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@@ -1,50 +1,128 @@ -The 'configure' script can be given a number of options to -enable and disable various features. For a complete list, -type: +Simple install procedure +======================== + + % gzip -cd gtk-1.0.0.tar.gz | tar xvf - # unpack the sources + % cd gtk-1.0.0 # change to the toplevel directory + % ./configure # run the `configure' script + % make # build GTK + [ Become root if necessary ] + % make install # install GTK + +The Nitty-Gritty +================ + +The 'configure' script can be given a number of options to enable +and disable various features. For a complete list, type: + ./configure --help +A few of the more important ones: + +* --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX + [ Defaults to /usr/local ] + +* --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX + [ Defaults to the value given to --prefix ] + +* --with-xinput=[no/gxi/xfree] support XInput [default=no] + +The --with-xinput flag specifies whether to compile with support +for the XInput extension (mainly used for graphics tablets), and +which form of support to use: + + no : no support + gxi : Use generic XInput support + xfree : Use special features in the Wacom drivers in XFree86 3.3.1 + and later. + +For more information, follow the link from http://www.gtk.org + * --enable-xim support XIM [default=yes] Specifying --disable-xim will disable support for entering -internationalized text using X Input Methods. This will give -some slight savings in speed and memory use and might be necessary +internationalized text using X Input Methods. This will give some +slight savings in speed and memory use and might be necessary with older versions of X. -* --with-locale=LOCALE locale name you want to use +* --with-locale=LOCALE locale name you want to use The --with-locale options is used to determine if your operating -system has support for the locale you will be using. If not, X's built -in locale support will be used. +system has support for the locale you will be using. If not, X's +built in locale support will be used. -Because of bugs in autoconf, it is necessary to specify this option -even if your LANG environment variable is correctly set. +Because of bugs in autoconf, it is necessary to specify this +option even if your LANG environment variable is correctly set. This option does not determine which locale GTK will use at -runtime. That will be determined from the usual environment variables. -If you will be using multiple locales with GTK, specify the one -for which your operating system has the worst support for the ---with-locale option. +runtime. That will be determined from the usual environment +variables. If you will be using multiple locales with GTK, +specify the one for which your operating system has the worst +support for the --with-locale option. + + +Options can be given to the compiler and linker by setting +environment variables before running configure. A few of the more +important ones: + + CC : The C compiler to use + CPPFLAGS : Flags for the C preprocesser such as -I and -D + CFLAGS : C compiler flags + +The most important use of this is to set the +optimization/debugging flags. For instance, to compile with no +debugging information at all, run configure as: + + CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure # Bourne compatible shells (sh/bash/zsh) + +or, + + setenv CFLAGS -O2 ; ./configure # csh and variants + + +Installation directories +======================== + +The location of the installed files is determined by the --prefix +and --exec-prefix options given to configure. There are also more +detailed flags to control individual directories. However, the +use of these flags is not tested. + +One particular detail to note, is that the architecture-dependent +include file glibconfig.h is installed in: + + $exec_pref/lib/glib/include/ + +if you have a version in $prefix/include, this is out of date +and should be deleted. + +A shell script gtk-config is created during the configure +process, and installed in the bin/ directory +($exec_prefix/bin). This is used to determine the location of GTK +when building applications. If you move GTK after installation, +it will be necessary to edit this file. + +For complete details, see the file docs/gtk-config.txt Notes for using XIM support for Japanese input ----------------------------------------------- +============================================== -* There is a bug in older versions of kinput2 that will cause -GTK to hang when destroying a text entry. The latest versions -of kinput is available from: +* There is a bug in older versions of kinput2 that will cause GTK +to hang when destroying a text entry. The latest versions of +kinput is available from: ftp://ftp.sra.co.jp/pub/x11/kinput2 * The locale information file for the ja_JP EUC locale -distributed with some recent versions of X11 specifies to -use the C library multibyte functions. Unless your C library -has support for Japanese locales, this is incorrect, and -will cause problems for GTK's internationalization. - -(In particular, this occurs with GNU libc 2.0 and 2.1, in which the -multibyte functions always translate to and from UTF-8; but the -problem may occur for other C libraries, and other operating systems -as well.) +distributed with some recent versions of X11 specifies to use the +C library multibyte functions. Unless your C library has support +for Japanese locales, this is incorrect, and will cause problems +for GTK's internationalization. + +(In particular, this occurs with GNU libc 2.0 and 2.1, in which +the multibyte functions always translate to and from UTF-8; but +the problem may occur for other C libraries, and other operating +systems as well.) To fix this, change the line: |