9.1.2 Custom installations
With the exception for with --with-everything and --with-nothing,
every option that starts with --with- or --without- exists in both
variants. --with- options install parts of the package. --without-
options skips installation of parts of the packages. With the same exception,
--without- options take not arguments and --with- optionally takes
an argument, if no argument is provided a default argument is implied.
The configuration script recognised the following options, the default values for
options with arguments are written after the equality sign (=) in the option:
- --everything
- --with-everything
- Install everything that is not explicity excluded.
- --minimal
- Install only the essentials. Note that this can vary depending on version. Currently
this means that the commands, xterm ponies and legal documents is installed.
- --nothing
- --with-nothing
- Install nothing, except legal documents, that is not explicity included.
- --with-ponysay
- --with-ponysay-command=/usr/bin/ponysay
- Install the ponysay command, and set file name. (Default)
- --with-ponythink
- --with-ponythink-command=/usr/bin/ponythink
- Install the ponythink command, and set file name. (Default)
- --with-shared-cache=/var/cache/ponysay
- Install a user shared cache, this is only used by KMS ponies so far. (Default)
- --with-bash
- --with-bash-completion=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ponysay
- Install auto-completion for installed commands in GNU Bash. Select the file name
for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other commands modifies this
file name. (Default)
- --with-fish
- --with-fish-completion=/usr/share/fish/completions/ponysay.fish
- Install auto-completion for installed commands in Friendly interactive shell.
Select the file name for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other
commands modifies this file name. (Default)
- --with-zsh
- --with-zsh-completion=/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ponysay
- Install auto-completion for installed commands in the zsh shell.
Select the file name for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other
commands modifies this file name. (Default)
- --with-shell
- --with-shell-completion=/usr/share
- Macro for --with-bash, --with-fish and --with-zsh.
The argument is the used share/ directory that all shells have in common.
- --with-pdf
- --with-pdf-manual=/usr/doc
- Install PDF manual, and select directory for it.
- --with-pdf-compression
- --with-pdf-manual-compression=gz
- Compress PDF manual, select compression by file name extension. This option
does not imply --with-pdf. (Default)
- --with-info
- --with-info-manual=/usr/share/info
- Install info manual, and select directory for it. (Default)
- --with-info-install
- --with-info-manual-install=My Little Ponies for your terminal
- Use install-info when installing info manual. Set the
description for the manual. This option does not imply --with-info. (Default)
- --with-info-compression
- --with-info-manual-compression=gz
- Compress info manual, select compression by file name extension.
This option does not imply --with-info. (Default)
- --with-man-en
- --with-manpage-en
- --with-man-manual-en
- --with-en-man
- --with-en-manpage
- --with-en-man-manual=/usr/share/man
- Install English man manual. Set directory for man manuals.
(Default)
- --with-man-es
- --with-manpage-es
- --with-man-manual-es
- --with-es-man
- --with-es-manpage
- --with-es-man-manual=/usr/share/man
- Install Spanish man manual. Set directory for man manuals.
- --with-man
- --with-manpage
- --with-man-manual
- Macro for all --with-man-LANG.
- --with-man-en-compression
- --with-manpage-en-compression
- --with-man-manual-en-compression
- --with-en-man-compression
- --with-en-manpage-compression
- --with-en-man-manual-compression=gz
- Compress English man manual, select compression by file name extension.
This option does not imply --with-man-en. (Default)
- --with-man-es-compression
- --with-manpage-es-compression
- --with-man-manual-es-compression
- --with-es-man-compression
- --with-es-manpage-compression
- --with-es-man-manual-compression=gz
- Compress Spanish man manual, select compression by file name extension.
This option does not imply --with-man-es. (Default)
- --with-man-compression
- --with-manpage-compression
- --with-man-manual-compression
- Macro for all --with-man-LANG-compression.
- --man-section-ponysay
- --man-sectionpage-ponysay
- --ponysay-man-section
- --ponysay-manpage-section=6
- Change the section for the ponysay manpage.
- --man-section-cowsay
- --manpage-section-cowsay
- --cowsay-man-section
- --cowsay-manpage-section=1
- Change the section for the cowsay manpage.
- --man-section-fortune
- --manpage-section-fortune
- --fortune-man-section
- --fortune-manpage-section=6
- Change the section for the fortune manpage.
- --with-ponies=/usr/share/ponysay/ponies
- Install standard xterm ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-ttyponies=/usr/share/ponysay/ttyponies
- Install standard tty ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-extraponies=/usr/share/ponysay/extraponies
- Install extra xterm ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-extrattyponies=/usr/share/ponysay/extrattyponies
- Install extra tty ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-quotes=/usr/share/ponysay/quotes
- Install pony quotes, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-balloons=/usr/share/ponysay/balloons
- Install balloon styles, and select installation directory for them. (Default)
- --with-ucs
- --with-ucs-names=/usr/share/ponysay/ucsmap
- Install UCS pony names, and select installation file name for the map. (Default)
- --without-custom-env-python
- Let the installer set the env name for python in ponysay.
(Default)
- --with-custom-env-python=python3
- Set the env name for python in ponysay.
- --prefix=/usr
- Set a prefix to all implicit directories.
- --private
- Change all implicit configurations to fit local user a installation
for the current user.
- --opt
- Change all implicit directories to fit installation to /opt.
- --bin-dir=/usr/bin
- Set the system's directory for command executables.
- --lib-dir=/usr/lib/ponysay
- Set the system's directory for non-command executables. Currently their
is not non-executable library, so this options has no effect, but bleeding
edge distributors should specify it if it differs from prefered.
- --libexec-dir=/usr/libexec/ponysay
- Set the system's directory for non-command executables. Currently their
is not non-command executables, so this options has no effect, but bleeding
edge distributors should specify it if it differs from prefered.
- --share-dir=/usr/share
- Set the system's directory for resource files.
- --cache-dir=/var/cache
- Set the system's directory for cache directories.
- --dest-dir=
- Set off environment for installation.
- --linking=symbolic
- Set how to link identical files. Directories cannot be hard linked on most
systems, therefore directories or always symbolically linked of hard linked
is specified.
Recognised arguments are
copy, hard and symbolic.
copy implies that files and directories are not linked, but duplicated.
ponysay -L will give the same output as ponysay -l if copy
or hard is used. This is because it does link reading and not content or
inode comparison.
Recognised compressions are gz which uses gzip -9, and xz
which uses xz -9e. xz is still exotic to most programs, using
it is not recommended. Distributors are strongly disencouraged to compression for the
PDF manual and should use --without-pdf-compression.
You can run ./setup.py [OPTIONS] view to make sure everything is correct
before building and installing.