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 Use colons (or quoted spaces) to separate directory names in option
13 values which are PATHs (i.e. lists of directories).
17 --help Issue this usage message.
18 --verbose Display the results of configure tests.
19 --extra-verbose Display even more information, useful for debugging.
24 --compiler=prog C compiler to use.
25 --with-gcc (*) Use GCC to compile XEmacs.
26 --without-gcc Don't use GCC to compile XEmacs.
27 --with-gnu-make Write the Makefiles to take advantage of
28 special features of GNU Make. (GNU Make
29 works fine on the Makefiles even without this
30 option. This just allows for simultaneous
31 in-place and --srcdir building.)
32 --cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O)
33 --cpp=prog C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
34 --cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
35 --libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
36 --ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
37 --site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files.
38 --site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries.
39 --site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/
40 subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and
42 --site-runtime-libraries=PATH
43 List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
44 linked libraries at run time.
45 --dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
46 --dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
47 linking is the default.
48 --srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
49 See also --with-gnu-make.
50 --use-indexed-lrecord-implementation
52 --gung-ho Build with new-style Lisp_Objects.
53 Equivalent to both of the 2 previous options combined.
58 --prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
61 Window-system options:
63 --with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
64 --without-x11 Don't support X.
65 --x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
66 --x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
67 --without-toolbars Don't compile with any toolbar support.
68 --without-session Compile without realized leader window which will
69 keep the WM_COMMAND property. Required for proper
71 --with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
72 widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
73 *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
74 --with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
75 (lucid, motif, athena, athena3d, or no).
76 --with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (motif, athena, athena3d, or no).
77 Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
78 Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
79 --with-dragndrop (*) Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
80 automatically added if one of the drag and drop
81 protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows).
82 *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
83 and is considered experimental.
84 --with-cde (*) Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
85 --with-offix (*) Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
86 *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
87 able to use multiple X displays success-
88 fully. If the two servers are from
89 different vendors, the results may be
91 --without-xmu (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
92 --external-widget Compile with external widget support.
93 --with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM files.
94 It is highly recommended that you obtain XPM
95 (version 3.4h or better) if you don't already
96 have it. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
97 --with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail header
98 conversion. Requires the compface library.
99 Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
100 --without-gif Compile without the built-in support for GIF image
102 --with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG image conversion.
103 Requires libjpeg from the Independent JPEG Group.
104 Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
105 --with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG image conversion.
106 Requires libpng. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
107 --with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF image conversion.
108 Requires Sam Lefflier's libtiff library.
109 Get if from the XEmacs FTP site.
114 --without-tty Don't support TTY-s.
115 --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
116 --with-gpm (*) Compile in support for General Purpose Mouse.
121 --with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
122 --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
123 development environment.
124 --with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
125 --with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
126 `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
127 of `dbm', `gnudbm', or `berkdb'.
128 --with-sound=native (*) Compile with native sound support.
129 --with-sound=nas Compile with network sound support.
130 --with-sound=both Compile with native and network sound support.
131 --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
132 with --with-sound=both because both sound libraries
134 --with-pop support POP for mail retrieval
135 --with-kerberos support Kerberos-authenticated POP
136 --with-hesiod support Hesiod to get the POP server host
137 --with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
138 --with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol (requires
139 installed LDAP libraries on the system).
140 --mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
141 concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
142 are `lockf', `flock', and `file'.
143 --with-site-lisp Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
144 searched before the installation packages.
145 --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
146 PATH splits into three parts separated
147 by double colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
148 corresponding to their position in the various
149 system paths: The early part is always first,
150 the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
151 last part at the very back.
152 Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
153 If PATH has only one component, that component
155 If PATH has two components, the first is
156 early, the second is late.
157 --infodir=DIR Directory to install the XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
158 --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
159 and localdir files in case run-time searching
162 Internationalization options:
164 --with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
165 needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian) languages.
166 --with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
167 --with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
168 Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
169 the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
170 NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
171 will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
172 no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
173 on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
174 --with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
175 used in conjunction with Mule support).
176 --with-wnn (*) Compile with support for WNN (a multi-language input method
177 used in conjunction with Mule support).
178 --with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the comercial package WNN version 6
179 --with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
180 translation). This doesn't currently work.
181 --with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for bilingual menubar.
182 Can't use this option with --with-xim=motif or xlib.
183 And should have --with-menubars=lucid.
188 --debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
189 (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
190 --error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
191 Compile with internal error-checking added.
192 Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
193 are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
194 --error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
195 --error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
196 --memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
197 determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
198 for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
199 of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
200 --no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
201 deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
202 up the compile-run-test cycle.)
203 --use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
204 int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
205 provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
206 some systems and compilers.
211 --puresize=VALUE Override default amount of space for pure Lisp code.
212 --rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
213 is system-dependent).
214 --with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
215 it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
217 --with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same file.
218 The default is to not do clash detection.
219 --lockdir=DIR The directory to put clash detection files in, such as
221 Defaults to `${statedir}/xemacs/lock'.
222 --with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
223 --with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
225 You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in,
226 including --bindir, --libdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir, --datadir,
227 --infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend against
228 explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL file for a
229 complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
231 If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
232 unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
234 The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
235 of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. A specified
236 configure flag always overrides the environment variable.
238 envvar configure flag
246 LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
248 For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.