1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system.
+ You may invoke `configure' with --help to see what options are
+ available. The most common of these are listed under "Optional
+ Features", below.
+
+ It is best to build and install PSPP in directories whose names do
+ not contain unusual characters such as spaces or single-quotes, due
+ to limitations of the tools involved in the build process.
+
+ If you installed some of the libraries that PSPP uses in a
+ non-standard location (on many systems, anywhere other than
+ /usr), you may need to provide some special flags to `configure'
+ to tell it where to find them. For example, on GNU/Linux, if you
+ installed some libraries in /usr/local, then you need to invoke
+ it with at least the following options:
+
+ ./configure LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib' CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include'
+
Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.
4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files
and documentation. Ordinarily you will need root permissions to
- do this; if you cannot get root permissions, see "Installation
- Names", below.
+ do this. The "su" and "sudo" commands are common ways to obtain
+ root permissions. If you cannot get root permissions, see
+ "Installation Names", below.
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the