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@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ QUICK INSTALLATION PROCEDURE. 1. ./configure 2. make 3. make install (you may need superuser rights) -4. make clean - INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS). ================================================= @@ -131,10 +129,13 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS). make - to compile Coq in Objective Caml bytecode (and native-code if supported). + to compile Coq in the best OCaml mode available (native-code if supported, + bytecode otherwise). This will compile the entire system. This phase can take more or less time, - depending on your architecture and is fairly verbose. + depending on your architecture and is fairly verbose. On a multi-core machine, + it is recommended to compile in parallel, via make -jN where N is your number + of cores. 6- You can now install the Coq system. Executables, libraries, manual pages and emacs mode are copied in some standard places of your system, defined at @@ -150,7 +151,19 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS). (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.v$" . coq-mode) auto-mode-alist)) (autoload 'coq-mode "gallina" "Major mode for editing Coq vernacular." t) -7- You can now clean all the sources. (You can even erase them.) +7- Optionally, you could build the bytecode version of Coq via: + + make byte + + and install it via + + make install-byte + + This version is quite slower than the native code version of Coq, but could + be helpful for debugging purposes. In particular, coqtop.byte embeds an OCaml + toplevel accessible via the Drop command. + +8- You can now clean all the sources. (You can even erase them.) make clean @@ -182,11 +195,14 @@ THE AVAILABLE COMMANDS. coqtop The Coq toplevel coqc The Coq compiler - Under architecture where ocamlopt is available, there are actually two - binaries for the interactive system, coqtop.byte and coqtop (respectively - bytecode and native code versions of Coq). coqtop is a link to coqtop.byte - otherwise. coqc also invokes the fastest version of Coq. Options -opt and - -byte to coqtop and coqc selects a particular binary. + Under architecture where ocamlopt is available, coqtop is the native code + version of Coq. On such architecture, you could additionally request + the build of the bytecode version of Coq via 'make byte' and install it via + 'make install-byte'. This will create an extra binary named coqtop.byte, + that could be used for debugging purpose. If native code isn't available, + coqtop.byte is directly built by 'make', and coqtop is a link to coqtop.byte. + coqc also invokes the fastest version of Coq. Options -opt and -byte to coqtop + and coqc selects a particular binary. * `coqtop' launches Coq in the interactive mode. By default it loads basic logical definitions and tactics from the Init directory. |