.\" $Xorg: xmkmf.man,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:03:17 xorgcvs Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1998 The Open Group .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its .\" documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that .\" the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting .\" documentation. .\" .\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in .\" all copies or substantial portions of the Software. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, .\" FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL .\" THE OPEN GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, .\" WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE .\" SOFTWARE. .\" .\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall not .\" be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other .\" dealing in this Software without prior written authorization from The .\" Open Group. .\" .\" $XFree86: xc/config/util/xmkmf.man,v 1.3 2001/12/14 19:53:22 dawes Exp $ .\" .TH XMKMF 1 __xorgversion__ .SH NAME xmkmf \- create a Makefile from an Imakefile .SH SYNOPSIS .B xmkmf [ -a ] [ .I topdir [ .I curdir ] ] .SH DESCRIPTION The .I xmkmf command is the normal way to create a .I Makefile from an .I Imakefile shipped with third-party software. .PP When invoked with no arguments in a directory containing an .I Imakefile, the .I imake program is run with arguments appropriate for your system (configured into .I xmkmf when X was built) and generates a .I Makefile. .PP When invoked with the .I \-a option, .I xmkmf builds the .I Makefile in the current directory, and then automatically executes ``make Makefiles'' (in case there are subdirectories), ``make includes'', and ``make depend'' for you. This is the normal way to configure software that is outside the X Consortium build tree. .PP If working inside the X Consortium build tree (unlikely unless you are an X developer, and even then this option is never really used), the .I topdir argument should be specified as the relative pathname from the current directory to the top of the build tree. Optionally, .I curdir may be specified as a relative pathname from the top of the build tree to the current directory. It is necessary to supply .I curdir if the current directory has subdirectories, or the .I Makefile will not be able to build the subdirectories. If a .I topdir is given, .I xmkmf assumes nothing is installed on your system and looks for files in the build tree instead of using the installed versions. .SH "SEE ALSO" imake(1)