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@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ?
- a C compiler
- - for Coqide, the Lablgtk development files, and the GTK libraries, see INSTALL.ide for more details
+ - for Coqide, the Lablgtk development files, and the GTK
+ libraries, see INSTALL.ide for more details
- By FTP, Coq comes as a single compressed tar-file. You have
- probably already decompressed it if you are reading this document.
+ Coq sources distribution comes as a single compressed tar-file. You
+ have probably already decompressed it if you are reading this
+ document.
QUICK INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
@@ -99,21 +101,18 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAILS (NORMAL USERS).
bigger), you will also need the "ocamlopt" (or its native code version
"ocamlopt.opt") command.
-2- Check that you have Camlp4 installed on your
- computer and that the command "camlp4" lies in a directory which
- is present in your $PATH environment variable path.
- (You need Camlp4 in both bytecode and native versions if
- your platform supports it).
-
- Note: in the latest ocaml distributions, camlp4 comes with ocaml so
- you do not have to check this point anymore.
+2- If you are using OCaml version >= 3.10.0, check that you have
+ Camlp5 installed on your computer and that the command "camlp5"
+ lies in a directory which is present in your $PATH environment
+ variable path. (You need Camlp5 in both bytecode and native
+ versions if your platform supports it).
3- The uncompression and un-tarring of the distribution file gave birth
to a directory named "coq-8.xx". You can rename this directory and put
it wherever you want. Just keep in mind that you will need some spare
- space during the compilation (reckon on about 50 Mb of disk space
+ space during the compilation (reckon on about 250 Mb of disk space
for the whole system in native-code compilation). Once installed, the
- binaries take about 14 Mb, and the library about 9 Mb.
+ binaries take about 65 Mb, and the library about 60 Mb.
4- First you need to configure the system. It is done automatically with
the command:
@@ -313,12 +312,9 @@ MOVING BINARIES OR LIBRARY.
Error: Can't find file initial.coq on loadpath
If you really have (or want) to move the binaries or the library, then
- you have to indicate their new places to Coq, using the options -bindir (for
- the binaries directory) and -libdir (for the standard library directory) :
-
- coqtop -bindir <new directory> -libdir <new directory>
+ you have to indicate where Coq will find the libraries:
- See also next section.
+ coqtop -coqlib <directory>
DYNAMICALLY LOADED LIBRARIES FOR BYTECODE EXECUTABLES.
@@ -344,6 +340,6 @@ DYNAMICALLY LOADED LIBRARIES FOR BYTECODE EXECUTABLES.
where <path> is the directory where the dllcoqrun.so is installed;
- (not recommended) compile bytecode executables with a custom OCaml
runtime by using:
- ./configure -coqrunbyteflags -custom ...
+ ./configure -custom ...
be aware that stripping executables generated this way, or performing
other executable-specific operations, will make them useless.