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    1 Special Note
    2 ============
    3 
    4     In order to be able to parse the XML config file, you will
    5 need to have installed the "expat" library, which can be downloaded
    6 from http://expat.sourceforge.net/expat/.  It is available as an
    7 RPM from RedHat, and I believe is part of their standard installation
    8 starting in redhat-7.0.  (You'll want both "expat" and "expat-devel"
    9 rpms.)
   10 
   11     The "timbersee" package also depends on several perl modules,
   12 some of which you most likely don't have installed.  The list of
   13 prerequired modules can be found in docs/Bundle/Timbersee.pm,
   14 and can be downloaded manually from http://www.cpan.org/.  An
   15 easier way to install them is to use the CPAN module, as in:
   16     # perl -MCPAN -e shell
   17     cpan> ! use lib qw( docs );
   18     cpan> install Bundle::Timbersee
   19     cpan> quit
   20 I've been playing with this on an old redhat-6.2 machine, and
   21 it looks like some of the prerequisites require perl-5.6
   22 (or at least later than the perl that comes with redhat-6.2).
   23 Also, I sometimes have to run "install Bundle::Timbersee"
   24 multiple times to get it to take; if you have suggestions
   25 for how to reorder the dependencies, please let me know.
   26 
   27 
   28     The location of the configuration file (timbersee.config) can be
   29 controlled by configure's "--sysconfdir=DIR" option.
   30 
   31 The actual installation of "timbersee" itself follows the normal
   32 GNU paradigms...
   33 
   34 
   35 Basic Installation
   36 ==================
   37 
   38    These are generic installation instructions.
   39 
   40    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
   41 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
   42 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
   43 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
   44 definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
   45 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
   46 `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
   47 reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
   48 (useful mainly for debugging `configure').
   49 
   50    If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
   51 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
   52 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
   53 be considered for the next release.  If at some point `config.cache'
   54 contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
   55 
   56    The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
   57 called `autoconf'.  You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
   58 it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
   59 
   60 The simplest way to compile this package is:
   61 
   62   1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
   63      `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
   64      using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
   65      `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
   66      `configure' itself.
   67 
   68      Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
   69      messages telling which features it is checking for.
   70 
   71   2. Type `make' to compile the package.
   72 
   73   3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
   74      the package.
   75 
   76   4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
   77      documentation.
   78 
   79   5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
   80      source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
   81      files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
   82      a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
   83      also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
   84      for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
   85      all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
   86      with the distribution.
   87 
   88 Compilers and Options
   89 =====================
   90 
   91    Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
   92 the `configure' script does not know about.  You can give `configure'
   93 initial values for variables by setting them in the environment.  Using
   94 a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
   95 this:
   96      CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
   97 
   98 Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
   99      env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
  100 
  101 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
  102 ====================================
  103 
  104    You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
  105 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
  106 own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
  107 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
  108 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
  109 the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
  110 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
  111 
  112    If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
  113 variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
  114 in the source code directory.  After you have installed the package for
  115 one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
  116 architecture.
  117 
  118 Installation Names
  119 ==================
  120 
  121    By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
  122 `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc.  You can specify an
  123 installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
  124 option `--prefix=PATH'.
  125 
  126    You can specify separate installation prefixes for
  127 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
  128 give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
  129 PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
  130 Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
  131 
  132    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
  133 options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
  134 kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
  135 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
  136 
  137    If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
  138 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
  139 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
  140 
  141 Optional Features
  142 =================
  143 
  144    Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
  145 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
  146 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
  147 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
  148 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
  149 package recognizes.
  150 
  151    For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
  152 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
  153 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
  154 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
  155 
  156 Specifying the System Type
  157 ==========================
  158 
  159    There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
  160 automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
  161 will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
  162 a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
  163 `--host=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
  164 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
  165      CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
  166 
  167 See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
  168 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
  169 need to know the host type.
  170 
  171    If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
  172 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
  173 produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
  174 system on which you are compiling the package.
  175 
  176 Sharing Defaults
  177 ================
  178 
  179    If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
  180 you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
  181 default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
  182 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
  183 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
  184 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
  185 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
  186 
  187 Operation Controls
  188 ==================
  189 
  190    `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
  191 operates.
  192 
  193 `--cache-file=FILE'
  194      Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
  195      `./config.cache'.  Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
  196      debugging `configure'.
  197 
  198 `--help'
  199      Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
  200 
  201 `--quiet'
  202 `--silent'
  203 `-q'
  204      Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
  205 
  206 `--srcdir=DIR'
  207      Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
  208      `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
  209 
  210 `--version'
  211      Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
  212      script, and exit.
  213 
  214 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
  215