LittleCMS 1.17 - Installation guide Configuration ************* 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 ************* Linux/Mac/unices ================ 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 ======= There are projects for most popular environments in the 'Projects' folder. Just locate which one you want to use. Tifficc & jpegicc ================= 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 ============================== 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