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[rrdtool.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index dba9e27..b3631ba 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,8 +14,33 @@ values collected over a definable time period.
 To compile:
 -----------
 
 To compile:
 -----------
 

-  sh configure
+  you need the following libraries installed on your system.
+
+   cgilib-0.5.tar.gz
+   freetype-2.1.5.tar.gz
+   libart_lgpl-2.3.16.tar.gz
+   libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz
+   zlib-1.2.1.tar.gz
+
+  you can either get these libraries directly from their original sites
+  or you can get copies from 
+
+   http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/libs
+
+  if the libraries are not installed in standard places you may need
+  to set CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS accordingly. This will be improved in further
+  editions of this developers series. Here is an example call.
+
+  env CPPFLAGS="-I/scratch/oetiker/cgilib-0.5 \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/lib/include/libart-2.0 \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/lib/include \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/lib/include/freetype2" \
+       LDFLAGS="-L/scratch/oetiker/lib/lib -R/scratch/oetiker/lib/lib \
+                -L/scratch/oetiker/cgilib-0.5" \
+      ./configure --prefix=/scratch/oetiker/rrdtool
+

   make             <------ GNU make
   make             <------ GNU make

+

   make install     <------ GNU make
 
 This will configure, compile and install RRDtool in
   make install     <------ GNU make
 
 This will configure, compile and install RRDtool in


@@ -24,11 +49,6 @@ place, use
 
   sh configure --prefix=/some/other/RRDtool-dir
 
 
   sh configure --prefix=/some/other/RRDtool-dir
 

-If you prefer to live with shared libraries, make sure you add the
---enable-shared option to your configure call.
-
-  sh configure --enable-shared
-

 The configure script will try to find your perl installation (5.004
 preferred). If it does not find it, you can still build RRDtool but no perl
 modules will be generated.
 The configure script will try to find your perl installation (5.004
 preferred). If it does not find it, you can still build RRDtool but no perl
 modules will be generated.


@@ -38,13 +58,14 @@ directory. This will require you to use a 'use lib' statement in your
 RRDtool perl programs. If you do not care what happens to your site-perl
 directory, you can also use
 
 RRDtool perl programs. If you do not care what happens to your site-perl
 directory, you can also use
 

-  make site-perl-install
+   --enable-perl-site-install 

 
 

-will install the perl modules whereever you keep your local perl modules.
-Doing this reliefs you from using 'use lib' in your scripts.
+when running configure to have the RRD perl modules installed  whereever you
+keep your local perl modules. Doing this reliefs you from using 'use lib' in
+your scripts.

 
 Configure will also look for an TCL installation on your system. If it finds
 
 Configure will also look for an TCL installation on your system. If it finds

-one it will build a TCL interface for rrdtool. If you keep tcl in a non
+one it will build a TCL interface for RRDtool. If you keep tcl in a non

 standard location you can use
 
   sh configure --with-tcllib=/sw/tcl-8.3/lib
 standard location you can use
 
   sh configure --with-tcllib=/sw/tcl-8.3/lib


@@ -113,7 +134,7 @@ Use GNU   diff --unified --recursive olddir newdir   to build your patches.
 
 The latest Version:
 -------------------
 
 The latest Version:
 -------------------

-Is available from http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/
+Is available from http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/

 
 
 Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>
 
 
 Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>