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1See README.unicode for rxvt-unicode specific documentation.
2
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------
4Using GNU autoconfig 2Using GNU autoconfig
5-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 1. If you retrieved a CVS version of this package, you need the GNU 4 1. If you retrieved a CVS version of this package, you need the GNU
7 autoconf package to generate the configure script. This is done 5 autoconf package to generate the configure script. This is done
8 by running ./.prebuild in this directory which will automatically 6 by running ./genac in this directory which will automatically
9 run autoconf with the appropriate options. 7 run autoconf with the appropriate options.
10 8
11 2. Run ./configure to generate config.h and the various Makefiles. 9 2. Run ./configure to generate config.h and the various Makefiles.
12 ./configure --help gives a list of possible options with slightly 10 ./configure --help gives a list of possible options with slightly
13 longer descriptions in README.configure 11 longer descriptions in README.configure
14
15 Note that configure options have changed since 2.6.x series.
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17 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that 13 Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
18 the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure' 14 the `configure' script does not know about. You can give `configure'
19 initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using 15 initial values for variables by setting them in the environment. Using
20 a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like 16 a Bourne-compatible shell, you can do that on the command line like
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48 44
49 or install them separately 45 or install them separately
50 (cd src; make install) 46 (cd src; make install)
51 (cd rclock; make install) 47 (cd rclock; make install)
52 48
53 you may also want to install doc/etc/rxvt.terminfo and 49 you may also want to install doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.terminfo and
54 doc/etc/rxvt.termcap 50 doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.termcap
55 51
56 7 a. If compiled with UTMP_SUPPORT, you may need to install rxvt setuid 52 7 a. If compiled with UTMP_SUPPORT, you may need to install rxvt setuid
57 root or setuid/setgid to match the file permissions on /etc/utmp 53 root or setuid/setgid to match the file permissions on /etc/utmp
58 7 b. You may need to install setuid root anyway for some systems so that 54 7 b. You may need to install setuid root anyway for some systems so that
59 they can give you ownership of the tty devices. 55 they can give you ownership of the tty devices.
60 56
61 8. On systems which dislike doc/rxvt.1
62 (cd doc; rm rxvt.1; make rxvt.1)
63
64 =================================== 57 ===================================
65
66NB: If you were able to compile OK but running rxvt prints out
67 "rxvt: could not obtain control of tty"
68 running "make tests" from this directory (or from src/test)
69 should give you a breakdown of the failure point which is
70 useful to the developers in fixing the problem
71 58
72NB: SunOS (with/without gcc?) gets reported by configure as 59NB: SunOS (with/without gcc?) gets reported by configure as
73 60
74 #undef STDC_HEADERS 61 #undef STDC_HEADERS
75 #define HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H 1 62 #define HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H 1
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89 SVR4 users (that aren't using gcc) will have to add -DSVR4 to 76 SVR4 users (that aren't using gcc) will have to add -DSVR4 to
90 CPPFLAGS for configure. 77 CPPFLAGS for configure.
91 78
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93EOF 80EOF
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