Notes for each Operating System that We Support

The PLplot Plotting Library: Programmer's Reference Manual
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# Chapter 23. Notes for each Operating System that We Support

The purpose of this Chapter is to present notes for each operating system that we support. Although we have some support for a number of operating systems, we only have notes for Linux/Unix systems at this point. NEEDS DOCUMENTATION

# Linux/Unix Notes

## Linux/Unix Configure, Build, and Installation

Here is the short story:

    ./configure
    make
    make install

The longer story is there are a lot of possible configure options. Two of the more important configure options are `--prefix` and `--with-double`. Here is the complete list of configuration options:

    ./configure --help
    No defaults file found, performing full configure.
    Usage: configure [options] [host]
    Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]
    Configuration:
      --cache-file=FILE       cache test results in FILE
      --help                  print this message
      --no-create             do not create output files
      --quiet, --silent       do not print `checking...' messages
      --version               print the version of autoconf that created configure
    Directory and file names:
      --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                              [/usr/local/plplot]
      --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                              [same as prefix]
      --bindir=DIR            user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
      --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables in DIR [EPREFIX/sbin]
      --libexecdir=DIR        program executables in DIR [EPREFIX/libexec]
      --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
                              [PREFIX/share]
      --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/etc]
      --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data in DIR
                              [PREFIX/com]
      --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/var]
      --libdir=DIR            object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
      --includedir=DIR        C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
      --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc in DIR [/usr/include]
      --infodir=DIR           info documentation in DIR [PREFIX/info]
      --mandir=DIR            man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
      --srcdir=DIR            find the sources in DIR [configure dir or ..]
      --program-prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program names
      --program-suffix=SUFFIX append SUFFIX to installed program names
      --program-transform-name=PROGRAM
                              run sed PROGRAM on installed program names
    Host type:
      --build=BUILD           configure for building on BUILD [BUILD=HOST]
      --host=HOST             configure for HOST [guessed]
      --target=TARGET         configure for TARGET [TARGET=HOST]
    Features and packages:
      --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
      --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
      --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
      --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
      --x-includes=DIR        X include files are in DIR
      --x-libraries=DIR       X library files are in DIR
    --enable and --with options recognized:
      --with-defaults         source defaults file at startup (yes)
      --with-debug            compile with debugging (no)
      --with-opt              compile with optimization (yes)
      --with-double           use double precision floats (no)
      --with-profile          turn on profiling option (no)
      --with-shlib            build shared libraries (yes)
      --with-gcc              use gcc to compile C and C++ code (yes)
      --with-warn             enable all compilation warnings (no)
      --with-dbmalloc         link with libdbmalloc (no)
      --with-pkgdir=DIR       locate libraries and includes under DIR
      --with-fseek            use fseek/ftell rather than fsetpos/fgetpos (no)
      --with-rpath            link libraries with -rpath option (yes)
      --enable-f77            compile Fortran-77 interface code (yes)
      --enable-cxx            compile C++ interface code (yes)
      --enable-python         compile python interface code (yes)
      --enable-tcl            compile Tcl interface code (yes)
      --enable-itcl           enable incr Tcl interface code (yes)
      --with-x                use the X Window System
      --with-gtk-prefix=PFX   Prefix where GTK is installed (optional)
      --with-gtk-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where GTK is installed (optional)
      --disable-gtktest       Do not try to compile and run a test GTK program
      --with-gnome-includes   Specify location of GNOME headers
      --with-gnome-libs       Specify location of GNOME libs
      --with-gnome            Specify prefix for GNOME files
      --enable-plmeta         enable plmeta device driver ()
      --enable-null           enable null device driver ()
      --enable-xterm          enable xterm device driver ()
      --enable-tek4010        enable tek4010 device driver ()
      --enable-tek4107        enable tek4107 device driver ()
      --enable-mskermit       enable mskermit device driver ()
      --enable-conex          enable conex device driver ()
      --enable-linuxvga       enable linuxvga device driver ()
      --enable-vlt            enable vlt device driver ()
      --enable-versaterm      enable versaterm device driver ()
      --enable-dg300          enable dg300 device driver ()
      --enable-ps             enable ps device driver ()
      --enable-xfig           enable xfig device driver ()
      --enable-ljii           enable ljii device driver ()
      --enable-hp7470         enable hp7470 device driver ()
      --enable-hp7580         enable hp7580 device driver ()
      --enable-lj_hpgl        enable lj_hpgl device driver ()
      --enable-imp            enable imp device driver ()
      --enable-xwin           enable xwin device driver (yes)
      --enable-tk             enable tk device driver (yes)
      --enable-pbm            enable pbm device driver ()
      --enable-gnome          enable gnome device driver (no)

The configure script looks for default configuration options first in `./cf_plplot.in`. If that file is not found, the script then looks in `$HOME/config/cf_plplot.in`. Finally, if neither file is found or if the found file does not have a particular default option, then the script uses the above defaults. Here is one example of a default configuration file. Adapt this for your needs or else use the command-line parameters for the configuration file.

    # --*-sh-*---------------------------------------------------------------
    #
    # PLplot configure script default variables.
    #
    #
    # Note: the internal representation of the --with-<option> and
    # --enable-<option> command line switches actually uses an underscore,
    # e.g. with_<option> and enable_<option>.  Don't forget!
    #
    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Method to turn off Fortran and C++ bindings.

    enable_cxx="no"
    enable_f77="no"

    # Devices are selected by --enable or --disable on the command line, but
    # only shell variables of the form enable_<option> are recognized here.

    enable_tek4010="no"
    enable_mskermit="no"
    enable_conex="no"
    enable_vlt="no"
    enable_versaterm="no"
    enable_xfig="no"

    enable_dg300="no"
    enable_imp="no"
    enable_tek4107="no"
    enable_hp7470="no"
    enable_hp7580="no"

## Linux/Unix Building of C Programmes that Use the Installed PLplot Libraries

This is incomplete. NEEDS DOCUMENTATION. `$prefix/bin/plplot-config` is a useful tool for helping with building of C programmes that use the PLplot libraries.

    ./plplot-config --help
    Usage: plplot-config [OPTIONS]
    Options:
            [--prefix[=DIR]]
    	[--version]
    	[--libs]
    	[--cflags]
    	[--with-c++]
    	[--help]

For example, the `--cflags` parameter displays the flags for compiling, and the `--libs` parameter displays the flags for linking your application. The displayed flags are exactly consistent with the configuration specified when PLplot was last built and installed.

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