If the user has one of the supported OS's, then installation proceeds utilizing the following commands. If your OS is not supported, the configuration step should be omitted, Makefile.in should be copied as Makefile and explicitly tailored to the user environment.
% ./configure | uses Makefile.in as a template to build the correct Makefile (from user inputs as required) |
% make | builds all the facilities |
% make test | runs a test script (see below) |
% make clean | removes object files |
% make vclean | removes object files, executables and libraries |
% make tidy | same as above and restores the directories to the state of the original distribution |
% ./config_preview | configure the IDL previewer |