.. _install:

Install
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Building
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0. If ``configure`` is missing from the top level directory, you
   probably retrieved this code directly from the repository.
   Run ``./bootstrap``.

   If your versions of the autotools are not new enough to run
   this script, download and official tarball in which the
   configure script is already provided.

1. Run ``./configure``

   See ``./configure --help`` for configuration options.

2. Run ``make``

3. Optionally, run ``make install``.  The installation prefix
   can be changed as an option to the ``configure`` script.