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You need a C++ compiler to compile and use YAZ++. The software was implemented using GCC so we know that works well with YAZ++. From time to time the software is compiled on Windows using Visual C++. Other compilers should work too. Let us know of portability problems, etc. with your system.
YAZ++ is built on top of the YAZ toolkit. You need to install that first. For some platforms there are binary packages for YAZ.
On UNIX, the software is compiled as follows:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
You can supply options for the configure script.
The most useful ones are:
--prefix directory
Specifies installation prefix. By default
/usr/local is used.
--with-yaz directory
Specifies the location of yaz-config.
The yaz-config program is generated in
the source directory of YAZ as well as the binaries
directory when YAZ is installed (via make install).
If you don't supply this option, configure will
look for yaz-config in directories of the
PATH environment - which is nearly always
what you want.
For the whole list of configure options, refer
to the help:
./configure --help
Configure uses GNU's C/C++ compiler if available. To specify another
compiler, set CXX. To use other compiler flags,
specify CXXFLAGS. To use CC
with debugging you could use:
CXXFLAGS="-g" CXX=CC ./configure
This is what you have after successful compilation:
src/libyazpp.la
The YAZ++ library.
This library gets installed in your libraries directory
(prefix/lib).
src/libzoompp.la
The ZOOM-C++ library.
This library gets installed in your libraries directory
(prefix/lib).
include/yazpp/*.h
Various C++ header files, which you'll need for YAZ++
development. All these are installed in your header files area
(prefix/include/yazpp).
usr/share/pkgconfig/yazpp.pc
pkg-config configuration for making applications linking
with the yaz++ library.
Use pkg-config --cflags yazpp to get
compiler flags. Use pkg-config --libs yazpp
to get libraries.
yazpp-config
A Bourne shell-script utility that returns the values of the
CFLAGS and LIBS
environment variables
needed in order to compile your applications with the YAZ++
library. This script gets installed in your binaries directory
(prefix/bin).
Using yazpp-config is deprecated.
Use yazpp.pc instead.
zoom/zclientZOOM C++ demonstration client that uses the ZOOM C++ classes. This client does not get installed in the system directories.
src/yaz-my-clientYAZ C++ demonstration client. This client does not get installed in the system directories.
src/yaz-my-serverYAZ C++ demonstration server. This server does not get installed in the system directories.