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BUILD AND INSTALL IMUNAL

OVERVIEW

This page describes how to build the library and how to install it. In many cases it is sufficient to type make && make install in the root directory of imunal to build and install it. If it does not work please read the following.

DESCRIPTION

The imunal library is written in C89 and should therefore be build without trouble by any C compiler which supports strict C89. The library has been tested on several linux distributions and on Mac OS.

HOW TO BUILD THE LIBRARY?

As of now, no Makefile-building system is available. Fortunately there is not dependencies for building imunal. In fact reading the Makefile should be sufficient to do all you have/want to do to build and install the library and you can skip this page.

Otherwise, when you have decompressed the library, the beginning of the Makefile looks like:

############################################################
#
# Installation directories
#
############################################################

PREFIX      = /usr
LIB_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/lib
BIN_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/bin
INCLUDE_DIR = $(PREFIX)/include
MAN_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/share/man

Once you have modified the Makefile to suit your needs simply type

make

to build the library and then

make install

to install the library. It is recommended to do make check before using the library. Note that

make install PREFIX=/i/want/imunal/here

will automatically install imunal files in /i/want/imunal/here.

INSTALLATION

The library binary files go, by default, into /usr/lib, the header files go into /usr/include the imunal executable go into /usr/bin and the manpages go into /usr/share/man. You can of course install imunal files where you want. You simply have to modify the Makefile.

PREFIX      = /usr
LIB_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/lib
BIN_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/bin
INCLUDE_DIR = $(PREFIX)/include
MAN_DIR     = $(PREFIX)/share/man

The LIB_DIR variable determines where the binary files of the library will be installed. The BIN_DIR variable determines where the binary files of the imunal executable will be installed. The INCLUDE_DIR variable determines where the header files will be installed. The MAN_DIR variable determines where the manpages will be installed.

USING IMUNAL WITH C++

The library can be used by any C++ program. Just build the library as described above. You are then free to use it as any C library with a C++ program. The way to use the library does not change.

AUTHOR

Written by Guillaume Quintin (guillaume.quintin@unilim.fr).

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