1 Usage: configure [--OPTION[=VALUE] ...] [CONFIGURATION]
3 Set compilation and installation parameters for XEmacs, and report.
5 Note that for most of the following options, you can explicitly enable
6 them using `--OPTION=yes' and explicitly disable them using `--OPTION=no'.
7 This is especially useful for auto-detected options.
8 The option `--without-FEATURE' is a synonym for `--with-FEATURE=no'.
10 Options marked with a (*) are auto-detected.
12 Many features require external packages to be installed first.
13 Get them from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux.
15 Use colons (or quoted spaces) to separate directory names in option
16 values which are PATHs (i.e. lists of directories).
18 The results of configure tests are saved in config.log, which is useful
19 for diagnosing problems.
24 --help Issue this usage message.
25 --verbose Accepted but ignored.
26 --extra-verbose Display more information, useful for debugging.
31 --compiler=PROG C compiler to use
32 --with-gcc (*) Use GCC to compile XEmacs.
33 --cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O)
34 --cpp=PROG C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
35 --cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
36 --libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
37 --ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
38 --site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files
39 --site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries
40 --site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/
41 subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and
43 --site-runtime-libraries=PATH
44 List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
45 linked libraries at run time
46 --dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
47 --dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
48 linking is the default.
49 --srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
50 Works best when using GNU Make.
55 --prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
56 --with-prefix=no Don't compile the value of --prefix into the
60 Window-system options:
62 --with-gtk Support GTK on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL)
63 --with-gnome Support GNOME on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL)
64 --with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
65 --x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
66 --x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
67 --with-msw (*) Support MS Windows as a window system (only under
69 --with-toolbars=no Don't compile with any toolbar support.
70 --with-wmcommand=no Compile without realized leader window which will
71 keep the WM_COMMAND property.
72 --with-athena=TYPE Use TYPE Athena widgets
73 (xaw, 3d, next, 95, or xpm)
74 --with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
75 widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
76 *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
77 --with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
78 (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
79 --with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (motif, athena, or no).
80 Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
81 Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
82 --with-widgets=TYPE Use TYPE widgets (motif, athena, or no).
83 Motif widgets will be used if Motif can be found.
84 Other widget types are currently unsupported.
85 --with-dragndrop Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
86 automatically added if one of the drag and drop
87 protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows).
88 *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
89 and is considered experimental.
90 --with-cde Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
91 --with-offix Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
92 *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
93 able to use multiple X displays success-
94 fully. If the two servers are from
95 different vendors, the results may be
97 --with-xmu=no (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
98 --external-widget Compile with external widget support.
101 TTY (character terminal) options:
103 --with-tty=no Don't support ttys.
104 --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
105 --with-gpm (*) Compile in GPM mouse support for ttys.
110 --with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM images. PRACTICALLY
111 REQUIRED. Although this library is nonstandard and
112 a real hassle to build, many basic things (e.g.
113 toolbars) depend on it, and you will run into
114 many problems without it.
115 --with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG images. Recommended
116 because the images on the About page are not viewable
118 --with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG images. Useful if
119 you are using a mail, news reader, or web browser
120 in XEmacs, so that JPEG images can be displayed.
121 --with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF images. Possibly
122 useful, for the same reason as JPEG images.
123 --with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail headers.
124 Requires the compface package. Of doubtful
126 --with-gif=no Compile without the (builtin) support for GIF images.
131 --with-sound=TYPE,[TYPE],... Compile with native sound support.
132 Valid types are `native', `nas' and `esd'.
133 Prefix a type with 'no' to disable.
134 The first option can be `none' or `all'.
135 `none' is a synonym for `nonative,nonas,noesd'.
136 `all' is a synonym for native,nas,esd or `all'.
137 The default is to autodetect all sound support.
138 --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
139 with --with-sound=both because both sound libraries
145 --with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
146 `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
147 of `berkdb' and either `dbm' or `gnudbm'.
148 --with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol.
149 --with-postgresql (*) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS.
154 --mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
155 concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
156 are `lockf', `flock', and `dot'.
157 --with-pop Support POP for mail retrieval.
158 --with-kerberos Support Kerberos-authenticated POP.
159 --with-hesiod Support Hesiod to get the POP server host.
164 --with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
165 --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
166 development environment.
167 --with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
168 --with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
169 --with-modules Compile in experimental support for dynamically
170 loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects).
171 --with-netinstall Compile in support for installation over the internet.
172 --with-site-lisp=yes Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
173 searched before the installation packages.
174 --with-site-modules=no Disable site-modules directory in the XEmacs hierarchy,
175 which is searched before the installation modules.
176 --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
177 PATH splits into three parts separated by double
178 colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
179 corresponding to their position in the various
180 system paths: The early part is always first,
181 the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
182 last part at the very back.
183 Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
184 If PATH has only one component, that component
186 If PATH has two components, the first is
187 early, the second is late.
188 --infodir=DIR Directory to install XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
189 --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
190 and localdir files in case run-time searching
192 --moduledir=DIR Directory to install dynamic modules in.
193 --pdump New, experimental, non-working, don't-sue-me-if-
194 your-house-collapses-and-your-wife-leaves-you,
196 --with-file-coding Allows transparent use of "foreign" line break
197 conventions in text files (such as LF-delimited text
198 imported from a Unix system to a Windows environment),
199 optionally including autodetection. Defaults to ON
200 on Windows, OFF on Unix.
202 Internationalization options:
204 --with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
205 needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian)
207 --with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
208 --with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
209 Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
210 the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
211 NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
212 will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
213 no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
214 on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
215 --with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
216 used in conjunction with Mule support).
217 --with-wnn (*) Compile with support for WNN (a multi-language input
218 method used in conjunction with Mule support).
219 --with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the commercial package WNN6.
220 --with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
221 translation). This doesn't currently work.
222 --with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for bilingual menubar.
223 Can't use this option with --with-xim=motif or xlib.
224 And should have --with-menubars=lucid.
229 --debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
230 (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
231 --error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
232 Compile with internal error-checking added.
233 Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
234 are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
235 --error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
236 --error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
237 --memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
238 determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
239 for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
240 of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
241 --no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
242 deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
243 up the compile-run-test cycle.)
244 --use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
245 int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
246 provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
247 some systems and compilers.
248 --with-quantify Add support for performance debugging using Quantify.
249 --with-purify Add support for memory debugging using Purify.
254 --rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
255 is system-dependent).
256 --with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
257 it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
259 --with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
260 --with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
261 --with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same
262 file. The default is to do clash detection.
264 You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in,
265 including --bindir, --libdir, --docdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir,
266 --datadir, --infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend
267 against explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL
268 file for a complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
270 If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
271 unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
273 The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
274 of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. Configure
275 flags take precedence over environment variables, if both are specified.
277 environment corresponding
278 variable configure flag
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286 LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
288 For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.