		   SLgtk Binary Distribution
		     mnoble@space.mit.edu
		   $Date: 2005/02/08 23:10:03 $


This directory contains a set of files comprising the SLgtk binary
distribution.  The SLgtk package binds the Gimp Toolkit, aka Gtk,
to the S-Lang scripting language.  Documentation for the package
is available in the doc/slgtk subdirectory.

The binary SLgtk distribution is offered to end-users as a way of
using SLgtk and guilets without the (fairly significant) hassle of
building all of its dependencies.  This aim is achieved by linking
Gtk, Pango, et all statically into the SLgtk module, thus trading
convenience for size.

After unpacking the distribution issue the command

	./configure [options]

The most commonly used option is

	--prefix=<install_directory>

where <install_directory> is the top-level directory into which you
would like to install the SLgtk binary distribution.  THIS SHOULD NOT
BE THE SAME LOCATION WHERE YOU'VE UNPACKED THE TARBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When no options are specified configure will make a best guess as to
where the distribution should be installed, but since it may guess
incorrectly you should check the output messages to see that the
install destination is indeed what you expect.

If so, issue the command

	make install

to install the package in the specified location.  If the install
directory does not already exist then the 'make' will create it.
On some systems this may require that you have root permissions (see
the manpages for 'su' and 'sudo' for more information).

If not, issue another configure command, this time explicitly specifying
the installation location.  Then issue the install command as shown above.

To perform a smoke test after installation, issue the command

	slsh ./test.sl

Note that, unlike the SLgtk source distribution, the SLgtk binary
distribution requires that slsh (the S-Lang shell) be installed on
your system and accessible within your $PATH or environment.  If slsh
is not available on your system it may be obtained by downloading the
S-Lang sourcecode from

		http://www.s-lang.org

and building/installing within the ./slsh subdirectory (after, of
course, building and installing the S-Lang library itself).
