auctex: Configure
1.2.2 Configure
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The first step is to configure the source code, telling it where various
files will be. To do so, run
./configure OPTIONS
(Note: if you have fetched AUCTeX from Git rather than a regular
release, you will have to first follow the instructions in
'README.GIT').
On many machines, you will not need to specify any options, but if
'configure' cannot determine something on its own, you'll need to help
it out with one of these options:
'--prefix=/usr/local'
All automatic placements for package components will be chosen from
sensible existing hierarchies below this: directories like 'man',
'share' and 'bin' are supposed to be directly below PREFIX.
Only if no workable placement can be found there, in some cases an
alternative search will be made in a prefix deduced from a suitable
binary.
'/usr/local' is the default PREFIX, intended to be suitable for a
site-wide installation. If you are packaging this as an operating
system component for distribution, the setting '/usr' will probably
be the right choice. If you are planning to install the package as
a single non-priviledged user, you will typically set PREFIX to
your home directory.
'--with-emacs[=/PATH/TO/EMACS]'
If you are using a pretest which isn't in your '$PATH', or
'configure' is not finding the right Emacs executable, you can
specify it with this option.
The Emacs installation scheme has the following options:
'--with-lispdir=/DIR'
This Emacs-only option specifies the location of the 'site-lisp'
directory within 'load-path' under which the files will get
installed (the bulk will get installed in a subdirectory).
'./configure' should figure this out by itself.
'--with-auctexstartfile=auctex.el'
'--with-previewstartfile=preview-latex.el'
This is the name of the respective startup files. If LISPDIR
contains a subdirectory 'site-start.d', the start files are placed
there, and 'site-start.el' should load them automatically. Please
be aware that you must not move the start files after installation
since other files are found _relative_ to them.
'--with-packagelispdir=auctex'
This is the directory where the bulk of the package gets located.
The startfile adds this into LOAD-PATH.
'--with-auto-dir=/DIR'
You can use this option to specify the directory containing
automatically generated information. It is not necessary for most
TeX installs, but may be used if you don't like the directory that
configure is suggesting.
'--help'
This is not an option specific to AUCTeX. A number of standard
options to 'configure' exist, and we do not have the room to
describe them here; a short description of each is available, using
'--help'. If you use '--help=recursive', then also
preview-latex-specific options will get listed.
'--disable-preview'
This disables configuration and installation of preview-latex.
This option is not actually recommended. If your Emacs does not
support images, you should really upgrade to a newer version.
Distributors should, if possible, refrain from distributing AUCTeX
and preview-latex separately in order to avoid confusion and
upgrade hassles if users install partial packages on their own.
'--with-texmf-dir=/DIR
--without-texmf-dir'
This option is used for specifying a TDS-compliant directory
hierarchy. Using '--with-texmf-dir=/DIR' you can specify where the
TeX TDS directory hierarchy resides, and the TeX files will get
installed in '/DIR/tex/latex/preview/'.
If you use the '--without-texmf-dir' option, the TeX-related files
will be kept in the Emacs Lisp tree, and at runtime the 'TEXINPUTS'
environment variable will be made to point there. You can install
those files into your own TeX tree at some later time with 'M-x
preview-install-styles RET'.
'--with-tex-dir=/DIR'
If you want to specify an exact directory for the preview TeX
files, use '--with-tex-dir=/DIR'. In this case, the files will be
placed in '/DIR', and you'll also need the following option:
'--with-doc-dir=/DIR'
This option may be used to specify where the TeX documentation
goes. It is to be used when you are using '--with-tex-dir=/DIR',
but is normally not necessary otherwise.
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