Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@baruchel

baruchel/compile_heirloom_doctools.md

Last active February 14, 2024 13:15
Show Gist options
  • Star 2 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save baruchel/0653cc7c041d58d21b202c8e94e4ea30 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save baruchel/0653cc7c041d58d21b202c8e94e4ea30 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Quickly compiling Heirloom Doctools
Raw
compile_heirloom_doctools.md

Each time I re-install a fresh Linux distribution, one of the first things I need to do is to compile the Heirloom Documentation Tools. However some adjustments have to be performed; I write them here in order to recall them later:

  • download the sources from http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools.html

  • type: sudo apt-get install g++ libc-dev bison flex

  • uncompress the tarball

  • enter the heirloom-doctools directory

  • edit mk.config and change three lines:

    • replace INSTALL=/usr/ucb/install with INSTALL=/usr/bin/install
    • replace PREFIX=/usr with PREFIX=/opt/heirloom
    • replace SHELL=/sbin/sh with SHELL=/bin/sh

  • run make

  • run sudo make install

This will perform a clean install into /opt/heirloom and you have to fix your PATH accordingly.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment