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Compiling Screen
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   To compile and install screen:

   The `screen' package comes with a `GNU Autoconf' configuration
script. Before you compile the package run

                           `sh ./configure'
 This will create a `config.h' and `Makefile' for your
machine.  If `configure' fails for some reason, then look at the
examples and comments found in the `Makefile.in' and `config.h.in'
templates.  Rename `config.status' to `config.status.MACHINE' when you
want to keep configuration data for multiple architectures. Running `sh
./config.status.MACHINE' recreates your configuration significantly
faster than rerunning `configure'.
Read through the "User Configuration" section of `config.h', and verify
that it suits your needs.  A comment near the top of this section
explains why it's best to install screen setuid to root.  Check for the
place for the global `screenrc'-file and for the socket directory.
Check the compiler used in `Makefile', the prefix path where to install
`screen'. Then run

                                `make'
 If `make' fails to produce one of the files `term.h', `comm.h'
or `tty.c', then use `FILENAME.X.dist' instead.  For additional
information about installation of `screen' refer to the file
`INSTALLATION', coming with this package.