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INSTALLATION
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See README.txt for an overview of the gSOAP software and more details on the
installation in case of a problem.

This part explains how gSOAP is built on your platform.

Using Autoconf/Automake
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Requirements to configure and build the package with autoconf/automake:

1. Automake tools (make and GNU m4) to configure and build
2. Bison http://www.gnu.org/software/bison or the alternative Yacc
3. Flex http://flex.sourceforge.net 
4a. either OpenSSL (for optional HTTPS) http://www.openssl.org
4b. or GNUTLS (for optional HTTPS) http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/
5. Zlib (for optional compression) http://www.zlib.net
6. Pthreads or win32 threads (optional)

See Installation Instructions below.

I do not have/want Automake! Or what shoulld I do when 'make' fails?
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No problem.

If autoconf/automake are not available or 'make' fails for some reason, you can
build the soapcpp2 and wsdl2h tools with the provided makefiles. To do so:

cd gsoap/src
make -f MakefileManual
cd gsoap/wsdl
make -f MakefileManual

This compiles and installs the binaries in gsoap/bin. Move them to a bin
directory or include them in your executable path.

For your project builds, use the stdsoap2.c and stdsoap2.cpp sources rather
than the libgsoap libs, as the libs are not built. To enable SSL, GZIP, HTTP
cookies, IPv6 support, and/or force C locale usage, use the compiler flags:

-DWITH_OPENSSL or -DWITH_GNUTLS
-DWITH_GZIP
-DWITH_COOKIES
-DWITH_IPV6
-DWITH_C_LOCALE

Note: these flags when set must be used to compile ALL your sources to ensure
consistency.

Windows Users
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Win32 binaries and project code is included in this package. Win32 users can
start right away without autoconf/automake. The 'soapcpp2.exe' binary compiler
and 'wsdl2h.exe' WSDL parser are included in 'gsoap/bin/win32', see also the
'gsoap/VisualStudio2005' folder for the tool project files. The 'soapcpp2.exe'
and 'wsdl2h.exe' tools are command-line based and should be invoked from within
the IDE to process WSDL, XSD, and gSOAP service specification header files:

.wsdl .xsd --> wsdl2h.exe --> .h (special .h formatted with gSOAP annotations)
                              .h --> soapcpp2.exe --> .h .c .cpp .xml ...

Symbian
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Symbian instructions and example code is located in 'gsoap/Symbian'.

Palm
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Palm OS support is no longer available for this release. The latest stable
release with Palm OS support is gSOAP 2.7.8c.

Installation Instructions
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To build gSOAP on your platform using autoconf/automake, please enter the
following commands:

	$ ./configure
	$ make
	$ make install

This will install the executables and libraries on your system (and you need
root access to do so).

To build without the default OpenSSL SSL/TLS support, use:

	$ ./configure --disable-ssl
	$ make
	$ make install

To build with GNUTLS SSL/TLS support, use:

	$ ./configure --enable-gnutls
	$ make
	$ make install

IMPORTANT: the WS-Security WSSE plugin requires OpenSSL and will not build with
GNUTLS. This limitation is being addressed, so please check future 2.8.x
releases.

To configure and build the examples, use the --enable-samples option:

	$ ./configure --enable-samples

To configure and build the libraries in DEBUG mode, which produces 'SENT.log',
'RECV.log' and 'TEST.log' files for message logs and gSOAP engine event logs,
use:

	$ ./configure --enable-debug

If you want to install the executables in your local folder, enter:

	$ ./configure
	$ make
	$ make install exec_prefix=$HOME

Summary
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To build your projects, you need the following executables:

	soapcpp2	the gSOAP stub/skeleton generator
	wsdl2h		the gSOAP WSDL/schema parser and code generator

Pre-built executables for select platforms can be found in gsoap/bin.

You also need the following libraries (built from stdsoap2.c[pp]):

	libgsoap++.a		C++ runtime
	libgsoapck++.a		C++ runtime with HTTP cookie support
	libgsoapssl++.a		C++ runtime with cookies, zlib, and SSL
	libgsoap.a		C runtime
	libgsoapck.a		C runtime with HTTP cookie support
	libgsoapssl.a		C runtime with cookies, zlib, and SSL

Or you can use the stdsoap2.c and stdsoap2.cpp source directly, but you need to use the propoer -DWITH_X flags to enable support for 'X' (see above).

This version of gSOAP requires SSL support with OpenSSL 0.9.6 or later.