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
68 Cygwin and MinGW). `--with-msw=no' may be needed on
69 *nix systems with Wine installed.
70 --with-toolbars=no Don't compile with any toolbar support.
71 --with-wmcommand=no Compile without realized leader window which will
72 keep the WM_COMMAND property.
73 --with-athena=TYPE Use TYPE Athena widgets
74 (xaw, 3d, next, 95, or xpm)
75 --with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
76 widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
77 *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
78 --with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
79 (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
80 --with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
81 Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
82 Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
83 --with-widgets=TYPE Use TYPE widgets (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
84 Motif widgets will be used if Motif can be found.
85 Other widget types are currently unsupported.
86 --with-dragndrop Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
87 automatically added if one of the drag and drop
88 protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows,
90 *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
91 and is considered experimental.
92 --with-cde Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
93 --with-offix Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
94 *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
95 able to use multiple X displays success-
96 fully. If the two servers are from
97 different vendors, the results may be
99 --with-xmu=no (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
100 --external-widget Compile with external widget support.
103 TTY (character terminal) options:
105 --with-tty=no Don't support ttys.
106 --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
107 --with-gpm (*) Compile in GPM mouse support for ttys.
112 --with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM images. PRACTICALLY
113 REQUIRED. Although this library is nonstandard and
114 a real hassle to build, many basic things (e.g.
115 toolbars) depend on it, and you will run into
116 many problems without it.
117 --with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG images. Recommended
118 because the images on the About page are not viewable
120 --with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG images. Useful if
121 you are using a mail, news reader, or web browser
122 in XEmacs, so that JPEG images can be displayed.
123 --with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF images. Possibly
124 useful, for the same reason as JPEG images.
125 --with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail headers.
126 Requires the compface package. Of doubtful
128 --with-gif=no Compile without the (builtin) support for GIF images.
133 --with-sound=TYPE[,TYPE[,...]] (*) Compile with sound support.
134 Valid types are `native', `nas' and `esd'.
135 Prefix a type with 'no' to disable.
136 The first type can be `none' or `all'. `none' means
137 `nonative,nonas,noesd'. `all' means `native,nas,esd'.
138 Later options override earlier ones for the same TYPE.
139 Autodetect native and NAS sound unless specified.
140 ESD must be explicitly requested.
141 --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
142 with `--with-sound=native,nas' because both sound
143 libraries are called libaudio.
148 --with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
149 `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
150 of `berkdb' and either `dbm' or `gnudbm'.
151 --with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol.
152 --with-postgresql (*) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS.
157 --mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
158 concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
159 are `lockf', `flock', `dot', `locking' or `mmdf'.
160 --with-pop Support POP for mail retrieval.
161 --with-kerberos Support Kerberos-authenticated POP.
162 --with-hesiod Support Hesiod to get the POP server host.
167 --with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
168 --with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
169 development environment.
170 --with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
171 --with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
172 --with-modules Compile in experimental support for dynamically
173 loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects).
174 --with-netinstall Compile in support for installation over the internet.
175 Only functional on the MS Windows platforms.
176 --with-ipv6-cname=yes Try IPv6 information first when canonicalizing host
177 names. This option has no effect unless system
178 supports getaddrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3).
179 --with-site-lisp=yes Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
180 searched before the installation packages.
181 --with-site-modules=no Disable site-modules directory in the XEmacs hierarchy,
182 which is searched before the installation modules.
183 --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
184 PATH splits into three parts separated by double
185 colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
186 corresponding to their position in the various
187 system paths: The early part is always first,
188 the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
189 last part at the very back.
190 Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
191 If PATH has only one component, that component
193 If PATH has two components, the first is
194 early, the second is late.
195 --infodir=DIR Directory to install XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
196 --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
197 and localdir files in case run-time searching
199 --moduledir=DIR Directory to install dynamic modules in.
200 --pdump New, experimental, don't-sue-me-if-your-house-
201 collapses-and-your-wife-leaves-you, portable dumper.
202 --with-file-coding Allows transparent use of "foreign" line break
203 conventions in text files (such as LF-delimited text
204 imported from a Unix system to a Windows environment),
205 optionally including autodetection. Defaults to ON
206 on Windows, OFF on Unix.
209 Internationalization options:
211 --with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
212 needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian)
214 --with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
215 --with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
216 Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
217 the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
218 NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
219 will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
220 no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
221 on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
222 --with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
223 used in conjunction with Mule support).
224 --with-wnn (*) Compile with support for Wnn (a multi-language input
225 method used in conjunction with Mule support).
226 --with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the commercial package Wnn6.
227 --with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
228 translation). This doesn't currently work.
229 --with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for internationalized
230 menubar. Incompatible with `--with-xim=motif'.
231 `--with-menubars=lucid' (the default) is desirable.
236 --debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
237 (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
238 --error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
239 Compile with internal error-checking added.
240 Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
241 are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
242 --error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
243 --error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
244 --memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
245 determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
246 for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
247 of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
248 --no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
249 deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
250 up the compile-run-test cycle.)
251 --quick-build Don't GC when dumping. Implies --no-doc-file.
252 --use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
253 int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
254 provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
255 some systems and compilers.
256 --with-quantify Add support for performance debugging using Quantify.
257 --with-purify Add support for memory debugging using Purify.
262 --rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
263 is system-dependent).
264 --with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
265 it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
267 --with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
268 --with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
269 --with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same
270 file. The default is to do clash detection.
272 You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in.in,
273 including --bindir, --libdir, --docdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir,
274 --datadir, --infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend
275 against explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL
276 file for a complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
278 If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
279 unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
281 The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
282 of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. Configure
283 flags take precedence over environment variables, if both are specified.
285 environment corresponding
286 variable configure flag
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294 LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
296 For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.