X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=b1413abc9a27a023c6151c6cc6360e8089d00761;hb=e05f13837227104f8fa3441ff1085982fab20e2c;hp=2eec8f1a60622678a67dae4d4408e29887d283ba;hpb=b03ad9b03a3cfec37db9bf6bb0912725959335e3;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 2eec8f1..b1413ab 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ INSTALLING SBCL 1.1. Quick start: + To run SBCL without installing it, from the top of binary distribution + directory: + + $ sh run-sbcl.sh + The following command installs SBCL and related documentation under - the "/usr/local" directory: - + the "/usr/local" directory (typically run as root): + # INSTALL_ROOT=/usr/local sh install.sh You can also install SBCL as a user, under your home directory: @@ -29,7 +34,11 @@ INSTALLING SBCL $ INSTALL_ROOT=/home/me sh install.sh In other words, "install.sh" installs SBCL under the directory named - by the environment variable "INSTALL_ROOT". + by the environment variable INSTALL_ROOT. + + If INSTALL_ROOT is not specified, SBCL is installed into location + configured at build-time: for official binary distributions under + "/usr/local" directory. If you install SBCL from binary distribution in other location than "/usr/local", see section 1.2, "Finding ancillary files". @@ -109,13 +118,30 @@ INSTALLING SBCL $ sh make.sh + To configure SBCL to install to a non-standard location, you can use + the --prefix option: + + $ sh make.sh --prefix=/opt/mysbcl + + This also sets the default SBCL_HOME to prefix/lib/sbcl/ for the + built binaries. + + To configure SBCL with a non-standard default dynamic-space size, + use the --dynamic-space-size option: + + $ sh make.sh --dynamic-space-size=1Gb + $ sh make.sh --dynamic-space-size=500Mb + + If mega- or gigabytes are not specified, the number is taken to be + in megabytes. The standard default is platform specific. + If you don't already have an SBCL binary installed as "sbcl" on your system, you'll need to tell make.sh what Lisp to use as the cross-compilation host. For example, to use CMUCL (assuming has been installed under its default name "lisp") as the cross-compilation host: - $ sh make.sh 'lisp -batch -noinit' + $ sh make.sh --xc-host='lisp -batch -noinit' The build may take a long time, especially on older hardware. A successful build ends with a message beginning: "The build seems to @@ -154,12 +180,27 @@ INSTALLING SBCL (pushnew x features)) (disable (x) (setf features (remove x features)))) - ;; Threading support, available on x86/x86-64 Linux only. + ;; Threading support. (enable :sb-thread))) This is the preferred way because it lets local changes interact cleanly with CVS changes to the main, global source tree. + Some features of interest: + + :SB-THREAD + Native threads. Enabled by default on x86[-64] Linux only, also + available on x86[-64] Max OS X, x86[-64] FreeBSD, x86 Solaris, + and PPC Linux. + + :SB-UNICODE + Unicode support. Enabled by default. Disabling this feature + limits characters to the 8-bit ISO-8859-1 set. + + :SB-XREF-FOR-INTERNALS + XREF data for SBCL internals. Not enabled by default, increases + core size by 5-6mb. + A catalog of available features and their meaning can be found in "base-target-features.lisp-expr". @@ -185,7 +226,7 @@ INSTALLING SBCL * Check that the host lisp you're building with is known to work as an SBCL build host, and that your operating system is supported. - + * Try to do a build without loading any initialization files for the cross-compilation host (for example "sh make.sh 'sbcl --userinit /dev/null --sysinit /dev/null'"). @@ -207,7 +248,7 @@ INSTALLING SBCL itself, it's a good idea.) Follow the "CVS Repository" link on for instructions. -2.5. Supported platforms +2.5. Supported platforms Last updated for SBCL 0.9.3.74 (2005-08-20). @@ -224,32 +265,38 @@ INSTALLING SBCL SBCL CMUCL - OpenMCL - CLISP (recent versions only) + CCL (formerly known as OpenMCL) ABCL (recent versions only) + CLISP (only some versions: 2.44.1 is OK, 2.47 is not) + XCL + Note that every release isn't tested with every possible host compiler. You're most likely to get a clean build with SBCL itself - as host, otherwise OpenMCL on a PPC and CMUCL elsewhere. + as host, otherwise CCL on a PPC and CMUCL elsewhere. Supported operating systems and architectures: - x86 PPC Alpha Sparc HPPA MIPS MIPSel x86-64 - Linux 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 X X X X X X X X - FreeBSD X + x86 x86-64 PPC Sparc Alpha MIPS MIPSel + Linux 2.6 X X X X X X X + Darwin (Mac OS X) X X X + Solaris X X + FreeBSD X X + NetBSD X X OpenBSD 3.4, 3.5 X - NetBSD X - Solaris X X - Tru64 X - Darwin (Mac OS X) X + Windows X Some operating systems are more equal than others: most of the - development and testing is done on x86 Linux and *BSD, PPC Linux - and Mac OS X. + development and testing is done on x86/x86-64 Linux and x86/PPC + Mac OS X. If an underprivileged platform is important to you, you can help by e.g. testing during the monthly freeze periods, and most importantly by reporting any problems. - If you need support beyond what is available on the mailing lists, - see "Consultants" in the "SUPPORT" file. + For further support, see Getting Support and Reporting Bugs + in the manual, or + + http://www.sbcl.org/manual/Getting-Support-and-Reporting-Bugs.html + + if you do not have the manual for some reason.