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BUILDING AND INSTALLING ASCEND |
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Thanks for downloading ASCEND! We hope you'll find it straight- |
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UNIX Installation |
forward to set up and run ASCEND. If you have any comments on |
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your experience with this, we're very keen to hear about that. |
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Please check out the up-to-date contact details at: |
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These are the instructions for building and installing release 0.9 |
https://pse.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/view/Ascend/WebHome |
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of the ASCEND IV mathematical modeling environment on a UNIX system. |
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For Windows, you can download precompiled binaries from our web site: |
There are older versions of this document, which include instructions |
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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ascend/ |
on how to build ASCEND with GNU Autotools. This may or may not work |
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with the version are currently looking at. |
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Executive summary version |
https://pse.cheme.cmu.edu/svn-view/ascend/code/trunk/INSTALL?view=log |
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If your system meets the requirements 2 through 5 below, and if |
BUILDING ON LINUX AND WINDOWS |
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all those pieces lists are installed in the usual places |
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(/usr/local,/usr/bin/,/usr/lang, etc) you can probably build ASCEND by |
To build ASCEND we now recommend using SCons. This is supported |
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typing at the unix prompt (%): |
both on Windows (using the MinGW toolset) and Linux. Their fans |
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% ./configure |
will also find build tools for jam and autotools. The autotools |
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% cd ascend4 <--- remember to `cd' |
build is still maintained for at least the tcl/tk interface version. |
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% make |
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% bin/ascend4 <--- runs the program if make doesn't die. |
ASCEND provides two possible interfaces. The older, more mature |
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GUI is based on Tcl/Tk. A newer interface that is more in keeping |
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When ASCEND starts, you will see a lot of startup messages, and |
with modern GUI design is implemented using PyGTK, but it is still |
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finally you should see something like: |
missing some functionality. |
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Reading utilities |
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Interface Loaded. |
Using SCons 0.96.91 or newer, see your build options by typing |
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scons -Qh |
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User data directory is /usr0/ballan/ascdata |
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You can add your build options to a file in this directory |
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which you can create, called 'config.py'. |
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If the above does not work, you'll need to |
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% make distclean |
Then to build ASCEND, type |
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in the ascend4 directory, then work through the detailed instructions |
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contained in this file. |
scons |
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Otherwise, after you've used ASCEND a little bit without |
SCons will tell you what version(s) of ASCEND it is able to build. |
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experiencing any run-time problems, you can boost its performance by |
The PyGTK interface requires Python (which is present if you have |
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building an optimized version: |
SCons). The Tcl/Tk interface requires that you have Tcl/Tk and |
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% cd ascend4 |
TkTable installed on your system. |
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% make distclean |
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% cd .. |
For updates on this information, please check |
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% ./configure --enable-optimization |
https://pse.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/view/Ascend/BuildingAscend |
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% cd ascend4 |
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% make |
For specific information on building the Python interface and |
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% bin/ascend4 |
setting up the PyGTK GUI, please see |
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https://pse.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/view/Ascend/PythonWrapper |
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In fact, if you're a trusting soul and are *sure* Tk, F77, etc are |
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all installed properly, you can use --enable-optimization from the |
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beginning. |
INSTALLING ON LINUX |
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Requirements |
To then install ASCEND, you will need to have write access to the |
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directories INSTALL_DATA, INSTALL_BIN as specified in your |
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SCons configuration. You can then type |
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To build and run ASCEND, you need |
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1. Some flavor of UNIX. This release of ASCEND has been built on |
scons install |
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the following platforms: |
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- DEC Alpha running OSF/Digital Unix 3.2, 4.0 |
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- HP9000/700 running HP-UX 9.05, 10.20 |
INSTALLING ON WINDOWS |
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- IBM PowerPC running AIX 3.2, 4.2 |
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- Intel x86 running RedHat Linux 4.2, 5.2, 6.1 |
More details to come here. For the PyGTK GUI, you can install |
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- Intel x86 running NetBSD 1.1 |
ASCEND by running the 'create.nsi' script (using the NSIS |
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- SGI Indy running Irix 6.2 |
installer-creator from http://nsis.sf.net/ which is free) |
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- Sun Sparc running SunOS 4.1.x |
then running the created installation package. |
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- Sun Sparc running Solaris 2.5 |
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2. An ANSI-C compiler and C libraries that support ANSI C. |
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3. X11. This release of ASCEND has only been built on X11r6. |
CREATING AN RPM/DEB PACKAGE |
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4. Tcl/Tk 8.0.5 built and installed on your system. The official |
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Tcl/Tk 8.0 web site is off of the Scriptics Home Page: |
Many users prefer to keep their systems clear of unpackaged |
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http://www.scriptics.com/ |
software. For this reason, we aim to provide the ability to build |
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To download Tcl/Tk 8.0 or patches, visit |
SCons as an RPM package. If you are in your home directory, type |
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http://www.scriptics.com/download/8.0.html |
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Tcl/Tk 8.1 is still an alpha release, and we have not tested |
rpmbuild -ta ascend-NNNNN.tar.bz2 |
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ASCEND with that preliminary release of Tcl/Tk 8.1. |
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5. Tktable v2.5 built and installed on your system, which is |
This will pull out the 'spec' from from the source package, |
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available from the ASCEND web site and from |
which hopefully will be up to date in correspondance with the |
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http://www.hobbs.wservice.com/tcl/capp/tkTable |
package version number NNNNN. |
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or indirectly from |
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ftp://ftp.cs.uoregon.edu/pub/tcl/tkTable/tkTable1.80.tar.gz |
You will then be able to install ASCEND using something like |
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http://www.scriptics.com in the |
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Resources / Extensions section. |
rpm -i ~/rpm/ascend-NNNNN-0.jdpipe.i386.rpm |
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6. yacc or bison. |
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Recommend (but not required) tools are |
Debian/Unbuntu users should find that they can create a usable |
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7. The flex lexer, version 2.4.1 or later. |
.deb package using the tool 'alien'. We haven't got native |
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8. A FORTRAN compiler (You can build ASCEND without a FORTRAN |
support for the generation of .deb packages at this stage. |
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compiler, but you may lose some functionality. See below.) |
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9. xgraph, a graphing program; available from the ASCEND web site. |
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GETTING SUPPORT AND FURTHER INFORMATION |
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ASCEND comes with a `configure' script to help you build ASCEND on |
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your favorite platform. However, the configure script is not perfect |
For support with ASCEND, details of mailing lists and other |
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and UNIX systems vary widely, so take some time to read through this |
useful information, please visit |
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file to see what you must do to have ASCEND successfully build on your |
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machine. |
ASCEND user's website: |
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http://ascend.cheme.cmu.edu/ |
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The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for |
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various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses |
ASCEND developer's wiki: |
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those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the ASCEND |
https://pse.cheme.cmu.edu/wiki/view/Ascend/WebHome |
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source tree and a `ConfigAscend' file in the ascend4 directory. Also, |
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it creates a shell script `config.status' that you can run in the future |
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to recreate the current configuration of Makefiles, and a file |
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`config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for debugging |
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`configure'). |
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The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program |
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called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change |
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it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'. The |
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`configure.in' that comes with ASCEND was designed to use version 2.12 |
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of `autoconf'. 2.13 is known not to work with configure.in. |
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The following instructions assume you have down loaded the files |
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ascend4-0.9.tar.Z |
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tkTable2.5.tar.gz |
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from the ASCEND web site into the directory where you plan to build |
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ASCEND; we'll call that directory BUILD_DIR. |
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These instructions also assume you have down loaded the files |
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tcl8.0.5.tar.gz |
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tk8.0.5.tar.gz |
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from http://www.scriptic.com into the directory where you plan to build |
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ASCEND, OR that you work on a system where tcl/tk 8.0.5 is installed, |
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such as Redhat Linux 6.x or late 5.x. |
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Unpacking all the above files in the build directory creates the directories |
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ascendiv-0.9/ |
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tcl8.0.5/ |
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tk8.0.5/ |
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Tktable2.5/ |
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The simplest way to compile this package is: |
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1. Build and install Tcl v8.0.5. If Tcl v8.0.5 is already |
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installed, go to the next step; otherwise obtain the Tcl v8.0.5 |
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distribution, unpack it, and build it following the directions |
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in the distribution. A summary of the steps to build Tcl are: |
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1a. `cd' into the `tcl8.0/unix' directory. |
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1b. Type `./configure' to configure Tcl's Makefile. If you want |
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to install Tcl in a directory other than `/usr/local', pass |
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that directory in the `--prefix' argument to `configure'. For |
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example: |
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./configure --prefix=/full/install/path |
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If you do not plan to install ASCEND, a reasonable value for |
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the `--prefix' option is the ascend4 directory in the ASCEND |
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distribution, i.e., |
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./configure --prefix=BUILD_DIR/ascendiv-0.9/ascend4 |
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1c. Type `make' to build Tcl. |
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1d. Type `make test' to test Tcl (optional). |
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1e. Type `make install' to install Tcl into the directory you |
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specified in the `--prefix' argument. If you do not want to |
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install the man pages, issue the command |
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make install-binaries install-libraries |
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to install only the binaries, the header file, and the *.tcl |
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files. |
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1f. Do NOT `make clean' until after you have made the Tk library. |
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1g. If you run into problems building Tcl, please consult the Tcl |
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distribution. |
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2. Build and install Tk v8.0.5. If Tk v8.0.5 is already installed, |
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go to the next step; otherwise obtain the Tk v8.0.5 |
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distribution, unpack it, and build it following the directions |
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in the distribution. A summary of the steps to build Tk are: |
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2a. `cd' into the `tk8.0/unix' directory. |
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2b. Type `./configure' to configure Tk's Makefile. You should use |
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the same value for `--prefix' here as you did when building |
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Tcl. |
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2c. Type `make' to build Tk. |
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2d. Type `make test' to test Tk (optional). |
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2e. Type `make install' to install Tk into the directory you |
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specified with the `--prefix' argument. If you do not want to |
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install the man pages, issue the command |
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make install-binaries install-libraries |
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to install only the binaries, the header file, and the *.tcl |
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files. |
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2f. You can now `make clean' to remove the object files, library, |
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and executable. You can also `cd' into the `tcl8.0/unix' |
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directory and `make clean' there. |
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2g. If you run into problems building Tk, please consult the Tk |
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distribution. |
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3. Build and install TkTable v2.5. If TkTable v2.5 is already |
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installed, go to the next step; otherwise obtain the TkTable |
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v2.5 distribution, unpack it, and build it following the |
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directions in the distribution, except as noted below. A summarya |
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of the steps to build TkTable are: |
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3a. `cd' into the `Tktable2.5/src' directory. |
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3b. Type `./configure' to configure TkTable's Makefile. You |
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should use the same value for `--prefix' here as you did when |
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building Tcl and Tk. If you are using a stock redhat linux where |
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tcl/tk are installed in /usr instead of /usr/local, type |
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`./configure --prefix=/usr --with-tcl=/usr/lib --with-tk=/usr/lib' |
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3c. Type `make clean; make' to build TkTable. |
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3d. Type `make install' to install TkTable into the directory you |
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specified with the `--prefix' argument. You may need to su to root. |
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3e. You can now `make clean' to remove the object files, and |
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library. |
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3f. If you run into problems building TkTable, please consult the |
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TkTable distribution. |
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4. `cd' to the `ascendiv-0.9' directory and type `./configure' to |
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configure ASCEND for your system. If you're using `csh' on an |
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old version of System V, you might need to type `sh ./configure' |
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instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute `configure' |
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itself. |
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Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some |
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messages telling which features it is checking for. |
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See below for arguments to pass to `configure' and for |
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explanations of the and error messages `configure' may produce. |
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5. `cd' into the `ascend4' directory and type `make'. This will |
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build any FORTRAN libraries that `configure' didn't find |
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(assuming `configure' found a FORTRAN compiler) before it builds |
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ASCEND. |
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6. Once `make' successfully completes, typing `bin/ascend4' should |
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start ASCEND. Note that your `DISPLAY' environment variable |
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will need to be set to run ASCEND. |
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In the `Script' window you will see the License and Warranty for |
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ASCEND. Please read it. |
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7. If you have built ASCEND for your personal use, you can continue |
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to run ASCEND from the build directory. If you want to install |
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ASCEND elsewhere so that others may use it or to free disk |
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space, type `make install' which will install the ascend binary |
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(ascend4), the ASCEND tcl support files (found in the TK |
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directory), and the ASCEND models (found in the models |
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directory). |
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8. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the |
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source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove |
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the files that `configure' created (so you can compile the |
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package for a different kind of computer), type |
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`make distclean'. |
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Compilers and Options |
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Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that |
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the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure' |
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initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using |
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a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like |
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this: |
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CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure |
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Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this: |
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env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure |
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Some systems (notably newer egcs-based systems) require a little |
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manual intervention to find the right f77 support library. You may need |
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to give configure the full path for libf2c/libg2c depending on what you |
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have installed. This can happen even if configure found f77/g77 ok. |
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For additional help with FORTRAN, see section "Warnings and Errors |
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Generated by Configure." You may also need to set (for the build only) |
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the environment variable CC with the value so that configure picks up |
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the C compiler that matches your f77. |
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Warnings and Errors Generated by Configure |
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Most of the time `configure' will work properly and no intervention |
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is needed. We have developed `configure' to work around common |
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problems, in which case it prints a warning and goes on. These common |
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problems include: |
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* You do not have a recent version of the `flex' lexer. |
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In this case, `configure' will set up the Makefiles to use |
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pregenerated C files instead of running `flex' on the input files |
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ascend4/compiler/scanner.l and ascend4/interface/typelex.l. If |
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you have `flex' version 2.4.1 or newer and `configure' cannot find |
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it, set the `LEX' environment variable to the full path of your |
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`flex' program and run `configure' again. |
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* You do not have a FORTRAN77 compiler. |
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For this case, `configure' disables use of the LSODE integrator, |
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so you will not be able to integrate with ASCEND. If you have a |
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Fortran compiler that `configure' is not finding, re-run |
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`configure' with the option --with-fortran=COMPILER,LIBRARIES |
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where COMPILER is your Fortran compiler and LIBRARIES are any |
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libraries it needs. For example, under SunOS: |
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configure --with-fortran='/usr/lang/f77,-L/usr/lang/lib -lF77 -lM77' |
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If you have GNU Fortran compiler installed as `g77', configure |
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should do the right thing. If you have it installed as `f77', |
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configure may become confused because it look for the wrong set of |
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libraries. In this case, run configure with the argument |
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configure --with-fortran='g77,-lf2c' |
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If you have an old redhat f77 or f2c, you may want something like: |
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configure \ |
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--with-fortran='f77,-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.90.29 -lf2c' |
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* Cannot find CONOPT library nor source code. |
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CONOPT is proprietary, so we cannot distribute it, but we do |
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distribute an interface to it. To build with CONOPT, run |
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`configure' with the option --with-conopt=CONOPTLIB where |
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CONOPTLIB is the location of your CONOPT library. For example: |
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configure --with-conopt=/export/conopt/lib/libconsub.a |
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There are problems which `configure' lists as fatal errors because |
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these problems prevent you from building ASCEND. Those problems are: |
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* Cannot find ANSI C compiler. |
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We have written ASCEND in ANSI C; you'll need a compiler that |
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understands ANSI C and C libraries that implement ANSI C features |
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in order to build ASCEND. If you have an ANSI compiler that |
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`configure' is not finding, set the `CC' environment variable to |
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its location and run configure again. If you still get the error, |
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please make sure your compiler understands ANSI C and send us mail |
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so we can fix `configure'. Note that `gcc' understands ANSI C, so |
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run `configure' with the `--enable-gcc' argument which allows |
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`configure' the search for `gcc'. Also note when using `gcc' |
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under SunOS 4.1.x the link phase will fail, since the standard |
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SunOS 4.1.x setup does not provide ANSI C libraries. |
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* Cannot find compatible Tcl/Tk library or header. |
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ASCEND needs Tcl v8.0 and Tk v8.0 compatible library files and |
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header files. If you have built and installed Tcl and Tk 8.0 and |
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`configure' cannot find them, run configure again with the |
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arguments `--with-tcl=TCL_LIB,TCL_HEADER' where TCL_LIB is the |
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location of the Tcl library, and TCL_HEADER is the location of the |
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Tcl header file; a similar `--with-tk' argument exists. For |
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example, |
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configure --with-tcl='-L/usr/local/lib -ltcl,/usr/local/include/tcl.h' \ |
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--with-tk='-L/usr/local/lib -ltk,/usr/local/include/tk.h' |
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ASCEND Specific Options for Configure |
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`configure' accepts several options. Type `configure --help' for a |
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full list. Options of particular interest when building ASCEND are: |
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--enable-gcc |
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By default, `configure' uses the environment variable `CC', then |
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`cc', `c89', `xlf', and `acc' when searching for an ANSI C |
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compiler. This option tells `configure' to use the environment |
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variable `CC', next to look for `gcc', and then to consider the |
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other compilers as listed above when it is trying to locate an |
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ANSI C compiler. |
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--enable-optimization |
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By default, `configure' sets `CFLAGS' such that the C files are |
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built with debugging information (-g). This option turns off |
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debugging and turns on optimization and NDEBUG (-O -DNDEBUG=1). |
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--without-models |
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If `configure' finds the `models' source directory, it will |
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descend into it and create Makefiles. With this option, |
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`configure' does not create Makefiles in the `models' directory. |
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If there is no `models' source directory, this option has no |
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effect. The only purpose for the Makefiles in the `models' |
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directory is to allow the `make install' target to work. |
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--without-TK |
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Same as the `--without-models' option except is applies to the |
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`TK' subdirectory. |
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Compiling For Multiple Architectures |
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You can compile ASCEND for more than one kind of computer at |
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the same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in |
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their own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that |
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supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the |
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directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run |
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the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the source |
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code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'. |
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If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH' |
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variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time |
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in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for |
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one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another |
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architecture. |
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By default, `make install' will install the package's files in |
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`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an |
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installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the |
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option `--prefix=PATH'. |
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You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture- |
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specific files and architecture-independent files. If you give |
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`configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use PATH |
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as the prefix for installing programs and libraries. Documentation and |
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other data files will still use the regular prefix. |
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In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give |
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options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular |
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kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories |
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you can set and what kinds of files go in them. |
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Note that you should use the final `apparent' resting place of the |
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files as the arguments to `--prefix' and `--exec_prefix' since these |
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options often set variables that get compiled into the binaries. When |
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you actually do `make install' to install the program, pass the `actual' |
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resting place on the `make' line. For example, if ascend appears to |
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live in /usr/local/bin/ascend but that is actually a symbolic link to |
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/afs/cs/local/ascend/@sys/omega/bin/ascend, you should: |
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configure --prefix=/usr/local |
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make |
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make install prefix=/afs/cs/local/ascend/@sys/omega |
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Optional Features |
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For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually |
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find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't, |
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you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and |
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`--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations. |
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Specifying the System Type |
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There may be some features `configure' can not figure out |
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automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package |
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will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints |
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a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the |
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`--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system |
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type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields: |
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CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM |
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See the file `config/config.sub' for the possible values of each field. |
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If `config/config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package |
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doesn't need to know the host type. |
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Sharing Defaults |
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If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, |
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you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives |
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default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'. |
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`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then |
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`PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the |
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`CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script. |
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A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script. |
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Operation Controls |
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================== |
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`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it |
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operates. |
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`--help' |
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Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit. |
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`--quiet' |
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`--silent' |
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`-q' |
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Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. |
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`--srcdir=DIR' |
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Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually |
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`configure' can determine that directory automatically. |
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`--version' |
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure' |
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script, and exit. |
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`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. |
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======================================================================== |
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Getting Help |
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======================================================================== |
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To get help in building ASCEND, please send email to |
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ascend+build@edrc.cmu.edu or fill in the form on the contact page off |
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our home page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ascend/ |
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If your mailer can't cope with the + in the address, send the |
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information requested on the form to ascend-www@vagu.edrc.cmu.edu. |
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Administrivia |
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======================================================================== |
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$Revision: 1.8 $ |
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$Date: 2000/01/25 02:13:24 $ |
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$Source: /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ascend/Repository/INSTALL,v $ |
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Local Variables: |
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mode: text |
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fill-column: 72 |
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indent-tabs-mode: nil |
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