[libpng16] Revised the INSTALL document.

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Glenn Randers-Pehrson
2014-10-24 22:37:46 -05:00
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INSTALL
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@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ Contents
VIII. Configuring libpng for 16-bit platforms
IX. Configuring for DOS
X. Configuring for Medium Model
XI. Omitted
XI. Prepending a prefix to exported symbols
XII. Configuring for compiler xxx:
XIII. Removing unwanted object code
XIV. Changes to the build and configuration of libpng in libpng-1.5.x
XV. Configuring libpng for multiprocessing
XVI. Other sources of information about libpng:
XVI. Other sources of information about libpng
I. Simple installation
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ On Unix/Linux and similar systems, you can simply type
make check
make install
and ignore the rest of this document.
and ignore the rest of this document. "/path" is the path to the directory
where you want to install the libpng "lib", "include", and "bin"
subdirectories.
Note that "configure" is only included in the "*.tar" distributions and not
in the "*.zip" or "*.7z" distributions. If you downloaded one of those
distributions, see "Building with project files" or "Building with makefiles",
below.
II. Rebuilding the configure scripts
@@ -64,8 +71,8 @@ Or you can use one of the "projects" in the "projects" directory.
Before installing libpng, you must first install zlib, if it
is not already on your system. zlib can usually be found
wherever you got libpng. zlib can be placed in another directory,
at the same level as libpng.
wherever you got libpng; otherwise go to http://zlib.net. You can place
zlib in in the same directory as libpng or in another directory.
If your system already has a preinstalled zlib you will still need
to have access to the zlib.h and zconf.h include files that
@@ -93,6 +100,10 @@ If you want to use "cmake" (see www.cmake.org), type
make
make install
As when using the simple configure method described above, "/path" points to
the installation directory where you want to put the libpng "lib", "include",
and "bin" subdirectories.
V. Directory structure
You can rename the directories that you downloaded (they
@@ -105,8 +116,7 @@ Your directory structure should look like this:
libpng (this directory)
INSTALL (this file)
README
*.h
*.c
*.h, *.c => libpng source files
CMakeLists.txt => "cmake" script
configuration files:
configure.ac, configure, Makefile.am, Makefile.in,
@@ -114,15 +124,9 @@ Your directory structure should look like this:
libpng-config.in, aclocal.m4, config.h.in, config.sub,
depcomp, install-sh, mkinstalldirs, test-pngtest.sh
contrib
gregbook
libtests
pngminim
pngminus
pngsuite
visupng
gregbook, libtests, pngminim, pngminus, pngsuite, visupng
projects
visualc71
vstudio
cbuilder5, owatcom, visualc71, vstudio, xcode
scripts
makefile.*
*.def (module definition files)
@@ -130,11 +134,7 @@ Your directory structure should look like this:
pngtest.png
etc.
zlib
README
*.h
*.c
contrib
etc.
README, *.h, *.c contrib, etc.
If the line endings in the files look funny, you may wish to get the other
distribution of libpng. It is available in both tar.gz (UNIX style line
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ endings) and zip (DOS style line endings) formats.
VI. Building with project files
If you are building libpng with MSVC, you can enter the
libpng projects\visualc6 or visualc71 directory and follow the instructions
libpng projects\visualc71 or vstudio directory and follow the instructions
in README.txt.
Otherwise enter the zlib directory and follow the instructions in zlib/README,
@@ -204,7 +204,16 @@ the end for pointers (or at least look at them and be careful). Make
note that the rows of data are defined as png_bytepp, which is
an "unsigned char far * far *".
XI. Omitted.
XI. Prepending a prefix to exported symbols
Starting with libpng-1.6.0, you can configure libpng (when using the
"configure" script) to prefix all exported symbols by means of the
configuration option "--with-libpng-prefix=FOO_", where FOO_ can be any
string beginning with a letter and containing only uppercase
and lowercase letters, digits, and the underscore (i.e., a C language
identifier). This creates a set of macros in pnglibconf.h, so this is
transparent to applications; their function calls get transformed by
the macros to use the modified names.
XII. Configuring for compiler xxx:
@@ -313,11 +322,12 @@ unmodified, default, libpng API and thus would probably fail to link.
These mechanisms still work in the configure build and in any makefile
build that builds pnglibconf.h, although the feature selection macros
have changed somewhat as described above. In 1.5.0, however, pngusr.h is
processed only once, when the exported header file pnglibconf.h is built.
pngconf.h no longer includes pngusr.h, therefore pngusr.h is ignored after the
build of pnglibconf.h and it is never included in an application build.
processed only once, at the time the exported header file pnglibconf.h is
built. pngconf.h no longer includes pngusr.h; therefore, pngusr.h is ignored
after the build of pnglibconf.h and it is never included in an application
build.
The rarely used alternative of adding a list of feature macros to the
The formerly used alternative of adding a list of feature macros to the
CPPFLAGS setting in the build also still works; however, the macros will be
copied to pnglibconf.h and this may produce macro redefinition warnings
when the individual C files are compiled.
@@ -333,12 +343,19 @@ functioning awk called 'nawk'.
Configuration options are now documented in scripts/pnglibconf.dfa. This
file also includes dependency information that ensures a configuration is
consistent; that is, if a feature is switched off dependent features are
also removed. As a recommended alternative to using feature macros in
consistent; that is, if a feature is switched off, dependent features are
also switched off. As a recommended alternative to using feature macros in
pngusr.h a system builder may also define equivalent options in pngusr.dfa
(or, indeed, any file) and add that to the configuration by setting
DFA_XTRA to the file name. The makefiles in contrib/pngminim illustrate
how to do this, and a case where pngusr.h is still required.
how to do this, and also illustrate a case where pngusr.h is still required.
After you have built libpng, the definitions that were recorded in
pnglibconf.h are available to your application (pnglibconf.h is included
in png.h and gets installed alongside png.h and pngconf.h in your
$PREFIX/include directory). Do not edit pnglibconf.h after you have built
libpng, because than the settings would not accurately reflect the settings
that were used to build libpng.
XV. Configuring libpng for multiprocessing