The install command

Usage

install [-interactive] [-debug]

Command install is the installation program for SmallEiffel The GNU Eiffel Compiler.
This command (class install.e) is entirely written in Eiffel and is the recommanded one to install SmallEiffel The GNU Eiffel Compiler.

The install.e source code as well as the generated C code install.c are in the SmallEiffel directory.

If you are under some UNIX (including GNU Linux) system and if you want to use the gcc compiler like we do, simply type make in the SmallEiffel directory (the Makefile which is in the SmallEiffel directory C-compile and launch automatically the install command).

If you are using a Windows system, a precompiled install.exe is available too in the SmallEiffel directory, you just have to run it.

On other systems, the very first step for installation is to C compile the install.c file in order to run it.

Options

-interactive:: By default, the install command tries to determinate automatically the system name as well as the C compiler name. When the flag -interactive is used, the user is interactively prompted for the system name and the C compiler to select.
-debug:: Displays a lot of information useful to debug the installation process. It is also interresting if you are curious to see what the install command is really doing (or trying to do ;) ).
-no_compile:: Assumes that all commands are already compiled and their executables exist. This is useful only for binary distributions.
-compiler name:: By default, install interactively asks for the C compiler to use. With this option specified, is skips this query and uses the C compiler name. Name must be one of the available compilers (e.g. gcc). This is mostly useful for system-specific installation scripts that execute install as part of it.