misc fixes to get rrdtool working without included libraries.

[rrdtool.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index dba9e27..47f727f 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/lib
+

   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.


@@ -40,8 +60,8 @@ directory, you can also use
 
   make site-perl-install
 
 
   make site-perl-install
 

-will install the perl modules whereever you keep your local perl modules.
-Doing this reliefs you from using 'use lib' in your scripts.
+this will install the perl modules 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
 one it will build a TCL interface for rrdtool. If you keep tcl in a non
 
 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


@@ -113,7 +133,7 @@ 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>