uclibc-ng/INSTALL

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

   Compiling and running uClibc requires Linux kernel header files.
   uClibc will be compiled to match the interfaces available in the
   provided version of the Linux kernel headers.  Linux kernel version
   2.0, version 2.2, and version 2.4 are known to work.  Other kernel
   versions may work but havn't been tested.  Its also helpful to have
   a working version of GNU binutils, and GNU gcc -- using excessively
   old versions of these packages can cause very strange errors that
   are difficult to find and fix.


CONFIGURING uClibc:

 - Check the Rules.mak file and adjust CROSS to specify your cross-
    compiler if you are cross compiling.

 - Use must have a valid configuration file to compile uClibc.  Do not
    skip this step.  New configuration options are added in each
    release, and odd problems will turn up if your configuration file
    is not set up as expected.  If you want to carry your existing
    configuration to a new version with minimal work, use "make
    oldconfig", which will only ask you for the answers to new
    questions.

 - Available configuration commands are:
	"make menuconfig"   Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
	"make oldconfig"    Default all questions based on the contents of
			     your existing ./.config file.
	"make defconfig"    Use defaults for all options.
	"make randconfig"   Use random values for all options.
	"make allyesconfig" Set all values to "yes" for all options.
	"make allnoconfig"  Set all values to "yes" for all options.

 - uClibc does not have proper dependancy checking (yet) so if you
    change your uClibc configuration, you must current rebuild the
    entire library, by first running 'make clean'.



COMPILING uClibc:

 - Once you have a valid configuration file, just run 'make' to compile 
    uClibc.  



INSTALLING the uClibc development environment:

 - As root, if necessary, run:

	make install

    This will install the header files, libraries, and the gcc wrapper
    into the directories defined in Config.


INSTALLING the uClibc target runtime environment:
 
 - As root, if necessary, run:

	make PREFIX=<temporary path> install_target

   This will install only the files that are necessary to run
   binaries compiled against uClibc.  Hint: You probably do not want
   to install the target runtime environment into /lib on your host
   machine.


USING uClibc:
 
 - To compile programs with uClibc,

       export PATH={uClibc DEVEL_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH

    and then just run './configure' and 'make' as usual.

Note: 

	You may also want to look at extra/gcc-uclibc/gcc-uclibc.c for
	additional information concerning what options and environment
	variables the gcc wrapper handles.