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Configure script options

Standard options

Standard options
The usual standard options for configure scripts created by the GNU autoconf are available to request help, set the installation prefix, fine-tune installation directories….

DK tools specific options

Software suite to install

Use --with-suite=suite to choose the software suite to install:

Suite	Programs contained
rescue	Just those command line interface (CLI) programs useful on a rescue live system
cli	Command line interface programs
gui	Command line interface and graphical user interface programs
auto	Leave decision between “cli” and “gui” up to the configure script depending on the libraries and headers found. This is the default.

Systemd directory

Option	Default	Purpose
--with-systemd=dir	Disabled	Directory for systemd *.service files. Default: none

Documentation

Option	Default	Purpose
--enable-docu	Enabled	Install the documentation
--enable-man-pages	Enabled	Install man pages

Developer support

Option	Default	Purpose
--enable-devel	Enabled	Install developer support (libraries and header files)
--enable-debug	Disabled	Install debug symbol packages
--enable-warnings	Enabled	Request additional warnings when using gcc or clang to build
--enable-assertions	Disabled	Use assert() instruction. Useful for clang static code analysis

Static or shared libraries, packaging

Option	Default	Purpose
--enable-static	Enabled	Build and install static libraries
--enable-shared	Disabled	Build and install shared libraries
--enable-packaging	Disabled	Build and install shared libraries, link binary programs against the shared libraries
--enable-link-so-so	Disabled	Link shared libraries against shared libraries they depend on
--enable-link-so-libc	Disabled	Link shared libraries against libc shared library
--enable-libs-internal	Disabled	Place shared libraries in a “dktools” subdirectory of /…/lib
--enable-rpath	Disabled	Use -rpath when linking executables

Backward compatibility

Option	Default	Purpose
--enable-corrections	Disabled	Apply corrections to Makefile for a legacy Solaris system equipped with an old C compiler
--enable-fallback	Disabled	Allow fallback to hard-coded numeric limits when missing SIZE_MAX, SCHAR_MAX…

Windows version

When building DK tools for Windows we have to specify the Windows version to build for.
This option is only used when doing cross-builds for Windows on Fedora.

Option	Default	Purpose
--with-windows=version	Disabled	Windows version to build for. One from: “10”, “8.1”, “8”, “7”, “VISTA”, “XPSP3”, “XP”

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See all options

Use

./configure --help

to see a complete option list.

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