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@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ Requirements ------------ -You will need a C++98 compiler with suport for 'long long', and the +You will need a C++98 compiler with support for 'long long', and the compression library lzlib installed. (gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended). I use gcc 6.1.0 and 3.3.6, but the code should compile with any standards compliant compiler. +Gcc is available at http://gcc.gnu.org. +Lzlib is available at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html. Lzlib must be version 1.0 or newer, but the fast encoder requires lzlib 1.7 or newer, the Hamming distance (HD) = 3 detection of corrupt headers in -non-seekable multimember files requires lzlib 1.10 or newer, and the 'no -copy' optimization for testing requires lzlib 1.12 or newer. - -Gcc is available at http://gcc.gnu.org. -Lzlib is available at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html. +non-seekable multimember files requires lzlib 1.10 or newer, and the +'no copy' optimization for testing requires lzlib 1.12 or newer. The operating system must allow signal handlers read access to objects with static storage duration so that the cleanup handler for Control-C can delete @@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ Procedure or lzip -cd plzip[version].tar.lz | tar -xf - -This creates the directory ./plzip[version] containing the source from -the main archive. +This creates the directory ./plzip[version] containing the source code +extracted from the archive. 2. Change to plzip directory and run configure. (Try 'configure --help' for usage instructions). @@ -54,7 +53,8 @@ the main archive. 4. Optionally, type 'make check' to run the tests that come with plzip. 5. Type 'make install' to install the program and any data files and - documentation. + documentation. You need root privileges to install into a prefix owned + by root. Or type 'make install-compress', which additionally compresses the info manual and the man page after installation. @@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ object files and executables to go and run the 'configure' script. 'configure' automatically checks for the source code in '.', in '..', and in the directory that 'configure' is in. -'configure' recognizes the option '--srcdir=DIR' to control where to -look for the sources. Usually 'configure' can determine that directory +'configure' recognizes the option '--srcdir=DIR' to control where to look +for the source code. Usually 'configure' can determine that directory automatically. After running 'configure', you can run 'make' and 'make install' as explained above. -Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and modify it. |