Configure.pl - Parrot's Configuration Script
% perl Configure.pl [options]
This is Parrot's configuration script. It should be run to create the necessary system-specific files before building Parrot.
General Options
--help
Prints out a description of the options and exits.
--version
Prints out the version number of Configure.pl and exits.
--verbose
Tells Configure.pl to output extra information about the configuration data it is setting.
--verbose=2
Tells Configure.pl to output information about i<every> setting added or changed.
--verbose-step={N|regex}
Run --verbose=2 for step number N or matching description.
N
--nomanicheck
Tells Configure.pl not to run the MANIFEST check.
--prefix
Sets the location where parrot will be installed.
--ask
This turns on the user prompts.
Compile Options
You can add and remove option values with :rem{<opt>} and :add{<opt>}. For example:
:rem{<opt>}
:add{<opt>}
perl Configure.pl --ccflags=":rem{-g} :add{-O2}"
--debugging=0
Debugging is turned on by default. Use this to disable it.
--profile
Turn on profiled compile (gcc only for now)
Tell the compiler to do an optimization phase.
--optimize
--inline
Tell Configure that the compiler supports inline.
inline
--cc=(compiler)
Specify which compiler to use.
--ccflags=(flags)
Use the given compiler flags.
--ccwarn=(flags)
Use the given compiler warning flags.
--cxx=(compiler)
Specify which C++ compiler to use (for ICU).
--libs=(libs)
Use the given libraries.
--link=(linker)
Specify which linker to use.
--linkflags=(flags)
Use the given linker flags
--ld=(linker)
Specify which loader to use for shared libraries.
--ldflags=(flags)
Use the given loader flags for shared libraries
--lex=(lexer)
Specify which lexer to use.
--yacc=(parser)
Specify which parser to use.
--define=val1[,val2]
Generate "#define PARROT_DEF_VAL1 1" ... entries in has_header.h. Currently needed to use inet_aton for systems that lack inet_pton:
--define=inet_aton
Parrot Options
--intval=(type)
Use the given type for INTVAL.
INTVAL
--floatval=(type)
Use the given type for FLOATVAL.
FLOATVAL
--opcode=(type)
Use the given type for opcodes.
--ops=(files)
Use the given ops files.
--pmc=(files)
Use the given PMC files.
--cgoto=0
Don't build cgoto core. This is recommended when you are short of memory.
--jitcapable
Use JIT system.
--execcapable
Use JIT to emit a native executable.
--gc=(type)
Determine the type of garbage collection. The value for type should be one of: gc, libc, malloc or malloc-trace. The default is gc.
type
gc
libc
malloc
malloc-trace
ICU Options
--icu-config=/path/to/icu-config
Use the specified icu-config script to determine the neccessary ICU options.
Use --icu-config=none to disable the autodetect feature. Parrot will then be build with its own ICU.
Note: If you specifiy another ICU option than --icu-config, the autodetection functionality will be disabled.
--icuplatform=(platform)
Use the given platform name to pass to ICU's runConfigureICU. (See icu/source/runConfigureICU for the list of available "platform" names, which specify both operating system and compiler.)
--icuconfigureargs=(arguments)
Pass the given arguments to ICU's configuration script, instead of the default.
--icudatadir=(path)
Use the given directory to locate ICU's data file(s) at runtime
If you have an installed unicode package, you can use these two options instead:
--icushared=(linkeroption)
Linker command to link against ICU library version 2.6.
E.g.
--icushared='-L /opt/openoffice/program -licudata -licuuc'
(The libs in openoffice are actually version 2.2 and do not work)
--icuheaders=(header_dir)
Location of ICU header files without the /unicode suffix. The header files must match your platform, especially platform.h must be present.
--icuheaders='/home/lt/icu/'
You might also need '--nomanicheck'.
Other Options
--maintainer
Use this option if you want imcc's parser and lexer files to be generated. Needs a working parser and lexer.
--miniparrot
Build parrot assuming only pure ANSI C is available.
--expnetwork
Enable experimental networking. This is an unused option and should probably be removed.
config/init/data.pl, lib/Parrot/Configure/RunSteps.pm, lib/Parrot/Configure/Step.pm, docs/configuration.pod
To install Make, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Make
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Make
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.