[Integrit-users] Re: integrit comilation help

[Ed L C. <ec...@te...>]

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alb...@cr... writes:

> Hello Mr Cashin,

Hi!  I am taking a work break.

> I'm very interested to use your program. I found your program by
> Google search.  I'd like to use it in a win32 environment.  I know
> nothing about any computer language and i have some difficulties to
> make your program work.
>
> Integrit has to be compiled ( i understood that :-) ) but i don't
> know what comilation program i need and wich libraries.  Excuse me
> to bother you with this question, i don't want you to teach me unix
> in a nutshell; but i would appreciate much if you could give me this
> "clue".

You are right that integrit (at least as distributed by me) must be
compiled first.  I'll try to give you some pointers that will help you
to find the information you need:

  integrit follows many GNU software guidelines, so building it
  consists of these steps:

    * download compressed tar file

    * un-gzip and un-tar the file using the gzip and tar tools

    * enter the new integrit-2.02 (or whatever) directory

    * read the README and INSTALL files

    * proceed

  The build process is done for you by a script called "configure" and
  the make tool.

  I always compile integrit with gcc and GNU make, so these are some
  tools that you can get and learn about:

    * gcc - the GNU compiler collection; a free set of compilers,
      including a C compiler (integrit is written in the C programming
      language)

    * GNU make - make is a tool that coordinates all of the complex
      steps in building software.  (also free)

  Along the way, texinfo documentation will help you.  If you have
  info installed, you can type the command, "info", to start viewing
  the documentation.  It will tell you about gzip, tar, make, gcc,
  etc. 

> Last but not least : will integrit work in win32 environment ?

I haven't tried it.  Since you aren't familiar with building
UNIX-style software, it might be frustrating to try to build it in
Windows.  There are, however, some people who excel at building UN*X
style tools on Windows:

  http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

And there's cygwin, which I'm less familiar with but which is gaining
popularity:

  http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/

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