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) or built lcdproc using gentoo portage, 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 allready been run if you 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 a comma-separated list of drivers you want.

$ make

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