1 TOP 2 Version 3.8beta1 3 4 William LeFebvre 5 and a cast of many 6 7INSTALLATION 8 9Configuration and installation of top is easy. Top version 3.6 10comes with a configure script generated by gnu autoconf. After 11unpacking the tar file, simply run "./configure". The script will 12automatically perform a series of checks on the system and determine 13what settings are appropriate for the Makefile and certain include 14files. Once configure completes, simply type "make install" and 15top will be compiled and installed. By default, the installation 16location is /usr/local/bin. You can change the destination location 17with the --prefix option to configure. 18 19In addition to the standard options, top's configure script supports 20the following: 21 22 --with-module=name 23 24 Force the use of a particular module. Modules are located 25 in the subdirectory "machine". A module's name is derived 26 from the file's basename without the leading "m_". 27 28 --with-ext=name 29 30 Compile with the extension "name", found in the subdirectory 31 "ext". At the present time, there are no extensions in the 32 standard distribution. 33 34 --enable-debug 35 --disable-debug 36 37 Default off. Include debugging output in the compilation, 38 which can be seen with the -D switch. 39 40 --enable-color 41 --disable-color 42 43 Default on. Include code that allows for the use of color 44 in the output display. Use --disable-color if you do not 45 want this feature compiled in to the code. The configure 46 script also recognizes the spelling "colour". 47 48 --enable-kill 49 --disable-kill 50 51 Default on. Include code that allows for renicing and sending 52 signals to processes from within top (the 'kill' and 'renice' 53 commands). Use --disable-kill if you do not want this feature 54 compiled in to the code. 55