This file contains general information on building GNU Emacs.
For more information specific to the MS-Windows, GNUstep/Mac OS X, and
MS-DOS ports, also read the files nt/INSTALL, nextstep/INSTALL, and
-msdos/INSTALL. For information about building from a Bazaar checkout
-(rather than a release), also read the file INSTALL.BZR.
+msdos/INSTALL. For information about building from a repository checkout
+(rather than a release), also read the file INSTALL.REPO.
BASIC INSTALLATION
`src/config.h' file containing system-dependent definitions.
Running the `make' utility then builds the package for your system.
+Building Emacs requires GNU make, <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>.
+On most systems that Emacs supports, this is the default `make' program.
+
Here's the procedure to build Emacs using `configure' on systems which
are supported by it. In some cases, if the simplified procedure fails,
you might need to use various non-default options, and maybe perform
SOURCE-DIR/configure
where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory.
- This may not work unless you use GNU make.
3. When `configure' finishes, it prints several lines of details
about the system configuration. Read those details carefully
To get more attractive menus, you can specify an X toolkit when you
configure Emacs; use the option `--with-x-toolkit=TOOLKIT', where
TOOLKIT is `gtk' (the default), `athena', or `motif' (`yes' and
-`lucid' are synonyms for `athena'). On some systems, it does not work
-to use a toolkit with shared libraries. A free implementation of
-Motif, called LessTif, is available from <http://www.lesstif.org>.
-Compiling with LessTif or Motif causes a standard File Selection
-Dialog to pop up when you invoke file commands with the mouse. You
-can get fancy 3D-style scroll bars, even without Gtk or LessTif/Motif,
-if you have the Xaw3d library installed (see "Image support libraries"
-above for Xaw3d availability).
+`lucid' are synonyms for `athena'). Compiling with Motif causes a
+standard File Selection Dialog to pop up when you invoke file commands
+with the mouse. You can get fancy 3D-style scroll bars, even without
+Gtk or Motif, if you have the Xaw3d library installed (see
+"Image support libraries" above for Xaw3d availability).
You can tell configure where to search for GTK by specifying
`--with-pkg-config-prog=PATH' where PATH is the pathname to
--without-gif for GIF image support
--without-png for PNG image support
-Use --without-toolkit-scroll-bars to disable LessTif/Motif or Xaw3d
-scroll bars.
+Use --without-toolkit-scroll-bars to disable Motif or Xaw3d scroll bars.
Use --without-xim to inhibit the default use of X Input Methods.
In this case, the X resource useXIM can be used to turn on use of XIM.
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'.
-
-(Do not try to build in a separate directory by creating many links
-to the real source directory--there is no need, and installation will
-fail.)
+(Do not try to build in a separate directory by creating many links to
+the real source directory--there is no need, and installation will fail.)
4) Put into `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/site-load.el' any Emacs
Lisp code you want Emacs to load before it is dumped out. Use
are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
- The programs `etags', `ctags', and `emacsclient' are intended to be
run by users; they are handled below.
-- The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
- used in building Emacs, and are not needed any more.
+- The program `make-docfile' was used in building Emacs, and is
+ not needed any more.
2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
`./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/info.el'. Note that if the
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