PREREQUISITES

    Using GCC:
        Required
            * gcc          : GNU C compiler
            * GNU binutils : A collection of binary tools
            * GNU make     : make
            * sh           : POSIX type shell
            * GNU coreutils: Core utilities package (chmod, install, mkdir,
                             mv, rm, uname)

        Optional (depending on build targets):
            * perl         : Practical Extraction and Report Language
                             perl >= 5.10.1 is required for rebuilding the
                             manual pages with perlpod.
                             Self-tests require module perl-Test-Simple.
            * gettext      : Framework to help GNU packages produce multi-
                             lingual messages.
            * po4a         : PO for anything, for rebuilding manuals.
            * groff        : GNU troff text formatting system, for
                             international messages and manuals.
            * ghostscript  : An interpreter for the PostScript language and
                             for PDF (ps2pdf)


    Using LLVM CLANG:
        Clang can be used as a drop-in replacement for gcc. Just add CC=clang to the make
        command line.


    Using Watcom C:
        Required
            * Open Watcom     : http://www.openwatcom.org/
            * Open Watcom V2  : http://open-watcom.github.io/open-watcom/    (git repo)
                                http://sourceforge.net/projects/openwatcom/  (binaries download)


    Using Microsoft Visual C++:
        Required
            * Visual C++   : You can get a free express version via this web page:
                             http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-express-vs
                             Download Visual Studio for Windows Desktop. Visual C++ is part
                             of Visual Studio. Out of the box compilation for 64-bit
                             applications is supported since version 2012.



BASIC INSTALLATION

    To build the program type:

        make


    To run the self-tests type:

        make check


    To strip the executables:

        make strip


    To install:

        make install


    Clean:

        make clean


SELF-TESTS

    To run the self-tests you need a Perl installation including
    module perl-Test-Simple.

    To check the native Windows ports you need to run the tests in
    the MSYS2 shell.

INSTALLATION NAMES

    By default the 'install' target will install the program in
    /usr/bin, the language files in /usr/share/locale
    and the man page in /usr/share/man. You can specify an
    installation prefix other than /usr by modifying the
    'prefix' variable. An Example:

        make prefix=$HOME clean all
        make prefix=$HOME install


DEBUG

    A debug enabled build can be made by adding DEBUG=1
    to the make command. Example:

        make clean install DEBUG=1

    With debug enabled dos2unix will print extra information
    and you can debug the source code in gdb.


NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT

    Native Language Support (NLS) is by default enabled.
    To disable NLS add ENABLE_NLS=. Example:

        make clean install ENABLE_NLS=


INTERNATIONAL MAN PAGES

    Since dos2unix 6.0.5 all man pages are encoded in UTF-8, because even
    Western-European man pages may contain Unicode characters not supported by
    the Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) character set.

    Originally the Unix man system supported only man pages in Latin1 format.
    Although the world is moving to Unicode format (UTF-8) there is still a lot
    of Latin1 legacy around.

    The English man page is a pure ASCII file and is readable on all platforms.

    Non-English man pages are encoded in UTF-8. These do not show properly on
    old systems.  Man pages in UTF-8 format are shown properly on Linux. Not
    all roff implementations support UTF-8.

    In order to show UTF-8 man pages properly on Cygwin with traditional man
    you need to do the following:

    In /etc/man.conf, change the NROFF definition to use 'preconv'.

        NROFF        /usr/bin/preconv | /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc 2>/dev/null

    To view the man page set the correct locale. E.g. for Ukrainian:

        export LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
        man dos2unix

    With man-db the manpages show correctly out of the box. Cygwin changed to
    use man-db in June 2014.
    Man-db is the default man system on the major Linux distributions.


LARGE FILE SUPPORT

    Large File Support (LFS) is by default enabled. This enables
    the use of 64 bit file system interface on 32 bit systems.
    This makes it possible to open files larger than 2GB on 32 bit
    systems, provided the OS has LFS support builtin.
    To disable LFS make the LFS variable empty. Example:

        Disable LFS:
        make clean install LFS=

    The gcc compiler from the mingw.org project does not support LFS.
    It is advised to use the mingw-w64 compiler tool chain for LFS on
    32 bit Windows.


UNICODE SUPPORT

    Unicode UTF-16 support is by default enabled for Windows and Unix.  To
    disable make the UCS variable (Universal Character Set) empty.

        Disable Unicode:
        make clean install UCS=

    Unicode UTF-16 is not supported by the DOS and OS/2 versions.


DOCUMENTATION

    Manual pages are generated from Perl POD files.

    The manual pages in text and html format are by default only
    created in English language. To create text and html manuals
    for other languages type:

        make txt
        make html

    Once the manuals in non-English languages have been created,
    they will also be installed under share/doc/ when you type
    'make install'

    Manuals in PDF format are by default not created.
    To create manuals in PDF format type:

        make pdf

    PDF generation requires GhostScript to be installed.


WINDOWS 32 BIT PORT

    Using Mingw compiler <http://www.mingw.org>:

        make -f mingw.mak clean
        make -f mingw.mak
        make -f mingw.mak strip
        make -f mingw.mak install

    Using MinGW-w64 compiler <http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net>:
    I am using the MSYS2 project <http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/>
    which includes the MinGW-w64 compiler and an updated MSYS shell based
    on Cygwin 1.7.

        make -f mingw32.mak clean
        make -f mingw32.mak
        make -f mingw32.mak strip
        make -f mingw32.mak install

    Or use Open Watcom and type:

        wmake -f wccwin32.mak clean
        wmake -f wccwin32.mak
        wmake -f wccwin32.mak install

    Or use Microsoft Visual C++ and type:

        nmake /f vc.mak clean
        nmake /f vc.mak
        nmake /f vc.mak install


    The win32 binaries built with MinGW32 are packed with a patched version of
    MinGW's libintl-8.dll that has builtin support for relocation. See also
    http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/libintl.html and
    http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/bugs/1808/
    The MSYS2 project has the relocation patch already included.


WINDOWS 64 BIT PORT

    To compile a version for 64 bit Windows, get the Mingw-w64 compiler
    <http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net>, and use makefile mingw64.mak:
    I am using the MSYS2 project <http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/>
    which includes the MinGW-w64 compiler and an updated MSYS shell based
    on Cygwin 1.7.

        make -f mingw64.mak clean
        make -f mingw64.mak
        make -f mingw64.mak strip
        make -f mingw64.mak install

    Or use Microsoft Visual C++. Visual Studio Express supports
    out of the box C/C++ compilation for 64-bit applications since
    version 2012. Start an "x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt" and
    type:

        nmake /f vc.mak clean
        nmake /f vc.mak
        nmake /f vc.mak install


DOS PORT, 32 BIT

    To compile a version for DOS, get the DJGPP compiler
    <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/>, and use makefile djgpp.mak.
    DJGPP gcc >= 4.6 seems to cause problems. Crashes of gcc itself,
    or crashing dos2unix binaries (seen in DOSBox and DOSEMU).
    Use DJGPP gcc <= 4.5.3.


        make -f djgpp.mak clean
        make -f djgpp.mak
        make -f djgpp.mak strip
        make -f djgpp.mak install

    Or use Open Watcom
    Cross compiling from Windows 32 bit. This works.

        wmake -f wccdos32.mak clean
        wmake -f wccdos32.mak
        wmake -f wccdos32.mak install


DOS PORT, 16 BIT

    To compile a version for DOS, use the Borland C compiler 3.1 or 4.0,
    and use makefile bcc.mak:

        make -f bcc.mak clean
        make -f bcc.mak

    Or use Open Watcom

        wmake -f wccdos16.mak clean
        wmake -f wccdos16.mak
        wmake -f wccdos16.mak install


OS/2 PORT

    Using EMX

        make -f emx.mak clean
        make -f emx.mak
        make -f emx.mak strip
        make -f emx.mak install

    Open Watcom

        wmake -f wccos2.mak clean
        wmake -f wccos2.mak
        wmake -f wccos2.mak install

