X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=25e9a6623604dae4f8699fe0ea3d6113405552a5;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fspv3;hp=e687c55114b6d45690a3a48965225dcf92a6bbb7;hpb=aa82533119498d2012ec6f0fc8d38eab32a34ee6;p=pspp diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index e687c55114..25e9a66236 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,14 +2,45 @@ Installation Instructions for GNU pspp ************************************** These instructions are based on the generic GNU installation -instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP. +instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP. These instructions +apply only to people wishing to build and install PSPP from source. + +Overview +======== + +PSPP uses the standard GNU configuration system. Therefore, if all is well, +the following simple procedure should work, even on non-GNU systems: + + tar -xzf pspp-*.tar.gz + cd pspp-* + ./configure + make + sudo make install + +Obviously, you should replace 'pspp-*' in the above, with the name of +the tarball you are installing. + +In 99% of cases, that is all you have to do - FINISHED! + + + + +If any part of the above process fails, then it is +likely that one or more of the necessary prerequisites is missing +from your system. The following paragraphs contain highly detailed +information which will help you fix this. + Before You Install ================== Before you install PSPP, you will need to install certain prerequisite packages. You may also want to install other packages that enable -additional functionality in PSPP. +additional functionality in PSPP. Please note, if you are installing +any of the libararies mentioned below using pre-prepared binary +packages provided by popular GNU/Linux vendors, you may need to ensure +that you install the "development" versions (normally postfixed with +-dev or -devel). If you do not know whether you have these installed already, you may proceed to "Basic Installation", below. The PSPP configuration @@ -18,60 +49,62 @@ not present on your system. The following packages are required to install PSPP: - * An ANSI C compiler and tool chain. On Unix-like systems, we + * A C compiler and tool chain. On Unix-like systems, we recommend GCC, but any modern compilation environment should work. On Microsoft Windows, Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) and MinGW (http://www.mingw.org/) are known to work. * The GNU Scientific Library (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/), - version 1.6 or later, including libgslcblas included with GSL. + version 1.13 or later, including libgslcblas included with GSL. * Perl (http://www.perl.org/), version 5.005_03 or later. Perl is required during build but not after installation. + * Python (https://python.org/), version 2.7. Some tests require + Python; if it is missing, those tests will be skipped. PSPP + does not otherwise require Python. + * iconv, which should be installed as part of a Unix-like system. If you don't have a version already, you can install GNU libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/). -The following package is required to enable PSPP's graphing features. -If you cannot arrange to install it, you must run `configure' with ---without-libplot. + * libintl, from GNU gettext (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext). + GNU libc includes an integrated libintl, so there is no need to + separately install libintl on a GNU/Linux system. - * libplot, from GNU plotutils - (http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/). + * zlib (http://www.zlib.net/). -The following packages are required to enable PSPPIRE, the graphical -user interface for PSPP. If you cannot install them or do not wish to -use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui. + * libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org/). - * pkg-config (http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/). Versions - 0.18 and 0.19 have a bug that will prevent library detection, - but other versions should be fine. +The following packages are required to enable PSPP's graphing +features. If you cannot arrange to install them, you must run +`configure' with --without-cairo (in which case you will get no graphing +capability). - * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 2.12.0 or later. + * Cairo (http://cairographics.org/), version 1.12 or later. - * libglade (http://www.jamesh.id.au/software/libglade/), version - 2.6 or later. + * Pango (http://www.pango.org/), version 1.22 or later. -Installing the following packages will allow your PSPP binary to read -Gnumeric files. +The following packages are required to enable PSPPIRE, the graphical +user interface for PSPP. If you cannot install them or do not wish to +use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui. * pkg-config (http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/). Versions 0.18 and 0.19 have a bug that will prevent library detection, but other versions should be fine. - To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the - PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an - appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment. + * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 3.18.0 or later. + It has been reported that versions prior to 3.22.x give problems, + so a recent version is recommended. - * zlib (http://www.zlib.net/). + * GtkSourceView (http://projects.gnome.org/gtksourceview/) + version 3.4.0 or later. - * libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org/). + * GNU Spread Sheet Widget (http://www.gnu.org/software/ssw) -The following packages are optional. +The following packages are optional: - * libncurses (http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/). Without it, - PSPP will assume it is running in an 80x25 terminal. +Other optional packages: * libreadline and libhistory (http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html). Without @@ -82,8 +115,14 @@ The following packages are optional. later. Installing Texinfo will allow you to build PSPP documentation in PostScript or PDF format. - * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org). This enables PSPP - to read Postgresql databases. + * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org). This enables PSPP + to read Postgresql databases. The tests for the Postgresql + interface, but not the Postgresql interface itself, requires the + Postgresql server to be installed. + + * The Text::Diff module for Perl (http://cpan.org). This enables + PSPP to test the Perl module more thoroughly. It is not needed + to build or use the Perl module. Basic Installation ================== @@ -152,8 +191,13 @@ release. 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. + + Please note: The `make install' target does NOT install the perl + module (see below). To install the perl module, you must change to + the `perl-module' directory and manually run `make install' there. 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the @@ -171,9 +215,13 @@ details on some of the pertinent environment variables. by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here is an example: - ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix + ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O0 LIBS=-lposix - See "Defining Variables", below, for more details. +To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the +PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an +appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment. + +See "Defining Variables", below, for more details. Installation Names ================== @@ -211,14 +259,17 @@ suffix on their names by giving `configure' the option Optional Features ================= -`--without-libplot' - Don't compile in support for charts (using libplot). This is - useful if your system doesn't have the libplot library. +`--without-cairo' + Don't compile in support for charts (using Cairo and Pango). This + is useful if your system lacks these libraries. `--without-gui' Don't build the PSPPIRE gui. Use this option if you only want to build the command line version of PSPP. + Cairo and Pango required to build the GUI, so --without-cairo + implies --without-gui. + `--with-gui-tools' Build the gui developer tools. There is no reason to use this option unless you're involved with the development of PSPP @@ -230,13 +281,15 @@ Optional Features In these cases you can use --without-lib{xx} to force configure to disregard it. -`--enable-anachronistic-dependencies' - If you use this option, some of the checks for dependent libraries - will be relaxed, permitting configure to succeed when older versions - of libraries are detected. Use of this option is not recommended. - If you use it, some features may be missing and the build may fail - with obscure error messages. - +`--without-perl-module' + Disable building the Perl module, in case it does not build properly + or you do not need it. + +`--enable-relocatable' + This option is useful for building a package which can be installed + into an arbitrary directory and freely copied to any other directory. + If you use this option, you will probably want to install the pspp + with a command similar to "make install DESTDIR=". Defining Variables ================== @@ -295,7 +348,7 @@ Generic `configure' Options `configure --help' for more details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 Free +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives