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<H1><A NAME="SEC2" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC2">2. Installation</A></H1>

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This section describes how to install the CLN package on your system.


<H2><A NAME="SEC3" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC3">2.1 Prerequisites</A></H2>


<H3><A NAME="SEC4" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC4">2.1.1 C++ compiler</A></H3>

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To build CLN, you need a C++ compiler.
Actually, you need GNU <CODE>g++ 2.7.0</CODE> or newer.
On HPPA, you need GNU <CODE>g++ 2.8.0</CODE> or newer.
I recommend GNU <CODE>g++ 2.95</CODE> or newer.


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The following C++ features are used:
classes, member functions,
overloading of functions and operators,
constructors and destructors, inline, const,
multiple inheritance, templates.


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The following C++ features are not used:
<CODE>new</CODE>, <CODE>delete</CODE>, virtual inheritance,
exceptions.


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CLN relies on semi-automatic ordering of initializations
of static and global variables, a feature which I could
implement for GNU g++ only.


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<H3><A NAME="SEC5" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC5">2.1.2 Make utility</A></H3>

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To build CLN, you also need to have GNU <CODE>make</CODE> installed.


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<H3><A NAME="SEC6" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC6">2.1.3 Sed utility</A></H3>

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To build CLN on HP-UX, you also need to have GNU <CODE>sed</CODE> installed.
This is because the libtool script, which creates the CLN library, relies
on <CODE>sed</CODE>, and the vendor's <CODE>sed</CODE> utility on these systems is too
limited.


<H2><A NAME="SEC7" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC7">2.2 Building the library</A></H2>

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As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:


<PRE>
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make check
</PRE>

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If on your system, <SAMP>`make'</SAMP> is not GNU <CODE>make</CODE>, you have to use
<SAMP>`gmake'</SAMP> instead of <SAMP>`make'</SAMP> above.


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The <CODE>configure</CODE> command checks out some features of your system and
C++ compiler and builds the <CODE>Makefile</CODE>s. The <CODE>make</CODE> command
builds the library. This step may take 4 hours on an average workstation.
The <CODE>make check</CODE> runs some test to check that no important subroutine
has been miscompiled.


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The <CODE>configure</CODE> command accepts options. To get a summary of them, try


<PRE>
$ ./configure --help
</PRE>

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Some of the options are explained in detail in the <SAMP>`INSTALL.generic'</SAMP> file.


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You can specify the C compiler, the C++ compiler and their options through
the following environment variables when running <CODE>configure</CODE>:


<DL COMPACT>

<DT><CODE>CC</CODE>
<DD>
Specifies the C compiler.

<DT><CODE>CFLAGS</CODE>
<DD>
Flags to be given to the C compiler when compiling programs (not when linking).

<DT><CODE>CXX</CODE>
<DD>
Specifies the C++ compiler.

<DT><CODE>CXXFLAGS</CODE>
<DD>
Flags to be given to the C++ compiler when compiling programs (not when linking).
</DL>

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Examples:


<PRE>
$ CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-O" CXX="g++" CXXFLAGS="-O" ./configure
$ CC="gcc -V 2.7.2" CFLAGS="-O -g" \
  CXX="g++ -V 2.7.2" CXXFLAGS="-O -g" ./configure
$ CC="gcc -V 2.8.1" CFLAGS="-O -fno-exceptions" \
  CXX="g++ -V 2.8.1" CXXFLAGS="-O -fno-exceptions" ./configure
$ CC="gcc -V egcs-2.91.60" CFLAGS="-O2 -fno-exceptions" \
  CXX="g++ -V egcs-2.91.60" CFLAGS="-O2 -fno-exceptions" ./configure
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Note that for these environment variables to take effect, you have to set
them (assuming a Bourne-compatible shell) on the same line as the
<CODE>configure</CODE> command. If you made the settings in earlier shell
commands, you have to <CODE>export</CODE> the environment variables before
calling <CODE>configure</CODE>. In a <CODE>csh</CODE> shell, you have to use the
<SAMP>`setenv'</SAMP> command for setting each of the environment variables.


<P>
On Linux, <CODE>g++</CODE> needs 15 MB to compile the tests. So you should better
have 17 MB swap space and 1 MB room in $TMPDIR.


<P>
If you use <CODE>g++</CODE> version 2.7.x, don't add <SAMP>`-O2'</SAMP> to the CXXFLAGS,
because <SAMP>`g++ -O'</SAMP> generates better code for CLN than <SAMP>`g++ -O2'</SAMP>.


<P>
If you use <CODE>g++</CODE> version 2.8.x or egcs-2.91.x (a.k.a. egcs-1.1) or
gcc-2.95.x, I recommend adding <SAMP>`-fno-exceptions'</SAMP> to the CXXFLAGS.
This will likely generate better code.


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If you use <CODE>g++</CODE> version egcs-2.91.x (egcs-1.1) or gcc-2.95.x on Sparc,
add either <SAMP>`-O'</SAMP> or <SAMP>`-O2 -fno-schedule-insns'</SAMP> to the CXXFLAGS.
With full <SAMP>`-O2'</SAMP>, <CODE>g++</CODE> miscompiles the division routines. Also, for
--enable-shared to work, you need egcs-1.1.2 or newer.


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By default, only a static library is built. You can build CLN as a shared
library too, by calling <CODE>configure</CODE> with the option <SAMP>`--enable-shared'</SAMP>.
To get it built as a shared library only, call <CODE>configure</CODE> with the options
<SAMP>`--enable-shared --disable-static'</SAMP>.


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If you use <CODE>g++</CODE> version egcs-2.91.x (egcs-1.1) on Sparc, you cannot
use <SAMP>`--enable-shared'</SAMP> because <CODE>g++</CODE> would miscompile parts of the
library.


<H2><A NAME="SEC8" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC8">2.3 Installing the library</A></H2>
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<P>
As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:


<PRE>
$ make install
</PRE>

<P>
The <SAMP>`make install'</SAMP> command installs the library and the include files
into public places (<TT>`/usr/local/lib/'</TT> and <TT>`/usr/local/include/'</TT>,
if you haven't specified a <CODE>--prefix</CODE> option to <CODE>configure</CODE>).
This step may require superuser privileges.


<P>
If you have already built the library and wish to install it, but didn't
specify <CODE>--prefix=...</CODE> at configure time, just re-run
<CODE>configure</CODE>, giving it the same options as the first time, plus
the <CODE>--prefix=...</CODE> option.


<H2><A NAME="SEC9" HREF="cln_toc.html#TOC9">2.4 Cleaning up</A></H2>

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You can remove system-dependent files generated by <CODE>make</CODE> through


<PRE>
$ make clean
</PRE>

<P>
You can remove all files generated by <CODE>make</CODE>, thus reverting to a
virgin distribution of CLN, through


<PRE>
$ make distclean
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