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Added GNU readline or Tecla library software requirements.

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Janet B. Anderson
2004-11-18 22:47:41 +00:00
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more board support packages. Consult the vxWorks documentation for
details.
GNU readline or Tecla library
GNU readline and Tecla librararies can be used by the IOC shell to
provide command line editing and command line history recall and edit.
GNU readline (or Tecla library) must be installed on your target system
when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is set to READLINE (or TECLA) for that target.
EPICS (EPICS shell) is the default specified in CONFIG_COMMON. A READLINE
override is defined for linux-x86 in the EPICS distribution. Comment out
COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY=READLINE in configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86
if readline is not installed on linux-x86. Command-line editing and
history will then be those supplied by the os. On vxWorks the ledLib
command-line input libraries are used.
Host system storage requirements
The GNU zipped tar file is approximately 1.4 MB in size. The unzipped

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@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ the host vendor's C and C++ compilers as well as the GNU gcc and g++ compilers.
The GNU cross-compilers have been used for all cross-compiled targets.
You may need the host vendor's C++ compiler in your search path to do EPICS
builds. Check definitions of CC and CCC in base/configure/os/CONFIG.<host>.<host>.
</blockquote>
<h3>
Software requirements</h3>
@@ -150,8 +151,21 @@ to Tornado 2 should be specified in the base/configure/RELEASE or
base/configure/RELEASE.&lt;hostarch>
file. You will also need one or more board support packages. Consult the
vxWorks documentation for details.
<p><b>GNU readline or Tecla library</b>
<br>
GNU readline and Tecla librararies can be used by the IOC shell to
provide command line editing and command line history recall and edit.
GNU readline (or Tecla library) must be installed on your target system
when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is set to READLINE (or TECLA) for that target.
EPICS (EPICS shell) is the default specified in CONFIG_COMMON. A READLINE
override is defined for linux-x86 in the EPICS distribution. Comment out
COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY=READLINE in configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86
if readline is not installed on linux-x86. Command-line editing and
history will then be those supplied by the os. On vxWorks the ledLib
command-line input libraries are used.
</blockquote>
<h3>
Host system storage requirements</h3>
@@ -164,7 +178,7 @@ files for each target take approximately 10 MB.</blockquote>
Documentation</h3>
<blockquote>EPICS documentation is available on the WWW via the EPICS home
page at APS: URL <a href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics">http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics</a></blockquote>
page at APS: URL <a href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics">http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics</a>
available on the IOC software, Base R3.14, release number, web page
which can be accessed from the APS EPICS home page.</blockquote>