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@@ -31,20 +31,26 @@ the included `LICENSE.md` file for more detailed information. ## Quick Start -For compilation of the C library run `make`. +For compilation of the C library run `make`. You can also install the library and header file with `make install` (by default into `/usr/local/lib` and `/usr/local/bin`), but this can be changed by `make prefix=/some/dir`). + +Alternatively, you can compile with `cmake`, e.g. by +```sh +mkdir build +cd build +cmake .. +make +``` + +### Using other compilers +The included `Makefile` supports GNU/Linux flavors and MacOS with `gcc`-like compilers; Windows users will typically use `cmake`. -### Compiling on HP-UX -Have HP aCC, GNU Make, and either GNU coreutils (`install`) or GNU libtool -installed. +For other Unix-like systems and other compilers, you may need to pass modified settings to `make` in order to use the correct compilation flags for building shared libraries on your system. +For HP-UX with HP's `aCC` compiler and GNU Make (installed as `gmake`), you can compile with ``` -$ gmake CC=/opt/aCC/bin/aCC CFLAGS="" PICFLAG='+z' C99FLAG=-Ae INSTALL=.. \ - WCFLAGS='+w' LDFLAG_SHARED=-b SOFLAG="-Wl,+h" \ - prefix=$PREFIX libdir=$PREFIX/lib/hpux32 install +gmake CC=/opt/aCC/bin/aCC CFLAGS="+O2" PICFLAG="+z" C99FLAG="-Ae" WCFLAGS="+w" LDFLAG_SHARED="-b" SOFLAG="-Wl,+h" ``` - -where `INSTALL` points either to `install` or `install-sh`, `PREFIX` points to -your preferred target, e.g., `/opt` in System V Unix. +To run `gmake install` you will need GNU coreutils for the `install` command, and you may want to pass `prefix=/opt libdir=/opt/lib/hpux32` or similar to change the installation location. ## General Information |