2 Installing libpng version 1.2.20 - September 8, 2007
4 On Unix/Linux and similar systems, you can simply type
6 ./configure [--prefix=/path]
10 and ignore the rest of this document.
12 If configure does not work on your system and you have a reasonably
13 up-to-date set of tools, running ./autogen.sh before running ./configure
14 may fix the problem. You can also run the individual commands in
15 autogen.sh with the --force option, if supported by your version of
16 the tools. If you run 'libtoolize --force', though, this will replace
17 the distributed, patched, version of ltmain.sh with an unpatched version
18 and your shared library builds may fail to produce libraries with the
19 correct version numbers.
21 Instead, you can use one of the custom-built makefiles in the
24 cp scripts/makefile.system makefile
28 Or you can use one of the "projects" in the "projects" directory.
30 If you want to use "cmake" (see www.cmake.org), copy CMakeLists.txt
31 from the "scripts" directory to this directory and type
33 cmake . [-DPNG_MMX=YES] -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path
37 Before installing libpng, you must first install zlib, if it
38 is not already on your system. zlib can usually be found
39 wherever you got libpng. zlib can be placed in another directory,
40 at the same level as libpng.
42 If your system already has a preinstalled zlib you will still need
43 to have access to the zlib.h and zconf.h include files that
44 correspond to the version of zlib that's installed.
46 You can rename the directories that you downloaded (they
47 might be called "libpng-1.2.20" or "lpng109" and "zlib-1.2.1"
48 or "zlib121") so that you have directories called "zlib" and "libpng".
50 Your directory structure should look like this:
52 .. (the parent directory)
53 libpng (this directory)
80 If the line endings in the files look funny, you may wish to get the other
81 distribution of libpng. It is available in both tar.gz (UNIX style line
82 endings) and zip (DOS style line endings) formats.
84 If you are building libpng with MSVC, you can enter the
85 libpng projects\visualc6 directory and follow the instructions in
86 projects\visualc6\README.txt.
88 You can build libpng for WindowsCE by downloading and installing
89 the projects\wince directory as instructed in the projects\wince.txt file, and
90 then following the instructions in the README* files. Similarly, you can
91 build libpng for Netware or Beos as instructed in projects\netware.txt
94 Else enter the zlib directory and follow the instructions in zlib/README,
95 then come back here and run "configure" or choose the appropriate
96 makefile.sys in the scripts directory.
98 The files that are presently available in the scripts directory
101 CMakeLists.txt => "cmake" script
102 makefile.std => Generic UNIX makefile (cc, creates static libpng.a)
103 makefile.elf => Linux/ELF makefile symbol versioning,
104 gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
105 makefile.linux => Linux/ELF makefile
106 (gcc, creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
107 makefile.gcc => Generic makefile (gcc, creates static libpng.a)
108 makefile.knr => Archaic UNIX Makefile that converts files with
109 ansi2knr (Requires ansi2knr.c from
110 ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost)
111 makefile.aix => AIX/gcc makefile
112 makefile.cygwin => Cygwin/gcc makefile
113 makefile.darwin => Darwin makefile, can use on MacosX
114 makefile.dec => DEC Alpha UNIX makefile
115 makefile.freebsd => FreeBSD makefile
116 makefile.hpgcc => HPUX makefile using gcc
117 makefile.hpux => HPUX (10.20 and 11.00) makefile
118 makefile.hp64 => HPUX (10.20 and 11.00) makefile, 64-bit
119 makefile.ibmc => IBM C/C++ version 3.x for Win32 and OS/2 (static)
120 makefile.intel => Intel C/C++ version 4.0 and later
121 libpng.icc => Project file for IBM VisualAge/C++ version 4.0 or later
122 makefile.netbsd => NetBSD/cc makefile, uses PNGGCCRD, makes libpng.so.
123 makefile.ne12bsd => NetBSD/cc makefile, uses PNGGCCRD,
125 makefile.openbsd => OpenBSD makefile
126 makefile.sgi => Silicon Graphics IRIX makefile (cc, creates static lib)
127 makefile.sggcc => Silicon Graphics (gcc,
128 creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
129 makefile.sunos => Sun makefile
130 makefile.solaris => Solaris 2.X makefile (gcc,
131 creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
132 makefile.solaris-x86 => Solaris/intelMMX 2.X makefile (gcc,
133 creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
134 makefile.so9 => Solaris 9 makefile (gcc,
135 creates libpng12.so.0.1.2.20)
136 makefile.32sunu => Sun Ultra 32-bit makefile
137 makefile.64sunu => Sun Ultra 64-bit makefile
138 makefile.sco => For SCO OSr5 ELF and Unixware 7 with Native cc
139 makefile.mips => MIPS makefile
140 makefile.acorn => Acorn makefile
141 makefile.amiga => Amiga makefile
142 smakefile.ppc => AMIGA smakefile for SAS C V6.58/7.00 PPC compiler
143 (Requires SCOPTIONS, copied from scripts/SCOPTIONS.ppc)
144 makefile.atari => Atari makefile
145 makefile.beos => BEOS makefile for X86
146 makefile.bor => Borland makefile (uses bcc)
147 makefile.bc32 => 32-bit Borland C++ (all modules compiled in C mode)
148 makefile.tc3 => Turbo C 3.0 makefile
149 makefile.dj2 => DJGPP 2 makefile
150 makefile.msc => Microsoft C makefile
151 makefile.vcwin32 => makefile for Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 and later
152 makefile.os2 => OS/2 Makefile (gcc and emx, requires pngos2.def)
153 pngos2.def => OS/2 module definition file used by makefile.os2
154 makefile.watcom => Watcom 10a+ Makefile, 32-bit flat memory model
155 makevms.com => VMS build script
156 descrip.mms => VMS makefile for MMS or MMK
157 SCOPTIONS.ppc => Used with smakefile.ppc
159 Copy the file (or files) that you need from the
160 scripts directory into this directory, for example
162 MSDOS example: copy scripts\makefile.msc makefile
163 UNIX example: cp scripts/makefile.std makefile
165 Read the makefile to see if you need to change any source or
166 target directories to match your preferences.
168 Then read pngconf.h to see if you want to make any configuration
171 Then just run "make" which will create the libpng library in
172 this directory and "make test" which will run a quick test that reads
173 the "pngtest.png" file and writes a "pngout.png" file that should be
174 identical to it. Look for "9782 zero samples" in the output of the
175 test. For more confidence, you can run another test by typing
176 "pngtest pngnow.png" and looking for "289 zero samples" in the output.
177 Also, you can run "pngtest -m contrib/pngsuite/*.png" and compare
178 your output with the result shown in contrib/pngsuite/README.
180 Most of the makefiles will allow you to run "make install" to
181 put the library in its final resting place (if you want to
182 do that, run "make install" in the zlib directory first if necessary).
183 Some also allow you to run "make test-installed" after you have
186 If you encounter a compiler error message complaining about the
188 __png.h__ already includes setjmp.h;
189 __dont__ include it again.;
190 This means you have compiled another module that includes setjmp.h,
191 which is hazardous because the two modules might not include exactly
192 the same setjmp.h. If you are sure that you know what you are doing
193 and that they are exactly the same, then you can comment out or
194 delete the two lines. Better yet, use the cexcept interface
195 instead, as demonstrated in contrib/visupng of the libpng distribution.
197 Further information can be found in the README and libpng.txt
198 files, in the individual makefiles, in png.h, and the manual pages