Installation Guide

This section describes how to install W3C Reference Library called "libwww".

Getting the Library

The latest version of the source code is available in the following formats:

Unpacking

Unpacking the distribution file depends on which source distribution file you got (compressed tar file, gzip'ed tar file, or a zip file).

compressed tar file

        uncompress libwww_src.tar.Z
        tar xvf libwww_src.tar

gzip'ed tar file

        gunzip libwww_src.tar.gz
        tar xvf libwww_src.tar

zip file

        unzip libwww_src.zip

Compilation

Stop here and jump to the Known Bugs and Patches page to see if you need to apply any patches before you compile.

Compilation on most platforms is done using the BUILD script which figures out what platform you are using. However, there are special instructions for installation on VMS and Windows NT.

If you have build earlier versions of the W3C software and you already have a WWW directory then it is very important that you do the following:

	cd WWW
	make clobber
	./BUILD library

in order to make sure that all new code is built. If not then go to newly-created WWW directory, and type:

        ./BUILD library

If you encounter problems during compilation or your don't have the compiler which the BUILD script uses then then please read the section on how to modify the BUILD script.

The compiled Library, called "libwww" appears in the directory

	../WWW/Library/<your.platform>

As an example, in case your platform is SunOs, the directory is "sun4".

Henrik Frystyk, December 1995