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3
4 These are installation instructions for GNU enscript. The top of
5 this file describes how to compile and install the software; at the
6 bottom are instructions for configuring enscript.
7
8 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
9 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
10 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
11 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
12 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
13 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
14 `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
15 reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
16 (useful mainly for debugging `configure').
17
18 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
19 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
20 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
21 be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache'
22 rizwank 1.1 contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
23
24 The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
25 called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
26 it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
27
28 The simplest way to compile this package is:
29
30 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
31 `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
32 using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
33 `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
34 `configure' itself.
35
36 Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
37 messages telling which features it is checking for.
38
39 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
40
41 3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
42 the package.
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44 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
45 documentation.
46
47 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
48 source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
49 files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
50 a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
51 also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
52 for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
53 all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
54 with the distribution.
55
56 Compilers and Options
57 =====================
58
59 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
60 the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure'
61 initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using
62 a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
63 this:
64 rizwank 1.1 CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix ./configure
65
66 Or on systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
67 env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-s ./configure
68
69 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
70 ====================================
71
72 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
73 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
74 own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
75 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
76 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
77 the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
78 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
79
80 If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
81 variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
82 in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for
83 one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
84 architecture.
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86 Installation Names
87 ==================
88
89 By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
90 `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
91 installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
92 option `--prefix=PATH'.
93
94 You can specify separate installation prefixes for
95 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
96 give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
97 PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
98 Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
99
100 In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
101 options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
102 kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
103 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
104
105 If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
106 rizwank 1.1 with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
107 option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
108
109 Optional Features
110 =================
111
112 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
113 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
114 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
115 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
116 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
117 package recognizes.
118
119 For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
120 find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
121 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
122 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
123
124 Specifying the System Type
125 ==========================
126
127 rizwank 1.1 There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
128 automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
129 will run on. Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
130 a message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
131 `--host=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
132 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
133 CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
134
135 See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
136 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
137 need to know the host type.
138
139 If you are building compiler tools for cross-compiling, you can also
140 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
141 produce code for and the `--build=TYPE' option to select the type of
142 system on which you are compiling the package.
143
144 Sharing Defaults
145 ================
146
147 If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
148 rizwank 1.1 you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
149 default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
150 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
151 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
152 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
153 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
154
155 Operation Controls
156 ==================
157
158 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
159 operates.
160
161 `--cache-file=FILE'
162 Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
163 `./config.cache'. Set FILE to `/dev/null' to disable caching, for
164 debugging `configure'.
165
166 `--help'
167 Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
168
169 rizwank 1.1 `--quiet'
170 `--silent'
171 `-q'
172 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
173
174 `--srcdir=DIR'
175 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
176 `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
177
178 `--version'
179 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
180 script, and exit.
181
182 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
183
184
185 Configuring Enscript to Your System
186 ===================================
187
188 There are some options in enscript you might want to modify to meet
189 your system's needs. You can change them all after the compilation by
190 rizwank 1.1 editing the global configuration file `enscript.cfg' at the directory
191 `PREFIX/etc/'. You can also change some of the during the `configure'
192 step by giving the configure script appropriate options. Please,
193 check the following things before reporting bugs; for the most cases
194 these help:
195
196 * Paper size
197
198 As a default enscript uses A4 paper. To change default paper to be
199 for example `Letter', edit following line in the config file:
200
201 # Default output media.
202 DefaultMedia: A4
203
204 => DefaultMedia: Letter
205
206 You can also select the default paper size during the configuration
207 by giving the configure script option --with-media=MEDIA, where
208 media is one of the media listed in the `lib/enscript.cfg.in' file:
209 A3, A4, A5, Legal, Letter, A4dj or Letterdj.
210
211 rizwank 1.1 * Default output device
212
213 As a default (without any explicit options) enscript spools its
214 output to the printer. If you want to send outputs to stdout, edit
215 following line:
216
217 # Where output goes as a default.
218 DefaultOutputMethod: printer
219
220 => DefaultOutputMethod: stdout
221
222 * Printer command
223
224 Enscript's default printer command is `lpr'. To change it to be for
225 example `lp', edit following line:
226
227 # Printer spooler command name.
228 Spooler: lpr
229
230 => Spooler: lp
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232 rizwank 1.1 You can also set the spooler command during the configuration by
233 giving the configure script option `--with-spooler=SPOOLER'.
234
235 On SystemV machines, you might also want to change the printer queue
236 name switch from `-P' to `-d':
237
238 # The spooler command switch to select the printer queue.
239 QueueParam: -P
240
241 => QueueParam: -d
242
243 * PostScript language level
244
245 The PostScript language level that enscript uses for its output.
246 The default values is 2 (PostScript 2). If your printer supports
247 only level 1 PostScript, you can set it to default by giving the
248 configure script option `--with-ps-level=1'. You can also set the
249 level by editing the enscript.cfg file:
250
251 # The PostScript language level that enscript should use.
252 PostScriptLevel: 2
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254 => PostScriptLevel: 1
255
256 Or, you can select it at the print time with the `--ps-level=LEVEL'
257 option:
258
259 $ enscript --ps-level=1 ...
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