To install PSPP under a UNIX-like operating system, follow the steps below in order. Some of the text below was taken directly from various Free Software Foundation sources.
cd
to the directory containing the PSPP source.
configure
takes a while. While
running, it displays some messages telling which features it is checking
for.
You can optionally supply some options to configure
to
give it hints about how to do its job. Type ./configure --help
to see a list of options. One of the most useful options is
--with-checker, which enables the use of the Checker memory
debugger under supported operating systems. Checker must already be
installed to use this option. Do not use --with-checker if you
are not debugging PSPP itself.
configure
. Note that most PSPP
settings can be changed at runtime.
pref.h is only generated by configure
if it does not
already exist. (It's copied from prefh.orig.)