= Rave Installation =

== Dependencies ==

The following software is needed to build rave:

 * (Gnu) C++ compiler
 * boost
 * clhep2 (should work with clhep1, also, though).

== Linux/Unix ==

Rave is fully autotooled. '''configure; make; make install''' are your friends.
Package builders may want to call '''bootstrap''' before using
''configure'' and ''make''.

Also note that various packages exist, see the download section.

Also check '''configure --help''' for special configuration options.

== Java ==

In order to be able to build the java bindings,
the following applications need to be installed on the system:

 * ''javac'' (''gcj'' will soon be added as another option)
 * ''java''
 * ''jar'' or ''fastjar''
 * ''swig''

If these are all found, then building the java bindings
will be enabled per default.
Disabling the bindings can also be specified explicitly:
{{{
./configure --disable-java
}}}

It might be necessary to tell ''configure'' where to look for the java 
binaries and libraries:
{{{
./configure --with-java-home=<JAVAHOME>
}}}


Note that with rave < 0.2.2, for java to work, it is necessary to turn off optimisation, e.g.
{{{
configure CXXFLAGS="-g" 
}}}
This is fixed in subversion head.


== Cygwin ==

Your mileage under cygwin may vary :-(
Please use the svn head, especially if you want the java bindings under cygwin.
Currently we've been able to compile a static version of rave only with
a static version of clhep (compiled under cygwin, as well).

This should be achievable without special tweaking and special configuration settings, though.
The usual ''configure; make'' should do the job.

Using clhep libraries compiled with VC++ (the official way to build clhep under windows) 
has not yet been tried.

Our expertise in this area is likely to rise in the near future.

We might contribute patches to clhep2 to be able to build shared clhep2 libraries under cygwin.

Links:
 * cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/
 * clhep: http://proj-clhep.web.cern.ch/proj-clhep/DISTRIBUTION/clhep.html
 * swig: http://www.swig.org/download.html