For detailed installation instructions, please refer to the `INSTALL' and `README' file in the top directory of the source distribution.
Normally, the following steps will be taken to configure, compile and install the distribution:
configure to configure the package for your system. Type
configure --help to see a list of supported options.
make to compile the package. You may want to look at the
`Makefile' generated by configure to adjust compiler flags
etc.
make install to install the programs and any data files
and documentation.
Before compiling manutils, various defaults can be set in
lib/defs.h. Some of these should not be modified, though,
they are merely listed for completeness. Others can be configured
at run time through `man.conf'.
_PATH_MANCONF
_PATH_PAGER
man. The default is
`less -e'. Less is available in several different
distributions, it is not part of manutils.
_PATH_TMP
man.
The default is `/tmp/man.XXXXXX'.
_PATH_WHATIS
UPDATE_FORMAT
gzip. It has two possible
values: `UPDATE_FORMAT_GZIP' (default), and
`UPADTE_FORMAT_PLAIN'. The gzip program is available
in a separate distribution.
GZIP_SUFFIX
gzip. It defaults to
`.gz'. There is normally no need to change this.
GZIP_NAME
gzip program. It defaults to `gzip'.
There is normally no need to change this.
NROFF_COMMAND
nroff formatter.
The default is `nroff -Tascii -mandoc %s'.
The macro `IX_TO_AMIGA_PATH' in lib/defs.h is used in
various places to transform Unix style path names into AmigaDOS
style path names. It's main purpose is to simplify interfacing to
native AmigaDOS programs, which do not understand Unix path name
conventions. It should not be changed.
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