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JAM-2.5

Introduction to JAM

The JAM package is a software build tool that makes building simple things simple and building complicated things manageable. It has been freely available as C source for many years from the Perforce Public Depot ​http://public.perforce.com/public/index.html and is widely used to build commercial and academic software.

Package Information

• Download (FTP): ​ftp://ftp.perforce.com/pub/jam/jam-2.5.tar
• Download MD5 sum: c7eb7719d8523c0f819116479492d367
• Download size: 614 KB
• Estimated disk space required: 1276 KB
• Estimated build time: 0.1

Installation of JAM

Install JAM by running the following command:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

install -v -m755 bin.linuxx86/jam /usr/bin &&
install -v -m755 bin.linuxx86/mkjambase /usr/bin &&
install -v -m755 bin.linuxx86/libjam.a /usr/lib

Contents

Installed Programs: jam, mkjambase

Installed Library: libjam

Short Descriptions

jam -- Main program mkjambase -- JAM program

libjam.a -- JAM library functions

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