How to Compile SLIDE
This page provides a "how to" guide for compiling SLIDE
from a source distribution.
SLIDE has been ported to a wide variety of platforms,
and compilation has been made easier through GNU
autoconf on UNIX.
Before You Start
Before trying to compile SLIDE you should do the following things:
-
Check for a binary release. Pre-compiled binary releases are
available now for PCs, and IRIX UNIX.
Binary releases are much easier to install than source releases.
To find out whether a binary release is available for your
platform, check the SLIDE Viewer page.
Before compiling SLIDE, install the following libraries.
Compiling SLIDE on UNIX has two steps: configure and make.
In the simplest case you type the following commands to your shell:
cd slidesource
configure options
make depend
make all
Configure
The configure script tests your system for different compilation
and linking options and generates a Makefile.
The configure script is created by GNU autoconf.
Building with Make
After you configure your Makefile,
type "make".
Type "make depend" to update dependencies
In order to compile SLIDE for Windows, you need the following items:
- SLIDE 1.0 source distribution (or the latest patch release)
- Visual C++ 5.x/6.x
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