This is the README file for RAToolSet up to v 4.7.2

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INSTALLATION
	0. To install, you need g++ 2.8.0 or higher, libstdc++-2.8.0 or
	   higher, bison, flex and gmake.
           Please note that the toolset is not gcc3 compliant (yet).

	   For roe and aoe, you also need Tk4.0/Tcl7.4 or higher. If Tcl/Tk 
	   is not installed in a standard include directory, please set the
	   environment variables as the following:
	     TCL_TK_INCLUDE_DIR to the : separated list of directories where 
	   tcl.h and tk.h include files can be found;
	     TCL_TK_LIBRARY_DIR to the : separated list of directories where 
	   tcl and tk libraries can be found;
	     TCL_LIBRARY to the location of the directory containing standard
	   library scripts (init.tcl and etc) for Tcl;
	     TK_LIBRARY to the location of the directory containing Tcl 
	   scripts (tk.tcl and etc) related to Tk;

	   For example:
  	      TCL_TK_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/tcl/include:/usr/local/tk/include
  	      TCL_TK_LIBRARY_DIR=/usr/local/tcl/lib:/usr/local/tk/lib
	      TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/tcl7.6
	      TK_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/tk4.2

	   If Tk4.0/Tcl7.4 or higher can not be linked by simply adding -ltk
	   and -ltcl switches to the linker, please define the environment
	   variable LD_TCL_TK_LIBS to the appropriate value. For example:

	      LD_TCL_TK_LIBS="-ltk4.0 -ltcl4.0"

         Please make sure that tk is linked before tcl.

	   The development platform is a linux PC using gcc-2.95.3 and 
	   libstdc++-2.9.0. A statically-linked executables for various
	   platforms (well, we will try our best) can be provided upon
	   request. 

	1. unzip and untar the distribution file
	2. on RAToolSet directory, type `./configure' to configure the
	   package for your system. If you're using `csh' on an old
	   version of System V, you might need to type `sh ./configure'
	   instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute `configure'
	   itself. The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the
	   installation process should put RAToolSet and its data files.  
	   This defaults to `/usr/local'. 
	3. type "make depend" to generate the make file dependencies
	4. type "make all" to build IRRToolSet.
	5. type "make install" to copy the executables/man-pages to
	   /usr/local/{bin,man} directory (or to the directory 
	   specified with --prefix argument to configure).

KNOWN PROBLEMS DURING INSTALLATION
	On Dec Alpha's running OSF/1, the make program seems to have
	problems, please try gnu make (often gmake).

	If you run into compilation problems on DU or AIX systems, and you 
	used --enable-debug option of configure, try not using that
	option. Older versions of gcc/g++ seems to have problems with
	these opitons on these platforms.

  When compiling on FreeBSD from 5.0, be sure to change the compiler 
  to gcc-2.95 as default compiler is gcc3. It will require to modify 
  configure.in to pick up appropriate values for CC, CXX and LD.

Please let us know if you face any problems at the mailing list
irrtoolset@ripe.net. Bug reports and suggestions are always welcome.

