Con Guring The Installation - Townshend Computer Tools DAT-Link User Manual

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2.6.2 Con guring the Installation
Before the software can be installed, you will have to answer a few questions regard-
ing the con guration of your system. The prompts which may be displayed will be
described in this section. Note that on some systems, not all information will be
requested. For all requests, a default response will be displayed, enclosed in square
brackets. To accept the defaults just press return.
Enter the directory to install the DAT-Link programs [/usr/local]:
At this prompt, enter the directory where you want the
ultimately installed. Subdirectories of the given directory will be created as
needed and used a follows:
bin
Executable les.
man
Manual pages for programs,libraries, and utilities.
lib
Libraries for user programs.
include
Programmer's library include les.
etc
Auxiliary les used by the
/usr/local
For example, if
/usr/local/bin
. Users must include the
DAT-Link
use the
should be chosen. This directory will also be referred to as
this manual.
Enter the name of the C compiler to use to build the software [cc]:
The default, , is usually the correct choice here. However, if you have a
cc
preferred compiler, such as
Enter the options to use with the C compiler [-O]:
These are the ags to use during compilation. For all but special cases, the
default should be ne.
Do you wish to install the COMDISCO support[y]:
Press return if you want to install software that allows the
used in conjunction with COMDISCO's SPW system. This option will only
appear if you already have COMDISCO's software installed.
Do you wish to install the ENTROPIC support[n]:
Enter 'y' if you want to install software that allows the
used in conjunction with Entropic Research Laboratory's ESPS and waves+
software. You will then be prompted for more information regarding the
Entropic installation. If you don't already have Entropic's ESPS installed,
just hit return to omit the Entropic support.
DAT-Link
.
is chosen, the executables les will be installed in
bin
programs, so a well-known directory, such as
(GNU C compiler), you can enter that now.
gcc
Installation
DAT-Link
programs
subdirectory in their path to
/usr/local
INSTALLROOT
DAT-Link
to be
DAT-Link
to be
,
in