started updating for 1.2 release

[rrdtool.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index dba9e27..02e9c21 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,22 +14,45 @@ 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
+
+the configure program will try to use the libraries with out adding any extra
+flags apart from the ones defined in CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS. If this does not
+work it will try to get information from pkgconfig.
+
+If your libraries are not installed in standard places and you do not have
+pkgconfig support, then you may want to set CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS to help
+configure while it tries to find the libraries.
+
+  env CPPFLAGS="-I/scratch/oetiker/cgilib-0.5 \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/libs/include/libart-2.0 \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/libs/include \
+                -I/scratch/oetiker/libs/include/freetype2" \
+       LDFLAGS="-L/scratch/oetiker/libs/lib -R/scratch/oetiker/libs/lib \
+                -L/scratch/oetiker/cgilib-0.5" ./configure 
+

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

+

   make install     <------ GNU make
 
 This will configure, compile and install RRDtool in
 /usr/local/rrdtool-VERSION. If you prefer to install RRDtool in some other
 place, use
 
   make install     <------ GNU make
 
 This will configure, compile and install RRDtool in
 /usr/local/rrdtool-VERSION. If you prefer to install RRDtool in some other
 place, use
 

-  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
+  ./configure --prefix=/some/other/RRDtool-dir

 
 

-The configure script will try to find your perl installation (5.004
+The configure script will try to find your perl installation (5.008

 preferred). If it does not find it, you can still build RRDtool but no perl
 modules will be generated.
 
 preferred). If it does not find it, you can still build RRDtool but no perl
 modules will be generated.
 


@@ -38,13 +61,14 @@ 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  wherever 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


@@ -52,8 +76,8 @@ standard location you can use
 to indicte the right version (note, this must point to the directory where
 tclConfig.sh is located). Note that install will integrate the tcl bindings
 into your tcl installation. It will use a separate directory for each
 to indicte the right version (note, this must point to the directory where
 tclConfig.sh is located). Note that install will integrate the tcl bindings
 into your tcl installation. It will use a separate directory for each

-version though, so this is not much of a problem. Never the less the TCL
-module will not get intalled by default as TCL wants its module in the base
+version though, so this is not much of a problem. Nevertheless the Tcl
+module will not get intalled by default as Tcl wants its module in the base

 tcl installation where you might not be able to write to. So if you want the
 tcl stuff installed, type
 
 tcl installation where you might not be able to write to. So if you want the
 tcl stuff installed, type
 


@@ -113,7 +137,7 @@ 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>