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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/INSTALL b/libjava/classpath/INSTALL index 91515076cd3..7da23666937 100644 --- a/libjava/classpath/INSTALL +++ b/libjava/classpath/INSTALL @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Installing GNU Classpath - Last updated: August 31, 2005 +Installing GNU Classpath - Last updated: September 7, 2005 First, this is a development release only! Unless you are interested in active development and debugging, or just like running random alpha code, @@ -31,12 +31,17 @@ Suggested Software --with-jikes, --with-gcj, --with-ecj or --with-kjc as argument to configure; the present default is gcj. - - GCJ 3.3+ (part of the GNU GCC package). + - GCJ 4.0+ (part of the GNU GCC package). - IBM jikes 1.19+. - Eclipse Compiler for Java 3.1+ - The kjc compiler is supported with configure but we have been unable to successfully compile with it. + IMPORTANT: Versions of GCJ which are earlier than 4.0 contain + bugs which make it impossible to compile the class library and + are *not* supported any more. If you are stuck on a system where + GCC 3.x is the system compiler we recommend using Jikes. + For building the gtk+ AWT peer JNI native libraries, the following are required unless --disable-gtk-peer is used as an argument to configure. @@ -74,6 +79,29 @@ Suggested Software - texinfo 4.2 or higher. + For building the ALSA midi provider code you will need + ALSA. http://www.alsa-project.org. + + For building the DSSI midi synthesizer provider code you will + need DSSI from http://dssi.sourceforge.net. This, in turn, + introduces many dependencies, including: + + - liblo: the Lightweight OSC implementation + http://plugin.org.uk/liblo/ + + - LADSPA: Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API + http://www.ladspa.org + + - the JACK Audio Connection Kit: A low latency audio server + http://jackit.sourceforge.net + + - libsndfile: an audio file I/O library + http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ + + - fluidsynth: a real-time SoundFont 2 based soft-synth + http://www.fluidsynth.org/ + + This package was designed to use the GNU standard for configuration and makefiles. To build and install do the following: @@ -99,8 +127,7 @@ gives a complete list. --enable-Werror whether to compile C code with -Werror which turns any compiler warning into a compilation failure default=no - --enable-xmlj compile native libxml/xslt library default=no - --with-gjdoc generate documentation using gjdoc default=no + --with-gjdoc generate documentation using gjdoc default=no --with-jay Regenerate the parsers with jay must be given the path to the jay executable |