Configuration:

-h, --help

display this help and exit

--help=short

display options specific to this package

--help=recursive

display the short help of all the included packages

-V, --version

display version information and exit

-q, --quiet, --silent

do not print "checking..." messages

--cache-file=FILE

cache test results in FILE [disabled by default]

-C, --config-cache

alias for --cache-file=config.cache

-n, --no-create

do not create output files

--srcdir=DIR

find the sources in DIR [configure dir or .. by default]

Installation directories:

--prefix=PREFIX

install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local by default]

--exec-prefix=EPREFIX

install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX by default]

Tip

By default, make install will install all the files in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than /usr/local using --prefix, for instance --prefix=$HOME.

Fine tuning of the installation directories:

Tip

For better control, use the options below. Defaults are shown within brackets.

--bindir=DIR

user executables [EPREFIX/bin]

--sbindir=DIR

system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]

--libexecdir=DIR

program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]

--datadir=DIR

read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share]

--sysconfdir=DIR

read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]

--sharedstatedir=DIR

modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]

--localstatedir=DIR

modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]

--libdir=DIR

object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]

--includedir=DIR

C header files [PREFIX/include]

--oldincludedir=DIR

C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]

--infodir=DIR

info documentation [PREFIX/info]

--mandir=DIR

man documentation [PREFIX/man]

Program names:

--program-prefix=PREFIX

prepend PREFIX to installed program names

--program-suffix=SUFFIX

append SUFFIX to installed program names

--program-transform-name=PROGRAM

run sed PROGRAM on installed program names

System types:

--build=BUILD

configure for building on BUILD [guessed]

--host=HOST

cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]

Some influential environment variables:

Tip

Use these variables to override the choices made by configure or to help it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.

CC

C compiler command

CFLAGS

C compiler flags

LDFLAGS

linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a nonstandard directory <lib dir>

CPPFLAGS

C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>

CPP

C preprocessor

Optional Features:

Note

It works as is: --enable-feature enables the feature, --disable-feature or --enable-feature=no disables the feature.

By default, the --enable-feature option is not enabled, you should pass it if you want to get it, the --disable-xxx option is not disabled, you should pass it if you want to disable it.

--enable-auto-optimization

optimizes the build process for a given architecture if possible

How: rely on the result of:

1. uname -p or grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo | cut -d: -f2 to detect the architecture

2. the version of gcc to pass the arguments

Tested gcc versions: 3.2.*, 3.0.*, 2.95.*

Machines: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4CPU, Pentium III, AMD-K6 (tm) 3D, Pentium 75 - 200, Pentium II, AMD Athlon(TM) XP

Other machines are ignored

--enable-gcc3-optimization

optimizes the build process for a given architecture if possible

Machines: i386, i486, pentium, pentium-mmx, pentiumpro, pentium2, pentium3, pentium4, k6, k6-2, k6-3, athlon, athlon-tbird, athlon-4, athlon-xp, athlon-mp, winchip-c6, winchip2, c3

Other machines are ignored

--enable-gcc2-optimization

optimizes the build process for a given architecture if possible

Machines: i386, i486, pentium, pentiumpro, k6

Other machines are ignored

--enable-debugging-output

turns debugging output on (this option impacts performance)

--disable-splash-screen

suppresses the display of the splash screen at launch time (Bluefish launches faster)

--enable-highlight-profiling

outputs statistics on where the program spends most of its time when highlighting patterns.

Usage: for debugging highlight patterns or trying to optimize the program

--enable-development

enables development checks (slows down the program)

--enable-gprof-profiling

outputs statistics on where the program spends most of its time by generating extra code to write profile information suitable for the analysis. (slows down the program)

--enable-gcoc-coverage

Purpose: to be able to collect statistics on how many times each branch is executed and how long it has lasted. Creates data files for the gcov code-coverage utility. (slows down the program)

--disable-nls

disables the Native Language Support

Optional Packages:

Note

This works as is: --with-xxx=foo enables the flag, --without-xxx disables it. When not enabled, the default is used.

--with-icon-path

customized path for the icon.

Usage: --with-icon-path=customizedpath

Defaults to: /usr/share/pixmaps

--with-gnome1-menu

customized path for the gnome1 menu.

Usage: --with-gnome1-menu=customizedpath

Defaults to: /usr/share/gnome/apps/

--with-gnome2-prefix

customized path for the gnome2 menu and mime-type

Usage: --with-gnome2-prefix=customizedpath

Defaults to: /usr/share/

--with-libiconv-prefix

customized path for libiconv top level installation.

Usage: --with-libiconv-prefix=customizeddir

Effect: searches for libiconv in customizeddir/include and customizeddir/lib

--with-included-gettext

use the GNU gettext library included in the package