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@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Triska, and many others. You should read the rest of this file for
information on what Yap is and for instructions on how to build it.
YAP 6 has been built with several versions on GCC on a variety of
Linux, MacOSX. It has been built on Windows XP and VISTA using
cygwin/mingw from Cygnus Solutions.
Linux, MacOSX. It has been built on Windows XP and VISTA using the
mingw toolkit and cygwin from Cygnus Solutions.
The main core of the YAP distribution is distributed under a dual
license: the Perl Artistic license 2 and the FSF's LGPL. The YAP
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yap-users
Online documentation is available for Yap at:
http://www.ncc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/
http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/
Recent versions of Yap, including both source and selected binaries,
can be found from this same URL.
@ -81,26 +81,22 @@ to obtain a copy of the current YAP tree.
3. How to compile YAP
To compile YAP just do:
To compile YAP from the source directory just do:
(1) mkdir arch
(1) ./configure
(2) cd arch
(2) check the Makefile for any extensions or changes you want to make.
(3) ../configure
(3) make
(4) check the Makefile for any extensions or changes you want to make.
(4) If the compilation succeeds, try ./yap
(5) make
(5) Happy? make install
(6) If the compilation succeeds, try ./yap
(7) Happy? make install
(8) "make install_info" will create the info files in the standard
(6) "make install_info" will create the info files in the standard
info directory.
(9) "make html" will create documentation in html format in the
(7) "make html" will create documentation in html format in the
current directory.
In most systems you will need to be superuser in order to do "make
@ -109,10 +105,12 @@ install" and "make info" on the standard directories.
3.1 Where to install Yap
YAP uses autoconf. Recent versions of Yap try to follow GNU
conventions on where to place software. You can use the --prefix
configure option to set the ROOTDIR macro and the --exec-prefix option
to set the EROOTDIR macro (for architecture-dependent files). EROOTDIR
defaults to ROOTDIR.
conventions on where to place software. By default, this location is
/usr/local on Unix, Linux, and OS/X machines.
You can use the --prefix configure option to set the ROOTDIR macro and
the --exec-prefix option to set the EROOTDIR macro (for
architecture-dependent files). EROOTDIR defaults to ROOTDIR.
o The main executable is placed at BINDIR, which defaults at
$(EROOTDIR)/bin. This executable is actually a script that calls the
@ -135,22 +133,20 @@ binary Prolog libraries.
o INFODIR is where the info help files will be stored. It defaults
to $(SHAREDIR)/info.
3.2 Which Yap to compile
3.2 Which YAP to compile
Compiling Yap with the standard options give you a plain vanilla
Compiling YAP with the standard options give you a plain vanilla
Prolog. You can tune Yap to use extra functionality by using the
following options to configure:
o --enable-rational-trees=yes gives you support for infinite rational
trees (enabled by default).
o --enable-coroutining=yes gives you support for coroutining,
including freezing of goals, attributed variables, and
constraints. This will also enable support for infinite rational
trees (enabled by default).
o --enable-depth-limit=yes allows depth limited evaluation, say for
implementing iterative deepening.
implementing iterative deepening. It is required by the ILP system
Aleph.
o --enable-use-malloc=yes makes YAP use the system's library for all
memory allocation.
o --enable-threads=yes enables POSIX thread support.
o --enable-low-level-tracer=yes allows support for tracing all calls,
retries, and backtracks in the system. This can help in debugging your
@ -165,6 +161,10 @@ supported by one of these three forms. This is still highly experimental.
o --enable-tabling=yes allows tabling support. This is still experimental.
o --with-jpl=JAVA_PATH activates the Java Interface Library JPL. In
Linux and WIN32 you have to provide a path to the Java library, in
OSX it is sufficient to say yes.
3.3 Porting Yap
The system has been mainly tested with GCC, but we have been able to