Quickly compiling Heirloom Doctools

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.