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If you downloaded the source code (in a tarball), you must compile the software. To do so, once you have unpacked the source tree, you must:
$
/configure$
make$
make install
This will generate the makefiles for your specific platform, compile all the source tree, and install the binaries and documentation in your system.
If you don't find a file named configure
, there
should be one called autogen.sh
. In this case,
run autogen.sh
, which will create and run the
generated configure
file.
You can specify several arguments to configure
(or
autogen.sh
). The most significant are (you can
check all the available arguments by running
configure --help):
--prefix=<directory>
: Prefix where
package will be installed
--enable-gtk-doc
: Specify that the library's documentation
must be built (using the gtk-doc program)
--enable-debug
: Specify to explicietly print some debuging
information
--with-mysql=<directory>
: Specify
directory where MySQL libraries are installed
--with-postgres=<directory>
:
Specify directory where PostgreSQL libraries are installed
--with-sybase=<directory>
: Specify
directory where Sybase libraries are installed
--with-ldap=<directory>
: Specify
directory where LDAP libraries are installed
--with-oracle=<directory>
: Specify
directory where Oracle libraries are installed
--with-interbase=<directory>
: Specify
directory where Interbase libraries are installed
--with-mdb=<directory>
: Specify
directory where the MDB libraries (for accessing MS Access files)
are installed
Libraries needed by providers are searched by default, so, if found, providers are compiled by default. Those libraries are searched in hard-coded directories, so if the installation of these libraries is in an uncommon place, the above arguments should be used to specify the directories where the libraries and header files are installed. Note that the SQLite provider is now always built using the sources of the SQLite library that are bundled within Libgda's sources.
If you find any problem during the configuration, compilation or
installation process, do not hesitate in contacting the
GNOME-DB mailing list (<gnome-db-list@gnome.org>
, first
send an email to <gnome-db-list-request@gnome.org>
with
the subject SUBSCRIBE, if you are not already subscribed).