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asymptote: Compiling from UNIX source

 
 2.6 Compiling from UNIX source
 ==============================
 
 To compile and install a 'UNIX' executable from the source release
 'asymptote-x.xx.src.tgz' in the subdirectory 'x.xx' under
 
    <http://sourceforge.net/projects/asymptote/files/>
 
    execute the commands:
 gunzip asymptote-x.xx.src.tgz
 tar -xf asymptote-x.xx.src.tar
 cd asymptote-x.xx
    By default the system version of the Boehm garbage collector will be
 used; if it is old we recommend first putting
 <http://hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-7.4.2.tar.gz>
 <http://www.ivmaisoft.com/_bin/atomic_ops/libatomic_ops-7.4.2.tar.gz> in
 the 'Asymptote' source directory.
 
    On 'UNIX' platforms (other than 'MacOS X'), we recommend using
 version '3.0.0' of the 'freeglut' library.  To compile 'freeglut',
 download
      <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freeglut/freeglut-3.0.0.tar.gz>
 and type (as the root user):
 gunzip freeglut-3.0.0.tar.gz
 tar -xf freeglut-3.0.0.tar
 cd freeglut-3.0.0
 ./configure --prefix=/usr
 cmake .
 make
 make install
 cd ..
 
    Then compile 'Asymptote' with the commands
 ./configure
 make all
 make install
 Be sure to use GNU 'make' (on non-GNU systems this command may be called
 'gmake').  To build the documentation, you may need to install the
 'texinfo-tex' package.  If you get errors from a broken 'texinfo' or
 'pdftex' installation, simply put
      <http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/asymptote.pdf>
 in the directory 'doc' and repeat the command 'make all'.
 
 For a (default) system-wide installation, the last command should be
 done as the root user.  To install without root privileges, change the
 './configure' command to
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/asymptote
    One can disable use of the Boehm garbage collector by configuring
 with './configure --disable-gc'.  For a list of other configuration
 options, say './configure --help'.  For example, one can tell configure
 to look for header files and libraries in nonstandard locations:
 ./configure CXXFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib
 
    If you are compiling 'Asymptote' with 'gcc', you will need a
 relatively recent version (e.g. 3.4.4 or later).  For full interactive
 functionality, you will need version 4.3 or later of the GNU 'readline'
 library.  The file 'gcc3.3.2curses.patch' in the 'patches' directory can
 be used to patch the broken curses.h header file (or a local copy
 thereof in the current directory) on some 'AIX' and 'IRIX' systems.
 
    The 'FFTW' library is only required if you want 'Asymptote' to be
 able to take Fourier transforms of data (say, to compute an audio power
 spectrum).  The 'GSL' library is only required if you require the
 special functions that it supports.
 
    If you don't want to install 'Asymptote' system wide, just make sure
 the compiled binary 'asy' and GUI script 'xasy' are in your path and set
 the configuration variable 'dir' to point to the directory 'base' (in
 the top level directory of the 'Asymptote' source code).
 

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