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author | Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> | 2008-03-22 13:01:58 +0000 |
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committer | Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> | 2008-03-22 13:01:58 +0000 |
commit | 22cfe29c0b6d9c861b5c4b397b8edff8de394a75 (patch) | |
tree | 006957a7ea339e1ddb37e5f4624dd3c87025ef1f | |
parent | f107b2c1e1f73e23dc4d9ce46e2e9596517db597 (diff) | |
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Clarify and mention prerequisites.
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@@ -1,19 +1,36 @@ -Basic Installation - $Id$ +Installation instructions for plptools +-------------------------------------- - How to install: +Prerequisites +------------- - ./configure - make - make install +To build plpfuse, FUSE and libattr are required: - In addition to the usual options, configure understands the following - stuff for customization to your environment: + http://fuse.sourceforge.net/ + ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/ + +Development packages come with most Linux distributions. + +If FUSE and libattr are not installed, plpfuse will not be built, but +the rest of plptools will still work. + + +Installation +------------ + +plptools uses GNU autotools, so the usual sequence of commands work: + +./configure +make +make install + +In addition to the usual options, configure understands the following +stuff for customization to your environment: --enable-debug - Adds -g to CFLAGS, so you will get debugging-versions of - the programs and libplp + Adds -g to CFLAGS, so you will get debugging-versions of the + programs and libplp --with-serial=/dev/sometty @@ -26,34 +43,36 @@ Basic Installation --with-port=portnum - overrides the default port number, where ncpd listens - and plpftp and plpfuse connect to. + overrides the default port number, where ncpd listens and + plpftp and plpfuse connect to. --with-drive=drivespec overrides the default drive for plpftp. The default "AUTO" - triggers a drive-scan on the psion and sets the drive to - the first drive found. If you don't want that, specify - C: for example. + triggers a drive-scan on the psion and sets the drive to the + first drive found. If you don't want that, specify C: for + example. --with-basedir=dirspec overrides the default directory for plpftp. The default is \\ - which means the root-dir. Note: directory-separators have to - be specified as C-like backslashes and if you consider shell's - escape-mechanism, these in turn have to be escaped with backslashes ;-) + which means the root-dir. Note: directory-separators have to be + specified as C-like backslashes and if you consider shell's + escape-mechanism, these in turn have to be escaped with + backslashes ;-) - By default, the install-prefix is /usr/local, so you probably - should add /usr/local/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf and then run - ldconfig after installation. Another option is to run configure - with the option --prefix=/usr +By default, the install-prefix is /usr/local, so you probably should +add /usr/local/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig after +installation. Another option is to run configure with the option +--prefix=/usr - To build from CVS, you will first need to run +Information for developers +-------------------------- - autoreconf -i +To build from CVS, you will first need to run - To make a release automatically, you need woger, from - http://rrt.sc3d.org/Software/woger + autoreconf -i -Have fun. +To make a release automatically, you need woger, from +http://rrt.sc3d.org/Software/woger |