Set compilation and installation parameters for XEmacs, and report.
Note that for most of the following options, you can explicitly enable
-them using `--OPTION=yes' and explicitly disable them using `--OPTION=no'.
+them using `--OPTION=yes' and explicitly disable them using `--OPTION=no'.
This is especially useful for auto-detected options.
The option `--without-FEATURE' is a synonym for `--with-FEATURE=no'.
Options marked with a (*) are auto-detected.
+Many features require external packages to be installed first.
+Get them from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux.
+
Use colons (or quoted spaces) to separate directory names in option
values which are PATHs (i.e. lists of directories).
+The results of configure tests are saved in config.log, which is useful
+for diagnosing problems.
+
+
General options:
---help Issue this usage message.
---verbose Display the results of configure tests.
---extra-verbose Display even more information, useful for debugging.
+--help Issue this usage message.
+--verbose Accepted but ignored.
+--extra-verbose Display more information, useful for debugging.
Compilation options:
---compiler=prog C compiler to use.
---with-gcc (*) Use GCC to compile XEmacs.
---without-gcc Don't use GCC to compile XEmacs.
---with-gnu-make Write the Makefiles to take advantage of
- special features of GNU Make. (GNU Make
- works fine on the Makefiles even without this
- option. This just allows for simultaneous
- in-place and --srcdir building.)
---cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O)
---cpp=prog C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
---cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
---libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
---ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
---site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files.
---site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries.
+--compiler=PROG C compiler to use
+--with-gcc (*) Use GCC to compile XEmacs.
+--cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as -O)
+--cpp=PROG C preprocessor to use (e.g. /usr/ccs/lib/cpp or cc -E)
+--cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. -I/foo or -Dfoo=bar)
+--libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. -lfoo)
+--ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. -L/foo)
+--site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files
+--site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries
--site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/
subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and
- 'site-libraries'.
+ 'site-libraries'
--site-runtime-libraries=PATH
- List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
- linked libraries at run time.
---dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
---dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
- linking is the default.
---srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
- See also --with-gnu-make.
---use-indexed-lrecord-implementation
---use-minimal-tagbits
---gung-ho Build with new-style Lisp_Objects.
- Equivalent to both of the 2 previous options combined.
+ List of ALL directories to search for dynamically
+ linked libraries at run time
+--dynamic=yes Link dynamically if supported by system.
+--dynamic=no Force static linking on systems where dynamic
+ linking is the default.
+--srcdir=DIR Look for the XEmacs source files in DIR.
+ Works best when using GNU Make.
Installation options:
---prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
+--prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'.
+--with-prefix=no Don't compile the value of --prefix into the
+ executable.
Window-system options:
---with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
---without-x11 Don't support X.
---x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
---x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
---without-toolbars Don't compile with any toolbar support.
---without-session Compile without realized leader window which will
- keep the WM_COMMAND property. Required for proper
- session-management.
---with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
- widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
- *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
---with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
- (lucid, motif, athena, athena3d, or no).
---with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (motif, athena, athena3d, or no).
- Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
- Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
---with-dragndrop (*) Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
- automatically added if one of the drag and drop
- protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows).
- *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
- and is considered experimental.
---with-cde (*) Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
---with-offix (*) Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
- *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
- able to use multiple X displays success-
- fully. If the two servers are from
- different vendors, the results may be
- unpredictable.
---without-xmu (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
---external-widget Compile with external widget support.
---with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM files.
- It is highly recommended that you obtain XPM
- (version 3.4h or better) if you don't already
- have it. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
---with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail header
- conversion. Requires the compface library.
- Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
---with-gif (*) Compile with support for GIF image conversion.
- Requires GifLib 3.1 or greater. Get it from
- the XEmacs FTP site.
---with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG image conversion.
- Requires libjpeg from the Independent JPEG Group.
- Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
---with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG image conversion.
- Requires libpng. Get it from the XEmacs FTP site.
---with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF image conversion.
- Requires Sam Lefflier's libtiff library.
- Get if from the XEmacs FTP site.
-
-
-TTY options:
-
---without-tty Don't support TTY-s.
---with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
---with-gpm (*) Compile in support for General Purpose Mouse.
+--with-x11 (*) Support the X Window System.
+--x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR.
+--x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR.
+--with-msw (*) Support MS Windows as a window system (only under
+ Cygwin and MinGW).
+--with-toolbars=no Don't compile with any toolbar support.
+--with-wmcommand=no Compile without realized leader window which will
+ keep the WM_COMMAND property.
+--with-athena=TYPE Use TYPE Athena widgets
+ (xaw, 3d, next, 95, or xpm)
+--with-menubars=TYPE Use TYPE menubars (lucid, motif, or no). The Lucid
+ widgets emulate Motif (mostly) but are faster.
+ *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken.
+--with-scrollbars=TYPE Use TYPE scrollbars
+ (lucid, motif, athena, or no).
+--with-dialogs=TYPE Use TYPE dialog boxes (motif, athena, or no).
+ Lucid menubars and scrollbars are the default.
+ Motif dialog boxes will be used if Motif can be found.
+--with-widgets=TYPE Use TYPE widgets (motif, athena, or no).
+ Motif widgets will be used if Motif can be found.
+ Other widget types are currently unsupported.
+--with-dragndrop Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is
+ automatically added if one of the drag and drop
+ protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows).
+ *WARNING* The Drag'n'drop support is under development
+ and is considered experimental.
+--with-cde Compile in support for CDE drag and drop.
+--with-offix Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop.
+ *WARNING* If you compile in OffiX, you may not be
+ able to use multiple X displays success-
+ fully. If the two servers are from
+ different vendors, the results may be
+ unpredictable.
+--with-xmu=no (*) For those unfortunates whose vendors don't ship Xmu.
+--external-widget Compile with external widget support.
+
+
+TTY (character terminal) options:
+
+--with-tty=no Don't support ttys.
+--with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support.
+--with-gpm (*) Compile in GPM mouse support for ttys.
+
+
+Image options:
+
+--with-xpm (*) Compile with support for XPM images. PRACTICALLY
+ REQUIRED. Although this library is nonstandard and
+ a real hassle to build, many basic things (e.g.
+ toolbars) depend on it, and you will run into
+ many problems without it.
+--with-png (*) Compile with support for PNG images. Recommended
+ because the images on the About page are not viewable
+ without it.
+--with-jpeg (*) Compile with support for JPEG images. Useful if
+ you are using a mail, news reader, or web browser
+ in XEmacs, so that JPEG images can be displayed.
+--with-tiff (*) Compile with support for TIFF images. Possibly
+ useful, for the same reason as JPEG images.
+--with-xface (*) Compile with support for X-Face mail headers.
+ Requires the compface package. Of doubtful
+ usefulness.
+--with-gif=no Compile without the (builtin) support for GIF images.
+
+
+Sound options:
+
+--with-sound=TYPE,[TYPE],... Compile with native sound support.
+ Valid types are `native', `nas' and `esd'.
+ Prefix a type with 'no' to disable.
+ The first option can be `none' or `all'.
+ `none' is a synonym for `nonative,nonas,noesd'.
+ `all' is a synonym for native,nas,esd or `all'.
+ The default is to autodetect all sound support.
+--native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
+ with --with-sound=both because both sound libraries
+ are called libaudio.
+
+
+Database options:
+
+--with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
+ `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
+ of `berkdb' and either `dbm' or `gnudbm'.
+--with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol.
+--with-postgresql (*) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS.
+
+
+Mail options:
+
+--mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
+ concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
+ are `lockf', `flock', and `dot'.
+--with-pop Support POP for mail retrieval.
+--with-kerberos Support Kerberos-authenticated POP.
+--with-hesiod Support Hesiod to get the POP server host.
Additional features:
---with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
---with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
- development environment.
---with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
---with-database=TYPE (*) Compile with database support. Valid types are
- `no' or a comma-separated list of one or more
- of `dbm', `gnudbm', or `berkdb'.
---with-sound=native (*) Compile with native sound support.
---with-sound=nas Compile with network sound support.
---with-sound=both Compile with native and network sound support.
---native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns
- with --with-sound=both because both sound libraries
- are called libaudio.
---with-pop support POP for mail retrieval
---with-kerberos support Kerberos-authenticated POP
---with-hesiod support Hesiod to get the POP server host
---with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
---with-ldap (*) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol (requires
- installed LDAP libraries on the system).
---mail-locking=TYPE (*) Specify the locking to be used by movemail to prevent
- concurrent updates of mail spool files. Valid types
- are `lockf', `flock', and `file'.
---with-site-lisp Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
- searched before the installation packages.
+--with-tooltalk (*) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
+--with-workshop Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks)
+ development environment.
+--with-socks Compile with support for SOCKS (an Internet proxy).
+--with-dnet (*) Compile with support for DECnet.
+--with-modules Compile in experimental support for dynamically
+ loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects).
+--with-site-lisp=yes Allow for a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy
+ searched before the installation packages.
+--with-site-modules=no Disable site-modules directory in the XEmacs hierarchy,
+ which is searched before the installation modules.
--package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs.
- PATH splits into three parts separated
- by double colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
+ PATH splits into three parts separated by double
+ colons (::), an early, a late, and a last part,
corresponding to their position in the various
- system paths: The early part is always first,
- the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
+ system paths: The early part is always first,
+ the late part somewhere in the middle, and the
last part at the very back.
Only the late part gets seen at dump time.
- If PATH has only one component, that component
+ If PATH has only one component, that component
is late.
If PATH has two components, the first is
early, the second is late.
---infodir=DIR Directory to install the XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
---infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
- and localdir files in case run-time searching
+--infodir=DIR Directory to install XEmacs Info manuals and dir in.
+--infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir
+ and localdir files in case run-time searching
for them fails.
+--moduledir=DIR Directory to install dynamic modules in.
+--pdump New, experimental, non-working, don't-sue-me-if-
+ your-house-collapses-and-your-wife-leaves-you,
+ portable dumper.
Internationalization options:
---with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
- needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian) languages.
---with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
---with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
- Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
- the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
- NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
- will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
- no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
- on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
---with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
- used in conjunction with Mule support).
---with-wnn (*) Compile with support for WNN (a multi-language input method
- used in conjunction with Mule support).
---with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the comercial package WNN version 6
---with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
- translation). This doesn't currently work.
---with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for bilingual menubar.
- Can't use this option with --with-xim=motif or xlib.
- And should have --with-menubars=lucid.
+--with-mule Compile with Mule (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support,
+ needed to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian)
+ languages.
+--with-xim=xlib Compile with support for X input methods,
+--with-xim=motif (*) Used in conjunction with Mule support.
+ Use either raw Xlib to provide XIM support, or
+ the Motif XmIm* routines (when available).
+ NOTE: On some systems bugs in X11's XIM support
+ will cause XEmacs to crash, so by default,
+ no XIM support is compiled in, unless running
+ on Solaris and the XmIm* routines are detected.
+--with-canna (*) Compile with support for Canna (a Japanese input method
+ used in conjunction with Mule support).
+--with-wnn (*) Compile with support for WNN (a multi-language input
+ method used in conjunction with Mule support).
+--with-wnn6 (*) Compile with support for the commercial package WNN6.
+--with-i18n3 Compile with I18N level 3 (support for message
+ translation). This doesn't currently work.
+--with-xfs Compile with XFontSet support for bilingual menubar.
+ Can't use this option with --with-xim=motif or xlib.
+ And should have --with-menubars=lucid.
Debugging options:
---debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
- (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
+--debug Compile with support for debugging XEmacs.
+ (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.)
--error-checking=TYPE[,TYPE]...
- Compile with internal error-checking added.
- Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
- are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
---error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
---error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
---memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
- determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
- for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
- of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
---no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
- deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
- up the compile-run-test cycle.)
---use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
- int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
- provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
- some systems and compilers.
+ Compile with internal error-checking added.
+ Causes noticeable loss of speed. Valid types
+ are extents, bufpos, malloc, gc, typecheck.
+--error-checking=none Disable all internal error-checking (the default).
+--error-checking=all Enable all internal error-checking.
+--memory-usage-stats Compile with additional code to allow you to
+ determine what XEmacs's memory is being used
+ for. Causes a small code increase but no loss
+ of speed. Normally enabled when --debug is given.
+--no-doc-file Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's explicitly
+ deleted. Only use during development. (It speeds
+ up the compile-run-test cycle.)
+--use-union-type Enable or disable use of a union, instead of an
+ int, for the fundamental Lisp_Object type; this
+ provides stricter type-checking. Only works with
+ some systems and compilers.
+--with-quantify Add support for performance debugging using Quantify.
+--with-purify Add support for memory debugging using Purify.
Other options:
---puresize=VALUE Override default amount of space for pure Lisp code.
---rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
- is system-dependent).
---with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
- it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
- it is available).
---with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same file.
- The default is to not do clash detection.
---lockdir=DIR The directory to put clash detection files in, such as
- `/var/lock/emacs'.
- Defaults to `${statedir}/xemacs/lock'.
---with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
---with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
+--rel-alloc Use the relocating allocator (default for this option
+ is system-dependent).
+--with-dlmalloc Control usage of Doug Lea malloc on systems that have
+ it in the standard C library (default is to use it if
+ it is available).
+--with-system-malloc Force use of the system malloc, rather than GNU malloc.
+--with-debug-malloc Use the debugging malloc package.
+--with-clash-detection Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same
+ file. The default is to do clash detection.
+--lockdir=DIR The directory to put clash detection files in, such as
+ `/var/lock/emacs'.
+ Defaults to `${statedir}/xemacs/lock'.
You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in,
-including --bindir, --libdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir, --datadir,
---infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend against
-explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL file for a
-complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
+including --bindir, --libdir, --docdir, --lispdir, --sitelispdir,
+--datadir, --infodir, --mandir and so on. Note that we recommend
+against explicitly setting any of these variables. See the INSTALL
+file for a complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them.
If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If
unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status.
The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each
-of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. A specified
-configure flag always overrides the environment variable.
-
-envvar configure flag
------ --------------
-CC --compiler
-CPP --cpp
-CFLAGS --cflags
-CPPFLAGS --cppflags
-LDFLAGS --ldflags
-LIBS --libs
-LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
+of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. Configure
+flags take precedence over environment variables, if both are specified.
+
+environment corresponding
+variable configure flag
+----------- --------------
+CC --compiler
+CPP --cpp
+CFLAGS --cflags
+CPPFLAGS --cppflags
+LDFLAGS --ldflags
+LIBS --libs
+LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries
For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file.