Quick Installation
==================
- To configure and compile SILC package give the comands:
+ To configure and compile SILC package give the commands:
./configure
make (or gmake)
/usr/local/silc/ directory. System wide configuration files are installed
into the /etc/silc/ directory.
-Some Configuration Options
-==========================
+You may need to add the /usr/local/silc path to your PATH environment
+variable after the installation.
+
+Configuration Options
+=====================
You can give various options to the `configure' shell script. You should
give --help command to the `configure' to see all of them. Here is listed
few options that you might want to use. Please refer to the rest of this
file for more generic installation instructions.
-`--with-gmp=PATH'
+`--with-gmp[=DIR]'
If you wish to use GMP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
library instead of using the MPI library included in the package, you can
-give the --with-gmp=PATH option to the `configure'. The PATH is the path
-to the GMP library in your system.
+give the --with-gmp[=DIR] option to the `configure'. The DIR is the upper
+path in your system which contains lib/ and include/ for GMP library.
+ Note that MPI is the prefered arbitrary precision arithmetic library and
+GMP can be used as a fall-back if you have problems with the MPI library
+included within this package.
+
+`--with-iconv[=DIR]'
+
+ If your system doesn't provide iconv() function in its native libraries
+(usually libc) or if this function is broken (e.g. older Solaris systems),
+you may want to use libiconv instead. The DIR is the upper path in your
+system which contains lib/ and include/ for libiconv (e.g. /usr/local).
+
+ You may need to use this also if your system has many versions of iconv
+library in different locations.
+
+`--without-pthreads'
+
+ If you do not want to compile the programs with POSIX multi-threads
+support you can give --without-pthreads option. In this case all compiled
+programs will work in single thread only.
`--disable-asm'
option to the `configure' script. This will assure that assembler
optimized code is not compiled in.
+`--enabled-shared'
+
+ If you wish to compile and install shared libraries then enable this
+option. By default all libraries are compiled as static libraries.
+
`--enable-debug'
If you would like to enable the debugging for the compiled programs
you can give this option to the `configure'.
-`--disable-threads'
-
- If you do not want to compile the programs with multi threads support
-you can give --disable-threads option. In this case all compiled programs
-will work in single thread only.
-
`--enable-ipv6'
The `configure' will attempt to check for IPv6 support in your system.