1Basic Installation
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4   These are generic installation instructions.
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6   The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
7various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
8those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
9It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
10definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
11you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
12`config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
13reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
14(useful mainly for debugging `configure').
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16   If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
17to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
18diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
19be considered for the next release.  If at some point `config.cache'
20contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
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22   The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
23called `autoconf'.  You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
24it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
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26The simplest way to compile this package is:
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28  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
29     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
30     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
31     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
32     `configure' itself.
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34     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
35     messages telling which features it is checking for.
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37  2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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39  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
40     the package.
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42  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
43     documentation.
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45  5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
46     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
47     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
48     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
49     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
50     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
51     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
52     with the distribution.
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