3.1. Build LCDproc

Now that you have downloaded the LCDproc distribution you can start building it.

If you have installed the debian package with apt-get (or another debian tool), you can skip this this chapter.

If you're building this version from CVS, you'll need autoconf, automake, aclocal & autoheader installed.

If you have autoconf and friends, run:

$ sh autogen.sh

This produces the configure script and supporting files. It has already been run if you are using the tarball distribution.

Once the above command has run, the rest is pretty standard:

$ ./configure --help

Read about the options, figure out what to use.

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-drivers=ncurses,cfontz

Be sure to replace /usr/local with the prefixdir you want (e.g. /usr for RedHat) and ncurses,cfontz with comma-separated list of drivers you want.

$ make

Congratulations: You have just compiled your version of LCDproc ;)