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Porting to a new machine

Read this secion if the browser has not already been ported to a binary-compatible machine.We assume you have a unix-like environment, including some sort of C (either Kernigan and Ritchie or ANSI) compiler, and a socket library supporting TCP/IP communications. The browser has been ported to many systems, and so you should not have much trouble with a new one.
  • Make a new subdirectory under WWW/LineMode for your combination of machine and operating system.
  • Copy the Makefile from another (similar) machine's subdirectory.
  • Modify the Makefile as necessary to compile and install on your system. This involves selecting the compiler command, flags, etc, to be used, and specifying directory names. See the file Implementation/CommonMakefile which is included in the Makefile. Type "make" to generate an executable file.
  • Mail the Makefile, and any other changes you found were necessary, back to us for the use of others. This is mandatory
Now install the software .
Tim BL