Build/Linux

Description
How to build suite3270 (x3270, c3270, s3270, tcl3270, pr3287 and wc3270) on Linux.

Required packages
Different Linux distributions organize their installation packages differently. These are examples from Ubuntu.
 * gcc
 * Basic C compiler support.


 * libssl-dev
 * The OpenSSL library, for TLS support.


 * libreadline-dev
 * The GNU readline library, for command-line editing in c3270 and at the x3270&gt; prompt.


 * libxaw7-dev
 * The Athena Widgets library, for building x3270. Also pulls in the rest of the required X11 development tools.


 * xfonts-100dpi
 * Additional fonts needed by x3270.


 * libncurses5-dev
 * The wide ncurses library, for building c3270.


 * tcl-dev
 * Tcl development library, for building tcl3270.


 * mingw-w64
 * Windows cross-compiler, for building Windows versions of the emulator suite.


 * m4
 * Macro processor, for building man pages.

Build process

 * Install the required packages.
 * Run configure.
 * Run make.