If you are reading this document it is most likely that Agroups has already been installed. This chapter is only included in this document for completeness.
To make Agroups unpack it in some directory with
tar -zxvf tar-file
where tar-file is the Agroups tar file with the tgz file
extension. This will create an agroups sub-directory there.
Change to the agroups sub-directory and type either
./configure
or
./configure --prefix=PATH
The first will prepare to install Agroups under the default directory
/usr/local. The second will prepare to install Agroups under a
directory PATH that you provide.
Then type
make
To install the made Agroups system depending on the operating system and installation PATH you may need to log in as a super user. Then type
make install
The key files that get installed are
PATH/share/emacs/site-lisp/agroups.el PATH/share/emacs/site-lisp/agroups.elc PATH/info/agroups.info PATH/doc/agroups/agroups.html
where PATH is the installation directory.
To get started you should read the Agroups user document. A quick start
can be tried by just reading the Introduction chapter. The
agroups.html file can be read in a web browser. So for example
if the above PATH was /usr/local you can use the URL
file:/usr/local/doc/agroups/agroups.html
Or if you want to read the Agroups user document in Emacs with the
info command, while in Emacs type
C-u C-h i /usr/local/info/agroups
You can also get a PostScript copy of the Agroups document by changing to
the directory where you typed ./configure and then change to the
sub-directory doc and type
make ps
which will create a PostScript version of the Agroups user document called
agroups.ps
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