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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Requirements OpenAxiom currenly requires a Lisp system for its runtime support. OpenAxiom is known to build with the GNU Common Lisp (GCL versions 2.6.7 or 2.6.8), Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL version 1.0.22 or higher), -CLisp (version 2.44.x or higher), and ECL (version 8.9.0-CVS or higher). -So, if you already have any of the above mentioned Lisp system, your +CLisp (version 2.44.x or higher), and ECL (version 0.9l or higher). +So, if you already have any of the above mentioned Lisp systems, your are good to go. Otherwise, you would need to download a dependency tarball from OpenAxiom's download web site. See instructions below. @@ -27,12 +27,16 @@ Ah, one more note: OpenAxiom requires GNU Make. 1. Lisp and noweb prerequisites ---------------------------- -If any of GCL or noweb is missing from the environment environment -where you're building, then you need to either separately install -them, or download the dependency tarball +If any of GCL or noweb is missing from your build environment, then +you need to either separately install them, or download the dependency +tarball open-axiom-1.2.x-dep.tar.bz2 +from the SourceForge download site + +http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/open-axiom/open-axiom-1.2.x-dep.tar.bz2 + Please, notice that GCL and noweb are needed only to *build* OpenAxiom. If you plan to build OpenAxiom often, then it probably is a good idea to separately build and install those tools once for all. @@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ or have separately installed them before proceeding. It is highly recommended that you build OpenAxiom in a directory different from the one that contains the sources. For example, you -may create a directory sibling to open-axiom-1.2.0 and build the +may create a directory sibling to open-axiom-1.3.0 and build the system from there: mkdir build-oa @@ -102,8 +106,8 @@ choice. For example, you might want to add --with-lisp=sbcl -to the configuration line if you plan to use the SBCL system; or you -can specify +to the configuration line if you plan to use the SBCL system; or you +can specify --with-lisp=ecl @@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ users probably don't. 2.e. Have more coffee -It can take from 30min to 2 hours to build, depending on the +It can take from 25min to 2 hours to build, depending on the compute power of the build machine. 3. Installing OpenAxiom @@ -158,6 +162,11 @@ ready for use. 4. Enjoy ----- +We would like to hear from you. Send us comments and suggestions at + + open-axiom-help@lists.sf.net + + About Make ========== @@ -173,6 +182,4 @@ reflects reality. So, if you're using a system where "make" is not GNU Make, then try "gmake" instead. -Send comments and suggestions to open-axiom-devel@lists.sf.net - Gabriel Dos Reis |