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Source Code Installation

LCLint should compile effortlessly on standard Unix systems, and with a bit of effort on non-Unix platforms. If you produce a port for a non-Unix platform, please let me know.

To build LCLint you need:

• a (hopefully ANSI-conforming) C compiler. GNU gcc is recommended, but most modern C compilers should work.
• make, the GNU make utility. If you don't have make installed on your system, download it from prep.ai.mit.edu.
• standard Unix tools: gzip, tar

Instructions:

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2. Download ftp://ftp.sds.lcs.mit.edu/pub/lclint/lclint-2.4b.src.tar.gz

   Copy this package to the directory where you want to build LCLint. When the tar file is extracted, it will create an lclint-2.4b subdirectory.

3. Uncompress the package: gzip -d lclint-2.4b.src.tar.gz

4. Extract files from the tar archive: tar xf lclint-2.4b.src.tar

5. Run: configure

   This will create a Makefile with settings for your system. If you want to install LCLint or associated libraries different directories, edit the Makefile.

6. Run: gmake

   It is best to do this in an emacs shell or a buffered terminal, so you can scroll through the output.

7. Set environment variables:

   LARCH_PATH - path to search for lclint libraries and initializations files. If you are using the standard directories, this should be ".:base-directory/lclint-2.4b/lib".

   LCLIMPORTDIR - directory containing lcl imports files. If you are using the standard directories, this is base-directory/lclint-2.4b/imports.

   Put the commands to set these variables (the actual commands will depend on the shell you are using) in one of your initialization dotfiles (usually ~/.environment).

   Set up your PATH to include the directory containing lclint-2.4b/bin/lclint, or move the binary to a directory on your command path.

8. Run: gmake test

   Examine the test output. If there are errors, send a bug report to lclint-bug@sds.lcs.mit.edu