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6 </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="configure.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 2. Setup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="manual.intro.setup"></a>Chapter 2. Setup</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="setup.html#manual.intro.setup.prereq">Prerequisites</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="configure.html">Configure</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="make.html">Make</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>To transform libstdc++ sources into installed include files
7 and properly built binaries useful for linking to other software is
8 a multi-step process. Steps include getting the sources,
9 configuring and building the sources, testing, and installation.
10 </p><p>The general outline of commands is something like:
11 </p><pre class="programlisting">
12 <span class="emphasis"><em>get gcc sources</em></span>
13 <span class="emphasis"><em>extract into gccsrcdir</em></span>
14 mkdir <span class="emphasis"><em>gccbuilddir</em></span>
15 cd <span class="emphasis"><em>gccbuilddir</em></span>
16 <span class="emphasis"><em>gccsrcdir</em></span>/configure --prefix=<span class="emphasis"><em>destdir</em></span> --other-opts...
21 Each step is described in more detail in the following sections.
22 </p><div class="section" title="Prerequisites"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="manual.intro.setup.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h2></div></div></div><p>
23 Because libstdc++ is part of GCC, the primary source for
24 installation instructions is
25 <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/install/" target="_top">the GCC install page</a>.
26 In particular, list of prerequisite software needed to build the library
27 <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html" target="_top">
28 starts with those requirements.</a> The same pages also list
29 the tools you will need if you wish to modify the source.
31 Additional data is given here only where it applies to libstdc++.
32 </p><p>As of GCC 4.0.1 the minimum version of binutils required to build
33 libstdc++ is <code class="code">2.15.90.0.1.1</code>. You can get snapshots
34 (as well as releases) of binutils from
35 <a class="link" href="ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/" target="_top">
36 ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils</a>.
37 Older releases of libstdc++ do not require such a recent version,
38 but to take full advantage of useful space-saving features and
39 bug-fixes you should use a recent binutils whenever possible.
40 The configure process will automatically detect and use these
41 features if the underlying support is present.
43 To generate the API documentation from the sources you will need
44 Doxygen, see <a class="link" href="documentation_hacking.html" title="Writing and Generating Documentation">Documentation
45 Hacking</a> in the appendix for full details.
47 Finally, a few system-specific requirements:
48 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">linux</span></dt><dd><p>
49 If GCC 3.1.0 or later on is being used on GNU/Linux, an attempt
50 will be made to use "C" library functionality necessary for
51 C++ named locale support. For GCC 4.6.0 and later, this
52 means that glibc 2.3 or later is required.
54 If the 'gnu' locale model is being used, the following
55 locales are used and tested in the libstdc++ testsuites.
56 The first column is the name of the locale, the second is
57 the character set it is expected to use.
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60 de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15
65 en_US.ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-1
66 en_US.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15
71 fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
75 ru_RU.ISO-8859-5 ISO-8859-5
80 </pre><p>Failure to have installed the underlying "C" library
81 locale information for any of the above regions means that
82 the corresponding C++ named locale will not work: because of
83 this, the libstdc++ testsuite will skip named locale tests
84 which need missing information. If this isn't an issue, don't
85 worry about it. If a named locale is needed, the underlying
86 locale information must be installed. Note that rebuilding
87 libstdc++ after "C" locales are installed is not necessary.
89 To install support for locales, do only one of the following:
90 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>install all locales</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>install just the necessary locales</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle"><li class="listitem"><p>with Debian GNU/Linux:</p><p> Add the above list, as shown, to the file
91 <code class="code">/etc/locale.gen</code> </p><p> run <code class="code">/usr/sbin/locale-gen</code> </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>on most Unix-like operating systems:</p><p><code class="code"> localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE </code></p><p>(repeat for each entry in the above list) </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
92 Instructions for other operating systems solicited.
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