Imported from libpng-1.2.9beta2.tar
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6d3e326..3c407a8 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,16 +1,34 @@
-Installing libpng version 1.2.9beta1 - February 21, 2006
+Installing libpng version 1.2.9beta2 - February 22, 2006
-Before installing libpng, you must first install zlib. zlib
-can usually be found wherever you got libpng. zlib can be
-placed in another directory, at the same level as libpng.
-Note that your system might already have a preinstalled
-zlib, but you will still need to have access to the
-zlib.h and zconf.h include files that correspond to the
-version of zlib that's installed.
+On Unix/Linux and similar systems, you can simply type
+
+ ./configure [--prefix=$HOME]
+ make check
+ make install
+
+and ignore the rest of this document.
+
+Or you can use one of the custom-built makefiles in the
+"scripts" directory
+
+ cp scripts/makefile.system makefile
+ make test
+ make install
+
+Or you can use one of the "projects" in the "projects" directory.
+
+Before installing libpng, you must first install zlib, if it
+is not already on your system. zlib can usually be found
+wherever you got libpng. zlib can be placed in another directory,
+at the same level as libpng.
+
+If your system already has a preinstalled zlib you will still need
+to have access to the zlib.h and zconf.h include files that
+correspond to the version of zlib that's installed.
You can rename the directories that you downloaded (they
-might be called "libpng-1.2.9beta1" or "lpng109" and "zlib-1.2.1"
+might be called "libpng-1.2.9beta2" or "lpng109" and "zlib-1.2.1"
or "zlib121") so that you have directories called "zlib" and "libpng".
Your directory structure should look like this:
@@ -47,7 +65,6 @@
distribution of libpng. It is available in both tar.gz (UNIX style line
endings) and zip (DOS style line endings) formats.
-
If you are building libpng with MSVC, you can enter the
libpng projects\visualc6 directory and follow the instructions in
projects\visualc6\README.txt.
@@ -59,19 +76,19 @@
or projects\beos.
Else enter the zlib directory and follow the instructions in zlib/README,
-then come back here and choose the appropriate makefile.sys in the scripts
-directory.
+then come back here and run "configure" or choose the appropriate
+makefile.sys in the scripts directory.
The files that are presently available in the scripts directory
include
makefile.std => Generic UNIX makefile (cc, creates static libpng.a)
makefile.elf => Linux/ELF makefile symbol versioning,
- gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1)
+ gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2)
makefile.linux => Linux/ELF makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1)
+ (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2)
makefile.gcmmx => Linux/ELF makefile
- (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1,
+ (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2,
uses assembler code tuned for Intel MMX platform)
makefile.gcc => Generic makefile (gcc, creates static libpng.a)
makefile.knr => Archaic UNIX Makefile that converts files with
@@ -94,12 +111,12 @@
makefile.openbsd => OpenBSD makefile
makefile.sgi => Silicon Graphics IRIX makefile (cc, creates static lib)
makefile.sggcc => Silicon Graphics (gcc,
- creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1)
+ creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2)
makefile.sunos => Sun makefile
makefile.solaris => Solaris 2.X makefile (gcc,
- creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1)
+ creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2)
makefile.so9 => Solaris 9 makefile (gcc,
- creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta1)
+ creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.9beta2)
makefile.32sunu => Sun Ultra 32-bit makefile
makefile.64sunu => Sun Ultra 64-bit makefile
makefile.sco => For SCO OSr5 ELF and Unixware 7 with Native cc
