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 --cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O)
28 --cpp=prog C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
29 --cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
30 --libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
31 --ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
32 --site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files.
33 --site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries.
34 --site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/
35 subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and
37 --site-runtime-libraries=PATH
38 List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
39 linked libraries at run time.
40 --dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
41 --dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
42 linking is the default.
43 --srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
44 Works best when using GNU Make.
49 --prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
50 --with-prefix Compile the value of --prefix into the executable.
52 --without-prefix Don't compile the value of --prefix into the executable.
55 Window-system options:
57 --with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
58 --without-x11 Don't support X.
59 --x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
60 --x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
61 --without-toolbars Don't compile with any toolbar support.
62 --without-wmcommand Compile without realized leader window which will
63 keep the WM_COMMAND property.
64 --with-athena=TYPE Use TYPE Athena widgets
65 (xaw, 3d, next, 95, or xpm)
66 --with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
67 widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
68 *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
69 --with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
70 (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
71 --with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (motif, athena, or no).
72 Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
73 Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
74 --with-widgets=TYPE Use TYPE widgets (motif, athena, or no).
75 Motif widgets will be used if Motif can be found.
76 Other widget types are currently unsupported.
77 --with-dragndrop (*) Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
78 automatically added if one of the drag and drop
79 protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows).
80 *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
81 and is considered experimental.
82 --with-cde (*) Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
83 --with-offix (*) Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
84 *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
85 able to use multiple X displays success-
86 fully. If the two servers are from
87 different vendors, the results may be
89 --without-xmu (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
90 --external-widget Compile with external widget support.
91 --with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM files.
92 It is highly recommended that you obtain XPM
93 (version 3.4h or better) if you don't already
94 have it. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
95 --with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail header
96 conversion. Requires the compface library.
97 Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
98 --without-gif Compile without the built-in support for GIF image
100 --with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG image conversion.
101 Requires libjpeg from the Independent JPEG Group.
102 Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
103 --with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG image conversion.
104 Requires libpng. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
105 --with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF image conversion.
106 Requires Sam Lefflier's libtiff library.
107 Get if from the XEmacs FTP site.
112 --without-tty Don't support TTY-s.
113 --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
114 --with-gpm (*) Compile in support for General Purpose Mouse.
119 --with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
120 --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
121 development environment.
122 --with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
123 --with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
124 `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
125 of `berkdb' and either `dbm' or `gnudbm'.
126 --with-sound=TYPE,[TYPE],... Compile with native sound support.
127 Valid types are `native', `nas' and `esd'.
128 Prefix a type with 'no' to disable.
129 The first option can be `none' or `all'.
130 `none' is a synonym for `nonative,nonas,noesd'.
131 `all' is a synonym for native,nas,esd or `all'.
132 The default is to autodetect all sound support.
133 --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
134 with --with-sound=both because both sound libraries
136 --with-pop support POP for mail retrieval
137 --with-kerberos support Kerberos-authenticated POP
138 --with-hesiod support Hesiod to get the POP server host
139 --with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
140 --with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol (requires
141 installed LDAP libraries on the system).
142 --with-postgresql (*) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS (requires
143 installed PostreSQL libraries on the system).
144 --mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
145 concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
146 are `lockf', `flock', and `dot'.
147 --with-modules Compile in experimental support for dynamically
148 loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects).
149 --with-site-lisp=yes Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
150 searched before the installation packages.
151 --with-site-modules=no Disable site-modules directory in the XEmacs hierarchy,
152 which is searched before the installation modules.
153 --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
154 PATH splits into three parts separated by double
155 colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
156 corresponding to their position in the various
157 system paths: The early part is always first,
158 the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
159 last part at the very back.
160 Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
161 If PATH has only one component, that component
163 If PATH has two components, the first is
164 early, the second is late.
165 --infodir=DIR Directory to install XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
166 --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
167 and localdir files in case run-time searching
169 --moduledir=DIR Directory to install dynamic modules in.
170 --pdump New, experimental, non-working, don't-sue-me-if-
171 your-house-collapses-and-your-wife-goes-away,
174 Internationalization options:
176 --with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
177 needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian)
179 --with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
180 --with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
181 Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
182 the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
183 NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
184 will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
185 no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
186 on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
187 --with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
188 used in conjunction with Mule support).
189 --with-wnn (*) Compile with support for WNN (a multi-language input
190 method used in conjunction with Mule support).
191 --with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the comercial package WNN
193 --with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
194 translation). This doesn't currently work.
195 --with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for bilingual menubar.
196 Can't use this option with --with-xim=motif or xlib.
197 And should have --with-menubars=lucid.
202 --debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
203 (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
204 --error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
205 Compile with internal error-checking added.
206 Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
207 are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
208 --error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
209 --error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
210 --memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
211 determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
212 for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
213 of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
214 --no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
215 deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
216 up the compile-run-test cycle.)
217 --use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
218 int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
219 provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
220 some systems and compilers.
221 --with-quantify Add support for performance debugging using Quantify.
222 --with-purify Add support for memory debugging using Purify.
227 --rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
228 is system-dependent).
229 --with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
230 it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
232 --with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
233 --with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
234 --with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same
235 file. The default is to not do clash detection.
236 --lockdir=DIR The directory to put clash detection files in, such as
238 Defaults to `${statedir}/xemacs/lock'.
240 You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in,
241 including --bindir, --libdir, --docdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir,
242 --datadir, --infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend
243 against explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL
244 file for a complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
246 If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
247 unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
249 The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
250 of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. A specified
251 configure flag always overrides the environment variable.
253 envvar configure flag
261 LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
263 For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.