I've only tested this program on Linux, a few versions of Solaris of
varying vintge, and Windows.  However, it should be pretty portable.

If you are running Windows, note that I've only tested this code in
the Cygwin environment.  The install instructions assume that if you
run Windows, you are using Cygwin.

Here's the beef:

1) On a Unix system,    type: ./configure
   On a Windows system, type: bash ./configure
   There are some options you can set from the command line that
   will affect the installation, including:
       --prefix=PATH           Set base directory for installation to directory
                               specified by PATH.  Default is '/usr/local'.
       --with-cpp=PATH         Use the C++ compiler located at PATH.
                               Default is to try g++ then CC.
       --help                  A list of all options that can be set.

2) Follow the directions given when ./configure finishes.
   Generally, this consists of two things:
     a) Running 'make'
     b) Running 'make install'
   
   When running 'make install', make sure you log in as a user with
   enough privileges to write to the place you chose in step 1.  If 
   you're installing to a system directory (such as the default,
   /usr/local), then you'll probably need to become root.

That should be it.  However, you may have:

ISSUES:

I don't know of any at the time of this writing.  However, please let
me know about any problems you have at the address below.

John Viega
viega@list.org