arif/INSTALL.md

Prerequisites

Runtime requirements:

• POSIX.1-2001 compliant operating system
• GNU Readline (optional)

Build tools:

• GNU Autotools (Autoconf, Automake, Libtool, Autoconf Archive)
• pkg-config
• POSIX-compliant make
• C compiler with ISO C99 support
• GNU Texinfo (optional, for building the user manual)

Other softwares (optional):

• DejaGnu (for running tests)
• Rime IME core library: https://github.com/rime/librime

Build and Install

ARIF can be built and installed from source using the GNU build system.

Notable build options:

• --with-readline[=PREFIX] (default), --without-readline
  • Whether to build the ARIF library with GNU Readline features.
• --enable-arify (default), --disable-arify
  • Whether to build the arify command-line tool.
• --with-rime[=PREFIX], --without-rime (default)
  • Whether to build the example Rime IME integration.

Example shell script:

autoreconf -i
mkdir build && cd build
../configure --prefix=${HOME}/.local
make
make install