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| <h3 class="section">B.5 <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> Options</h3> |
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| <p>Here is a summary of the <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> options and arguments that |
| are most often useful for building <span class="sc">gdb</span>. <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> also has |
| several other options not listed here. see <a href="../configure.info/What-Configure-Does.html#What-Configure-Does">What Configure Does</a>, for a full explanation of <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp>. |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> configure <span class="roman">[</span>--help<span class="roman">]</span> |
| <span class="roman">[</span>--prefix=<var>dir</var><span class="roman">]</span> |
| <span class="roman">[</span>--exec-prefix=<var>dir</var><span class="roman">]</span> |
| <span class="roman">[</span>--srcdir=<var>dirname</var><span class="roman">]</span> |
| <span class="roman">[</span>--norecursion<span class="roman">]</span> <span class="roman">[</span>--rm<span class="roman">]</span> |
| <span class="roman">[</span>--target=<var>target</var><span class="roman">]</span> |
| <var>host</var> |
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| <p class="noindent">You may introduce options with a single ‘<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>’ rather than |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">--</span></samp>’ if you prefer; but you may abbreviate option names if you use |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">--</span></samp>’. |
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| <dt><code>--help</code><dd>Display a quick summary of how to invoke <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp>. |
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| <br><dt><code>--prefix=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Configure the source to install programs and files under directory |
| <samp><var>dir</var></samp>. |
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| <br><dt><code>--exec-prefix=</code><var>dir</var><dd>Configure the source to install programs under directory |
| <samp><var>dir</var></samp>. |
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| <br><dt><code>--srcdir=</code><var>dirname</var><dd><strong>Warning: using this option requires </strong><span class="sc">gnu</span> <code>make</code><strong>, or another |
| </strong><code>make</code><strong> that implements the </strong><code>VPATH</code><strong> feature.</strong><br> |
| Use this option to make configurations in directories separate from the |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> source directories. Among other things, you can use this to |
| build (or maintain) several configurations simultaneously, in separate |
| directories. <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> writes configuration-specific files in |
| the current directory, but arranges for them to use the source in the |
| directory <var>dirname</var>. <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> creates directories under |
| the working directory in parallel to the source directories below |
| <var>dirname</var>. |
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| <br><dt><code>--norecursion</code><dd>Configure only the directory level where <samp><span class="file">configure</span></samp> is executed; do not |
| propagate configuration to subdirectories. |
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| <br><dt><code>--target=</code><var>target</var><dd>Configure <span class="sc">gdb</span> for cross-debugging programs running on the specified |
| <var>target</var>. Without this option, <span class="sc">gdb</span> is configured to debug |
| programs that run on the same machine (<var>host</var>) as <span class="sc">gdb</span> itself. |
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| <p>There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available targets. |
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| <br><dt><var>host</var><code> ...</code><dd>Configure <span class="sc">gdb</span> to run on the specified <var>host</var>. |
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| <p>There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts. |
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| <p>There are many other options available as well, but they are generally |
| needed for special purposes only. |
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