doc/installation.xml

   1 <chapter id="installation">
   2   <!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.6 2002-10-23 21:23:29 adam Exp $ -->
   3   <title>Installation</title>
   4   <para>
   5    You need a C++ compiler to compile and use YAZ++.
   6    The software was implemented using GCC so we know that works
   7    well with YAZ++. From time to time the software has been
   8    compiled on Windows using Visual C++. Other compilers should
   9    work too. Let us know of portability problems, etc. with
  10    your system.
  11   </para>
  12   <para>
  13    YAZ++ is built on top of the
  14    <ulink url="http://indexdata.dk/yaz/">YAZ</ulink>
  15    toolkit.
  16    You need to install that first.
  17    For some platforms there are binary packages for YAZ.
  18   </para>
  19   <section id="unix">
  20    <title>Building on Unix</title>
  21    <para>On UNIX, the software is compiled as follows:
  22     <screen>
  23      $ ./configure
  24      $ make
  25      $ su
  26      # make install
  27     </screen>
  28    </para>
  29    <para>
  30     You can supply options for the <literal>configure</literal> script.
  31     The most useful ones are:
  32     <variablelist>
  33      <varlistentry>
  34       <term><literal>--prefix </literal>directory</term>
  35       <listitem><para>
  36         Specifies installation prefix. By default
  37         <literal>/usr/local</literal> is used.
  38        </para></listitem>
  39      </varlistentry>
  40      <varlistentry>
  41       <term><literal>--with-yazconfig </literal>directory</term>
  42       <listitem><para>
  43         Specifies the location of <filename>yaz-config</filename>.
  44         The <filename>yaz-config</filename> program is generated in
  45         the source directory of YAZ as well as the binaries
  46         directory when YAZ is installed (via make install).
  47         </para>
  48        <para>
  49         If you don't supply this option, <literal>configure</literal> will
  50         look for <filename>yaz-config</filename> in directories of the
  51         <envar>PATH</envar> environment - which is nearly always
  52         what you want.
  53        </para></listitem>
  54      </varlistentry>
  55     </variablelist>
  56     For the whole list of <literal>configure</literal> options, refer
  57     to the help:
  58     <literal>./configure --help</literal>.
  59    </para>
  60    <para>
  61     This is what you have after successful compilation:
  62     <variablelist>
  63      <varlistentry>
  64       <term><literal>src/yaz-proxy</literal></term>
  65       <listitem><para>
  66         The YAZ <link linkend="proxy">Z39.50 Proxy</link> utility.
  67         This program gets installed in your binaries directory
  68         (<parameter>prefix</parameter><literal>/bin</literal>).
  69        </para></listitem>
  70      </varlistentry>
  71
  72      <varlistentry>
  73       <term><literal>lib/libyaz++.la</literal></term>
  74       <listitem><para>
  75         The YAZ++ library, including the
  76         <link linkend="zoom">ZOOM-C++</link> classes.
  77         This library gets installed in your libraries directory
  78         (<parameter>prefix</parameter><literal>/lib</literal>).
  79        </para></listitem>
  80      </varlistentry>
  81
  82      <varlistentry>
  83       <term><literal>include/yaz++/*.h</literal></term>
  84       <listitem><para>
  85         Various C++ header files, which you'll need for YAZ
  86         development. All these are installed in your header files area
  87         (<parameter>prefix</parameter><literal>/include/yaz++</literal>).
  88        </para></listitem>
  89      </varlistentry>
  90
  91      <varlistentry>
  92       <term><literal>yaz++-config</literal></term>
  93       <listitem><para>
  94         A Bourne shell-script utility that returns the values of the
  95         <envar>CFLAGS</envar> and <envar>LIBS</envar>
  96         environment variables
  97         needed in order to compile your applications with the YAZ++
  98         library.  This script gets installed in your binaries directory
  99         (<parameter>prefix</parameter><literal>/bin</literal>).
 100        </para></listitem>
 101      </varlistentry>
 102
 103      <varlistentry>
 104       <term><literal>zoom/zclient</literal></term>
 105       <listitem><para>
 106         ZOOM C++ demonstration client. This client does not
 107         get installed in the system directories.
 108        </para></listitem>
 109      </varlistentry>
 110
 111      <varlistentry>
 112       <term><literal>src/yaz-my-client</literal></term>
 113       <listitem><para>
 114         YAZ C++ demonstration client. This client does not
 115         get installed in the system directories.
 116        </para></listitem>
 117      </varlistentry>
 118
 119      <varlistentry>
 120       <term><literal>src/yaz-my-server</literal></term>
 121       <listitem><para>
 122         YAZ C++ demonstration server. This server does not
 123         get installed in the system directories.
 124        </para></listitem>
 125      </varlistentry>
 126     </variablelist>
 127    </para>
 128   </section>
 129   <section id="windows">
 130    <title>Building on Windows</title>
 131    <para>
 132     You'll find Visual Studio project files in sub directory
 133     <filename>win</filename>. Open workspace <filename>yazxx.dsw</filename>
 134     which includes the following projects:
 135     <variablelist>
 136      <varlistentry>
 137       <term><literal>yazxx.dsp</literal></term>
 138        <listitem><para>
 139         Builds the <filename>yazxx.dll</filename>.
 140        </para></listitem>
 141      </varlistentry>
 142      <varlistentry>
 143       <term><literal>yazclient.dsp</literal></term>
 144        <listitem><para>
 145         Builds the sample client <filename>yazmyclient.exe</filename>.
 146        </para></listitem>
 147      </varlistentry>
 148      <varlistentry>
 149       <term><literal>yazserver.dsp</literal></term>
 150        <listitem><para>
 151         Builds the sample server <filename>yazmyserver.exe</filename>.
 152        </para></listitem>
 153      </varlistentry>
 154      <varlistentry>
 155       <term><literal>yazserver.dsp</literal></term>
 156        <listitem><para>
 157         Builds the proxy <filename>yazproxy.exe</filename>.
 158        </para></listitem>
 159      </varlistentry>
 160     </variablelist>
 161    </para>
 162   </section>
 163  </chapter>
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