X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Finstallation.xml;h=3e23ca4c459b8a0fe524bd3f10cecbb6a3c95023;hp=9e445d4bc9ae3922fe218ebd285abc66b77de6f4;hb=053367cbe356fb3ce0def34b065dae589d700daf;hpb=10e81e043068151fd32d623ace21222ab6c91ea3 diff --git a/doc/installation.xml b/doc/installation.xml index 9e445d4..3e23ca4 100644 --- a/doc/installation.xml +++ b/doc/installation.xml @@ -1,45 +1,38 @@ - - Compilation and Installation - - Introduction +Compilation and Installation + + Introduction The latest version of the software will generally be found at: - - http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/ + We have tried our best to keep the software portable, and on many platforms, you should be able to compile everything with little or no changes. - So far, the software has been ported to the following platforms with - little or no difficulties. - - - Unix systems - - HP/UX - SunOS/Solaris - DEC Unix - BSDs: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD - MAC OSX - Linux - IBM AIX - Data General DG/UX (with some CFLAGS tinkering) - - SGI/IRIX - DDE Supermax - - Non-unix systems - - Apple Macintosh (using the Codewarrior programming - environment and the GUSI socket libraries) - MS Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP (Win32) - IBM AS/400 - - - + + + + The software is regularly tested on + Debian GNU/Linux, + CentOS, + Ubuntu Linux, + FreeBSD (i386), + MAC OSX, + Solaris, + Windows 7, Windows Xp. + + + + Some versions have be known to work on HP/UX, + DEC Unix, NetBSD, + OpenBSD, + IBM AIX, + Data General DG/UX (with some CFLAGS tinkering), + SGI/IRIX, DDE Supermax, Apple Macintosh (using the Codewarrior programming + environment and the GUSI socket libraries), + IBM AS/400 . @@ -47,95 +40,138 @@ let us know about it. If you run into difficulties, we will try to help if we can, and if you solve the problems, we would be happy to include your fixes in the next release. So far, we have mostly avoided - #ifdefs for individual platforms, and we'd + #ifdefs for individual platforms, and we'd like to keep it that way as far as it makes sense. - + We maintain a mailing-list for the purpose of announcing new releases and - bug-fixes, as well as general discussion. Subscribe by sending mail to - - yaz-request@indexdata.dk - or fill-in the form - - here. - General questions and problems can be directed at - - yaz-help@indexdata.dk - , or the address given at the top of this document. + bug-fixes, as well as general discussion. Subscribe by + filling-in the form + here. + General questions and problems can be directed at + , or the address given at the top of + this document. - + UNIX - We provide - Debian GNU/Linux - and - Redhat packages for &yaz;. - Only i386 binary packages are available. You should be able to - create packages for other CPU's by building them from the source - package. + We provide + Debian GNU/Linux (i386 and amd64), + Ubuntu (i386 and amd64) + and + CentOS (amd64 only) packages for &yaz;. + You should be able to create packages for other CPUs by building + them from the source package. + + + + YAZ is also part of several packages repositories. Some of them are - + + + + + Solaris CSW: + + + + + Solaris: + + + + + FreeBSD: + + + + + Debian: + + + + + Ubuntu: + + + + + NetBSD: + + + + + Compiling from source on Unix - + Note that if your system doesn't have a native ANSI C compiler, you may have to acquire one separately. We recommend - GCC. + GCC. If you wish to use character set conversion facilities in &yaz; or if you are compiling &yaz; for use with Zebra it is a good idea to ensure that the iconv library is installed. Some Unixes today already have it - - if not, we suggest - GNU iconv. + - if not, we suggest + GNU libiconv. - The XML C library libxml2 - is required if &yaz; is to support SRW (and SOAP). - This library is very portable and should compile out-of-the + YAZ 3.0.16 and later includes a wrapper for the + ICU + (International Components for Unicode). + In order to use this, the developer version of the ICU library + must be available. + + + + The libxslt, + libxml2 librararies are required + if &yaz; is to support SRU. + These libraries are very portable and should compile out-of-the box on virtually all Unix platforms. It is available in binary forms for Linux and others. The GNU tools - Autoconf, - Automake and - Libtool + Autoconf, + Automake and + Libtool are used to generate Makefiles and configure &yaz; for the system. You do not these tools unless you're using the - CVS version of &yaz;. + git version of &yaz;. The CQL parser for &yaz; is built using - GNU Bison. - This tool is only needed if you're using the CVS version of &yaz;. + GNU Bison. + This tool is only needed if you're using the git version of &yaz;. - + &yaz; includes a tiny ASN.1 compiler. This compiler is - written in Tcl. - But as for Bison you do not need it unless you're using CVS + written in Tcl. + But as for Bison you do not need it unless you're using git version of &yaz; or you're using the compiler to built own codecs - for private ASN.1. + for private ASN.1. - + Generally it should be sufficient to run configure without options, like this: - + ./configure - + The configure script attempts to use use the C compiler specified by the CC environment variable. If not set, GNU C will be @@ -144,15 +180,15 @@ Bourne-compatible shell you may pass something like this to use a particular C compiler with optimization enabled: - + CC=/opt/ccs/bin/cc CFLAGS=-O ./configure - + To customize &yaz;, the configure script also accepts a set of options. The most important are: - + --prefix=prefix @@ -164,16 +200,16 @@ --enable-tcpd The front end server will be built using Wietse's - - TCP wrapper library. It allows you to allow/deny - clients depending on IP number. The TCP wrapper library is - often used in Linux/BSD distributions. + TCP wrapper library. + It allows you to allow/deny clients depending on IP number. + The TCP wrapper library is often used in GNU/Linux and + BSD distributions. See hosts_access 5 - and + and tcpd 8 @@ -188,11 +224,11 @@ - --enable-shared - The make process will create shared + --disable-shared + The make process will not create shared libraries (also known as shared objects .so). - By default, no shared libraries are created - - equivalent to --disable-shared. + By default, shared libraries are created - + equivalent to --enable-shared. @@ -203,45 +239,87 @@ equivalent to --enable-static. - + --with-iconv[=prefix] Compile &yaz; with iconv library in directory prefix. By default configure will - search for iconv on your system. Use this option if it - doesn't find iconv. Alternatively you can use - --without-iconv to force &yaz; not to use - iconv. + search for iconv on the system. Use this option if it + doesn't find iconv. Alternatively, + --without-iconv, can be uset to force &yaz; + not to use iconv. + --with-xslt[=prefix] + + Compile &yaz; with + libxslt in directory + prefix. + Use this option if you want XSLT and XML support. + By default, configure will + search for libxslt on the system. Use this option if it + libxslt is not found automatically. Alternatively, + --without-xslt, can be used to force &yaz; + not to use libxslt. + + + + + --with-xml2[=prefix] - Compile &yaz; with - libxml2 in directory - prefix. - Use this option if you want SOAP support. - By default configure will - search for libxml2 on your system. Use this option if it - doesn't find libxml2. Alternatively you can use - --without-xml2 to force &yaz; not to use - libxml2. + Compile &yaz; with + libxml2 in directory + prefix. + Use this option if you want &yaz; to use XML and support SRU. + By default, configure will + search for libxml2 on the system. Use this option if it + libxml2 is not found automatically. Alternatively, + --without-xml2, can be used to force &yaz; + not to use libxml2. + + + Note that option --with-xslt + also enables libxml2. + + + + + + --with-gnutls[=prefix] + + &yaz; will be linked with the GNU TLS libraries and + an SSL COMSTACK will be provided. By default configure enables + SSL support for YAZ if the GNU TLS development libraries are found + on the system. - --with-openssl[=prefix] + --with-icu[=prefix] - &yaz; will be linked with the OpenSSL libraries and - an SSL COMSTACK will be provided. Note that SSL support is still - experimental. + &yaz; will be linked the + ICU library in the prefix if given. + If prefix is not given, the libraries exposed by the script + icu-config will be used if found. - + + + --with-libgcrypt[=prefix] + + &yaz; will be linked with + Libgcrypt in the prefix if given. + If prefix is not given, the libraries exposed by the script + libgcrypt-config will be used if found. + + + - + When configured, build the software by typing: @@ -249,89 +327,123 @@ make - + The following files are generated by the make process: - lib/libyaz.la + src/libyaz.la Main &yaz; library. This is no ordinary library. It's a Libtool archive. - By default, &yaz; creates a static library in + By default, &yaz; creates a static library in lib/.libs/libyaz.a. - - - lib/libyazthread.la + + + + src/libyaz_server.la - When threading is supported/enabled by configure this Libtool - library is created. It includes functions that allows &yaz; - to use threads. - - + Generic Frontend server. This is an add-on for libyaz.la. + Code in this library uses POSIX threads functions - if POSIX + threads are available on the platform. + + + + src/libyaz_icu.la + + Functions that wrap the ICU library. + + + ztest/yaz-ztest - Test Z39.50 server. - - + Test Z39.50 server. + + + client/yaz-client Z39.50 client for testing the protocol. - See chapter + See chapter YAZ client for more information. - - - yaz-config + + + + util/yaz-config A Bourne-shell script, generated by configure, that specifies how external applications should compile - and link with &yaz;. - - - yaz-comp + + + + util/yaz-asncomp The ASN.1 compiler for &yaz;. Requires the Tcl Shell, tclsh, in PATH to operate. - - - zoom/zoomsh + + + + util/yaz-iconv + This program converts data in one character set to + another. This command exercises the YAZ character set + conversion API. + + + + util/yaz-marcdump + This program parses ISO2709 encoded MARC records + and prints them in line-format or XML. + + + + util/yaz-icu + This program exposes the ICU wrapper library if that + is enabled for YAZ. Only if ICU is available this program is + useful. + + + + zoom/zoomsh - A simple shell implemented on top of the + A simple shell implemented on top of the ZOOM functions. The shell is a command line application that allows you to enter simple commands to perform ZOOM operations. - - - zoom/zoomtst1, + + + + zoom/zoomtst1, zoom/zoomtst2, .. Several small applications that demonstrates the ZOOM API. - + + - + - + - If you wish to install &yaz; in system directories + If you wish to install &yaz; in system directories /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib .. etc, you can type: - + make install - + You probably need to have root access in order to perform this. You must specify the --prefix option for configure if - you wish to install &yaz; in other directories than the default + you wish to install &yaz; in other directories than the default /usr/local/. - + If you wish to perform an un-installation of &yaz;, use: - + make uninstall - + This will only work if you haven't reconfigured &yaz; (and therefore changed installation prefix). Note that uninstall will not @@ -340,7 +452,8 @@ - How to make apps using YAZ on UNIX + + How to make apps using YAZ on UNIX This section describes how to compile - and link your own applications using the &yaz; toolkit. @@ -387,12 +500,12 @@ #include <proto.h> - + For Libtool users, the yaz-config script provides a different variant of option --libs, called --lalibs that returns the name of the - Libtool acrhive(s) for &yaz; rather than the ordinary ones. + Libtool archive(s) for &yaz; rather than the ordinary ones. For applications using the threaded version of &yaz;, @@ -413,31 +526,30 @@ WIN32 - + The easiest way to install YAZ on Windows is by downloading - an installer from - here. + an installer from + here. The installer comes with source too - in case you wish to - compile YAZ with different Compiler options etc. + compile YAZ with different compiler options, etc. - + Compiling from Source on WIN32 &yaz; is shipped with "makefiles" for the NMAKE tool that comes - with - Microsoft Visual C++. - Version 6 has been tested. We expect that &yaz; compiles - with version 5 as well. + with + Microsoft Visual Studio. It has been tested with + Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008. Start a command prompt and switch the sub directory WIN where the file makefile is located. Customize the installation by editing the makefile file (for example by using notepad). - + The following summarizes the most important settings in that file: - + DEBUG @@ -452,9 +564,10 @@ HAVE_TCL, TCL If HAVE_TCL is set to 1, nmake will - use the ASN.1 compiler (Tcl based). You must set - TCL to the full path of the Tcl - interpreter. + use the ASN.1 compiler (Tcl based). + You must set TCL to the full path of the Tcl + interpreter. A Windows version of Tcl is part of + Git for Windows. If you do not have Tcl installed, set @@ -463,11 +576,27 @@ + HAVE_BISON, + BISON + + If GNU Bison is present, you might set HAVE_BISON + to 1 and specify the Bison executable in BISON. + Bison is only required if you use the git version of + YAZ or if you modify the grammar for CQL + (cql.y). + + + A Windows version of GNU Bison is part of + Git for Windows. + + + + HAVE_ICONV, ICONV_DIR If HAVE_ICONV is set to 1, YAZ is compiled - with iconv support. In this configuration, set + with iconv support. In this configuration, set ICONV_DIR to the iconv source directory. @@ -478,17 +607,59 @@ If HAVE_LIBXML2 is set to 1, YAZ is compiled - with SRW (and SOAP) support. In this configuration, set - LIBXML2_DIR to the - libxml2 source directory. + with SRU support. In this configuration, set + LIBXML2_DIR to the + libxml2 source directory + and + ZLIB_DIR to the zlib directory. + + + + Windows versions of libxslt, libxml2, zlib and iconv can be found + + Igor Zlatković' site. + + + + + YAZ is not using zlib but libxml2 is depending on it. + + + + + + + HAVE_LIBXSLT, + LIBXSLT_DIR + + + If HAVE_LIBXSLT is set to 1, YAZ is compiled + with XSLT support. In this configuration, set + LIBXSLT_DIR to the + libxslt source directory. + + + libxslt depends libxml2. + + + + + + + HAVE_ICU, + ICU_DIR + - You can get libxml2 and iconv binaries from - - here. + If HAVE_ICU is set to 1, YAZ is compiled + with ICU support. + In this configuration, set + ICU_DIR to the + ICU source directory. + @@ -519,31 +690,67 @@ The following files are generated upon successful compilation: - + - bin/yaz.dll + bin/yaz5.dll / + bin/yaz5d.dll - &yaz; multi-threaded Dynamic Link Library. + &yaz; Release/Debug DLL. - - lib/yaz.lib + + lib/yaz5.lib / + lib/yaz5d.lib - Import library for yaz.dll. + Import library for yaz5.dll / + yaz5d.dll. - - bin/yaz-client.exe + + bin/yaz_cond5.dll / + bin/yaz_cond5d.dll - &yaz; Z39.50 client application. It's a WIN32 console application. - See chapter YAZ client for more - information. + Release/Debug DLL for condition variable utilities (condvar.c). + + + lib/yaz_cond5.lib / + lib/yaz_cond5d.lib + + Import library for yaz_cond5.dll / + yaz_cond5d.dll. - + + bin/yaz_icu5.dll / + bin/yaz_icu5d.dll + + Release/Debug DLL for the ICU wrapper utility. + Only build if HAVE_ICU is 1. + + + lib/yaz_icu5.lib / + lib/yaz_icu5d.lib + + Import library for yaz_icu5.dll / + yaz_icu5d.dll. + + bin/yaz-ztest.exe Z39.50 multi-threaded test/example server. It's a WIN32 console application. - + + bin/yaz-client.exe + + &yaz; Z39.50 client application. It's a WIN32 console application. + See chapter YAZ client for more + information. + + + bin/yaz-icu.exe + This program exposes the ICU wrapper library if that + is enabled for YAZ. Only if ICU is available this program is + build. + + bin/zoomsh.exe Simple console application implemented on top of the @@ -551,19 +758,20 @@ The application is a command line shell that allows you to enter simple commands to perform ZOOM operations. - - bin/zoomtst1.exe, + + bin/zoomtst1.exe, bin/zoomtst2.exe, .. Several small applications that demonstrates the ZOOM API. - + - + - How to make apps using YAZ on WIN32 + + How to make apps using YAZ on WIN32 This section will go though the process of linking your WIN32 applications with &yaz;. @@ -581,12 +789,14 @@ include path Set it to the include directory of &yaz;. - import library yaz.lib + import library yaz5.lib - You must link with this library. It's located in the + You must link with this library. It's located in the sub directory lib of &yaz;. + If you want to link with the debug version of &yaz;, you must + link against yaz5d.lib instead. - dynamic link library yaz.dll + dynamic link library yaz5.dll This DLL must be in your execution path when you invoke your application. Specifically, you should distribute this @@ -597,7 +807,7 @@ - + - +