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Richard M. Stallman 1996-09-24 06:56:29 +00:00
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GNU Emacs Installation Guide
Copyright (c) 1992, 1994 Free software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996 Free software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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give to the `configure' program. That file offers hints for
getting around some possible installation problems.
3) In the top directory of the Emacs distribution, run the program
`configure' as follows:
3) You can build Emacs in the top-level Emacs source directory
or in a separate directory.
3a) To build in the top-level Emacs source directory, go to that
directory and run the program `configure' as follows:
./configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
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Emacs uses POP is controlled by individual users--see the Rmail
chapter of the Emacs manual.
You can build Emacs for several different machine types from a single
source directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. Make separate
build directories for the different configuration types, and in each
one, run the Emacs `configure' script. `configure' looks for the
Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
should put emacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
- Emacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
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disable caching, for debugging `configure'.
The work of `configure' can be done by editing various files in the
distribution, but using `configure' is supposed to be simpler. See
the section called "CONFIGURATION BY HAND" below if you want to do the
configuration yourself.
distribution, but using `configure' is easier. See the section called
"CONFIGURATION BY HAND" below if you want to do the configuration
yourself.
3b) To build in a separate directory, go to that directory
and run the program `configure' as follows:
SOURCE-DIR/configure CONFIGURATION-NAME [--OPTION[=VALUE]] ...
SOURCE-DIR refers to the top-level Emacs source directory which is
where Emacs's configure script is located. `configure' looks for the
Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
To build in a separate directory, you must use a version of `make'
that supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.
4) Look at `./lisp/paths.el'; if some of those values are not right
for your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with Emacs