Note: Complete installation instructions can be found in the file
doc/epm-book.html.
On your development system you just need a C compiler, a make program, a POSIX shell (Bourne, Korn, Bash, etc.), and gzip.
The graphical setup program needs a C++ compiler and the FLTK library, version 1.1.x or 1.3.x, available at http://www.fltk.org.
EPM can generate so-called "portable" distributions that are based on shell scripts and tar files. For these types of distributions your customers/users will need a POSIX shell (Bourne, Korn, Bash, etc.), a tar program, and gzip. The first two are standard items, and gzip is being shipped by most vendors as well.
EPM can also generate vendor-specific distributions. These require the particular vendor tool (rpm, dpkg, etc.) to load the software.
EPM uses GNU autoconf to configure itself for your system. To build it, use:
./configure <ENTER>
make <ENTER>
The default installation prefix is /usr/local; if you want to put EPM in a
different location, use the --prefix option to the configure script:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/use <ENTER>
make <ENTER>
To test that the build was OK, you can use the following:
make test <ENTER>
Once EPM is compiled and you are sure it is working, you can type:
sudo make install <ENTER>
to install the software.