diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/download.html | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/install.html | 97 |
2 files changed, 74 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html index 79b34e4990f..78c43bbb5ae 100644 --- a/docs/download.html +++ b/docs/download.html @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ util/ - handly utility functions widgets-mesa/ - Mesa widgets for Xt/Motif (obsolete) widgets-sgi/ - SGI OpenGL widgets for Xt/Motif -and if you downloaded and unpacked the demos: +and if you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y archive: src-glut/ - source code for GLUT toolkit demos/ - GLUT demos diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html index 1dedfa19c45..f126097bba2 100644 --- a/docs/install.html +++ b/docs/install.html @@ -57,26 +57,52 @@ package) <a name="new"> <H2>NEW-STYLE compilation and installation</H2> -<pre> -0) If you've downloaded Mesa via CVS there will not be a "configure" +<p> +<b> 0.</b> If you've downloaded Mesa via CVS there will not be a "configure" script. You'll have to run the "bootstrap" script first. This script may not work on any OS other than Linux. You'll need these programs to run the bootstrap script: +</p> +<pre> autoconf 2.50 automake 1.4-p2 libtool 1.4 +</pre> +<p> +<b>1.</b> Run the configure script +</p> -1) Run the configure script - +<pre> ./configure [options] +</pre> +<p> For Linux, it is recommended that you use: +</p> +<pre> ./configure --prefix=/usr +</pre> + So that the headers and libs are located according to the Linux/OpenGL standard spec at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/ABI/ - +</p> +<p> +For Red Hat 8.0, Mandrake 9.1 and other Linux distros, you may have to use +the following: +</p> +<pre> + export LDFLAGS="-lstdc++" ; ./configure --prefix=/usr + or + setenv LDFLAGS -lstdc++ ; ./configure --prefix=/usr +</pre> +<p> +This works around a problem when building the GLU library. It needs to +be linked with the C++ runtime library, but libtool (for some reason) +doesn't do this. +</p> +<pre> Possible options are: --prefix=DIR @@ -185,47 +211,69 @@ Possible options are: --x-libraries=DIR Search for the X library files in DIR. +</pre> +<p> User specific compiler options can be set using the shell variable CFLAGS. For instance, +</p> +<pre> CFLAGS="-g -O2" ./configure +</pre> +<p> (on some systems: env CFLAGS="-g -O2" ./configure) sets the compiler flags to "-g -O2". - +</p> +<p> For more options run "./configure --help" and read INSTALL.GNU. +</p> -2) To build the Mesa libraries run: - +<p> +<b>2.</b> To build the Mesa libraries run: +</p> +<pre> make - -When finished, libGL.so will be in src/.libs/, libGLU.so will be in +</pre> +<p> +When finished, libGL.so will be in src/.libs/ and libGLU.so will be in si-glu/.libs/, etc. - +</p> +<p> Optionally, you can strip the libraries using - +</p> +<pre> make strip - +</pre> +<p> Now make sure that you have the permissions to install Mesa in the specified directories, for example, by becoming super user ("su") Then run: - +</p> +<pre> make install - +</pre> +<p> Mesa is now installed. Please don't move the installed files but rerun all installation steps if you want to use other directories. +</p> - -3) To test whether Mesa works properly you might want to run the Mesa demos: - +<p> +<b>3.</b>To test whether Mesa works properly you might want to run the +Mesa demos: +</p> +<pre> make check - +</pre> +<p> Builds all demos. - +</p> +<pre> make exec - -Builds and executes all demos. </pre> +<p> +Builds and executes all demos. +</p> <a name="old"> @@ -242,9 +290,10 @@ first copy the top-level <code>Makefile.X11</code> file over </p> <p> -First, just type <code>make</code> alone. +Just type <code>make</code> alone. You'll see a list of supported system configurations. -Choose one and type <code>make</code> <em>config</em>. +Choose one and type <code>make</code> <em>config</em> +(for example <code>make linux-x86</code>). The Mesa libraries and demo programs will be compiled. </p> |