LittleCMS 1.17 - Installation guide
Configuration
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All configuration is done by the configure script on linux.
If you want to fine-tune the library, this can be done by
editing lcms.h
Normally, there is no need to touch anything. Only make sure
to set properly the NON_WINDOWS toggle if you are using the
engine in non MS-Windows environments (set by default), and
USE_BIG_ENDIAN if your machine does use this convention.
Remaining toggles does control optimization degree. If your
compiler does support the new __int64 or "long long" type,
(gcc does) you can gain speed by defining the USE_INT64 toggle.
There is an experimetal multi-threading mode which may be
activated by uncommenting USE_PTHREADS toggle. However, this
is only for completness sake as the current code should be
thread-safe on all but a very small fraction of time. So, use
the toggle only if you make _extensive_ use of threads on
multiprocessor architectures.
Installation
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Linux/Mac/unices
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Unpack & untar the tarball (you already did!) and then type
./configure
make
make check
This latter will run the testbed program as well. If you want to
install the package, type
make install
This does copy lcms.h and icc34.h into /usr/local/include and
liblcms.a into /usr/local/lib
There is also a simple, old version compatible script. If you
experience any problem with automake try this one:
make -f makefile.simple
this is just to keep compatibility with old versions.
For cleaning object and binaries files type 'make clean'
There are these targets on Makefile:
install: Does install package
check: builds and executes testbed program
clean: Deletes object & binary files
NOTE: The package doesn't build with srcdir!=builddir
That is because a pre-generated icc34.h located at
'include' folder. This is needed for windows installs.
So, if you plan to build the package using any builddir
different from srcdir, please delete this file.
Windows
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There are projects for most popular environments in the
'Projects' folder. Just locate which one you want to use.
Tifficc & jpegicc
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automake will try to detect whatever you have libtiff and
libjpeg and if found build these additional utilities.
Only if you are using makefile.simple:
If you have libz, libtiff and libjpeg installed, there are
some additional utilities for converting images using icc profiles.
Since lcms doesn't require these libraries to work, and in order
to minimize the dependency carrousel, these utilities are not builded
by default. If you want to build them, type 'make utils'. I will
recommend to give a try if you are interested in color management.
tifficc can do wonderful things like converting CMYK separations
to displayable files and other interesting stuff. Run the executable
without parameters to see how it works.
Removing //-C++ style comments
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There is a utility on root called 'filter.c' If your compiler
doesn't support C++-style comments, apply this filter to all
source & headers. Probably you would need to make your own
compilation script too. I will love! to know any exotic environment
using lcms, so please me know if it worked.
If you experience any difficult on installation, drop me a note
info@littlecms.com
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