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@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ Requirements ------------ -You will need a C++ compiler and the lzlib compression library installed. -I use gcc 5.3.0 and 4.1.2, but the code should compile with any standards +You will need a C++11 compiler and the compression library lzlib installed. +(gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended). +I use gcc 6.1.0 and 4.1.2, but the code should compile with any standards compliant compiler. -Lzlib must be version 1.0 or newer, but the fast encoder is only available -in lzlib 1.7 or newer, and the HD = 3 detection of corrupt headers on -non-seekable multimember files is only available in lzlib 1.10 or newer. + +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. @@ -33,7 +37,10 @@ the main archive. To link against a lzlib not installed in a standard place, use: - ./configure CPPFLAGS='-I<dir_of_lzlib.h>' LDFLAGS='-L<dir_of_liblz.a>' + ./configure CPPFLAGS='-I <includedir>' LDFLAGS='-L <libdir>' + + (Replace <includedir> with the directory containing the file lzlib.h, + and <libdir> with the directory containing the file liblz.a). If you are compiling on MinGW, use --with-mingw (note that the Windows I/O functions used with MinGW are not guaranteed to be thread safe): @@ -50,11 +57,11 @@ the main archive. documentation. Or type 'make install-compress', which additionally compresses the - info manual and the man page after installation. (Installing - compressed docs may become the default in the future). + info manual and the man page after installation. + (Installing compressed docs may become the default in the future). - You can install only the program, the info manual or the man page by - typing 'make install-bin', 'make install-info' or 'make install-man' + You can install only the program, the info manual, or the man page by + typing 'make install-bin', 'make install-info', or 'make install-man' respectively. Instead of 'make install', you can type 'make install-as-lzip' to @@ -65,10 +72,10 @@ the main archive. Another way ----------- You can also compile plzip into a separate directory. -To do this, you must use a version of 'make' that supports the 'VPATH' -variable, such as GNU 'make'. 'cd' to the directory where you want the +To do this, you must use a version of 'make' that supports the variable +'VPATH', such as GNU 'make'. 'cd' to the directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run the 'configure' script. -'configure' automatically checks for the source code in '.', in '..' and +'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 @@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ After running 'configure', you can run 'make' and 'make install' as explained above. -Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, -distribute and modify it. +distribute, and modify it. |