined automatically by the + "configure" script, and rarely ever needs to be provided by + hand. The installation instructions for gcc or emacs contain a + complete list of configuration names. -x11include <include_dir> (default: determined automatically) -x11lib <lib_dir> (default: determined automatically) @@ -127,6 +131,16 @@ The "configure" script accepts the following options: Verbose output of the configuration tests. Use it if the outcome of configure is not what you were expecting. +-no-camlp4 + Do not compile Camlp4. + +-no-graph + Do not compile the Graphics library. + +-partialld <linker and options> (default: determined automatically) + The linker and options to use for producing an object file + (rather than an executable) from several other object files. + Examples: Standard installation in /usr/{bin,lib,man} instead of /usr/local: @@ -134,6 +148,8 @@ Examples: Installation in /usr, man pages in section "l": ./configure -bindir /usr/bin -libdir /usr/lib/ocaml -mandir /usr/man/manl + or: + ./configure -prefix /usr -mandir '$(PREFIX)/man/manl' On a MacOSX 10.5/Intel Core 2 or MacOSX 10.5/PowerPC host, to build a 64-bit version of OCaml: @@ -146,13 +162,16 @@ Examples: ./configure -cc "gcc -m32" -as "as --32" -aspp "gcc -m32 -c" On a Linux x86/64 bits host, to build the run-time system in PIC mode - (enables putting the runtime in a shared library, + (enables putting the runtime in a shared library, at a small performance cost): ./configure -cc "gcc -fPIC" -aspp "gcc -c -fPIC" For Sun Solaris with the "acc" compiler: ./configure -cc "acc -fast" -libs "-lucb" + For Sun Solaris on Sparc 64bit, to compile natively (32bit only) + ./configure -cc "gcc -m32" -as "as -32" -aspp "gcc -m32 -c" + For AIX 4.3 with the IBM compiler xlc: ./configure -cc "xlc_r -D_AIX43 -Wl,-bexpall,-brtl -qmaxmem=8192" @@ -237,9 +256,9 @@ autoconfiguration): ocamllex the lexer generator ocaml the interactive, toplevel-based system ocamlmktop a tool to make toplevel systems that integrate - user-defined C primitives and Caml code + user-defined C primitives and OCaml code ocamldebug the source-level replay debugger - ocamldep generator of "make" dependencies for Caml sources + ocamldep generator of "make" dependencies for OCaml sources ocamldoc documentation generator ocamlprof execution count profiler ocamlcp the bytecode compiler in profiling mode @@ -271,7 +290,7 @@ In the latter case, the destination directory defaults to the 9- After installation, do *not* strip the ocamldebug and ocamlbrowser executables. (These are mixed-mode executables, containing both -compiled C code and Caml bytecode; stripping erases the bytecode!) +compiled C code and OCaml bytecode; stripping erases the bytecode!) Other executables such as ocamlrun can safely be stripped. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: |