Hank HOWTO - Compilation

This document pertains to compiling the Hank source code.
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Quick Info

There are three steps to the first compile:

Step 1

Converts meta make files (Makefile.am) into make files for configure (Makefile.in). Also takes the config.in file and makes the configure file from it.

reconf

If you use gmake, you should only need to run this command right after you've checked out a new copy of hank from the repository. However, if you do not use gmake, you may need to run this program whenever Makefile.am files are updated.

Step 2

Calls configure with parameters based on the location of critical directories.

setup

You should only run setup if you first run reconf.

Step 3

This is the command you will run most often. It compiles the entire source code. If you can, try to use gmake. Otherwise, use make. There are slight differencs in how they interpret the Makefiles for this project.

gmake

or,

make

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