1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY guile-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-&guile-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY guile-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-&guile-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY guile-size "3.0 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY guile-buildsize "36.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY guile-time "0.87 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="guile" xreflabel="Guile-&guile-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="guile.html"?>
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20 | <title>Guile-&guile-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>Guile</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The <application>Guile</application> package contains the Project
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26 | <acronym>GNU</acronym>'s extension language library.
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27 | <application>Guile</application> also contains a stand alone
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28 | <application>Scheme</application> interpreter.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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33 | url="&guile-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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35 | url="&guile-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Download size: &guile-size;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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38 | &guile-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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40 | &guile-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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41 | </sect3>
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42 |
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43 | </sect2>
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44 |
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45 | <sect2>
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46 | <title>Installation of <application>Guile</application></title>
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47 |
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48 | <para>Install <application>Guile</application> by running the following
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49 | commands:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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52 | LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/libguile-ltdl/.libs" make &&
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53 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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54 |
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55 | </sect2>
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56 |
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57 | <sect2>
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58 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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59 |
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60 | <para><command>LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/libguile-ltdl/.libs" make</command>:
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61 | Something is broken in the Autotools chain. Passing this variable allows the
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62 | build to finish successfully.</para>
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63 |
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64 | </sect2>
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65 |
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66 | <sect2>
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67 | <title>Contents</title>
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68 |
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69 | <para>In addition to the <filename class='libraryfile'>libguile</filename>
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70 | libraries, the <application>Guile</application> package contains
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71 | <command>guile</command>,
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72 | <command>guile-config</command>,
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73 | <command>guile-snarf</command>,
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74 | <command>guile-tools</command> and
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75 | numerous <application>Guile</application> scripts.
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76 | </para>
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77 |
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78 | </sect2>
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79 |
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80 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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81 |
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82 | <sect3><title>guile</title>
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83 | <para><command>guile</command> is a stand-alone Scheme interpreter for
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84 | <application>Guile</application>.</para></sect3>
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85 |
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86 | <sect3><title>guile-config</title>
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87 | <para><command>guile-config</command> is a <application>Guile</application>
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88 | script which provides the information necessary to link your programs against
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89 | the <application>Guile</application> library, in much the same way
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90 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"></xref> does.</para></sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>guile-snarf</title>
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93 | <para><command>guile-snarf</command> is a script to parse declarations in
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94 | your <application>C</application> code for <application>Scheme</application>
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95 | visible <application>C</application> functions,
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96 | <application>Scheme</application> objects to be used by
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97 | <application>C</application> code, etc.</para></sect3>
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98 |
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99 | <sect3><title>guile-tools</title>
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100 | <para><command>guile-tools</command> is a wrapper program installed along with
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101 | <command>guile</command> which knows where a particular module is installed and
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102 | calls it passing its args to a program.</para></sect3>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | </sect1>
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