(libc.info)Installation


Installing the GNU C Library
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   Before you do anything else, you should read the file `FAQ' found at
the top level of the source tree.  This file answers common questions
and describes problems you may experience with compilation and
installation.  It is updated more frequently than this manual.

   Features can be added to GNU Libc via "add-on" bundles.  These are
separate tarfiles which you unpack into the top level of the source
tree.  Then you give `configure' the `--enable-add-ons' option to
activate them, and they will be compiled into the library.  As of the
2.2 release, one important component of glibc is distributed as
"official" add-ons: the linuxthreads add-on.  Unless you are doing an
unusual installation, you should get this.

   Support for POSIX threads is maintained by someone else, so it's in a
separate package.  It is only available for Linux systems, but this will
change in the future.  Get it from the same place you got the main
bundle; the file is `glibc-linuxthreads-VERSION.tar.gz'.

   You will need recent versions of several GNU tools: definitely GCC
and GNU Make, and possibly others.  Note: Tools for Compilation,
below.

Configuring and compiling: How to compile and test GNU libc.
Running make install: How to install it once you've got it compiled.
Tools for Compilation: You'll need these first.
Supported Configurations: What it runs on, what it doesn't.
Linux: Specific advice for Linux systems.
Reporting Bugs: So they'll get fixed.

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