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Installation

Installling xfig

1. Get the source of xfig(xfig.3.2.1.tar.gz) and gunzip and untar the file.

   You can get the source from www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig,   ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/applications/drawing_tools/xfig, or from any CTAN machine (ftp.tex.ac.uk, for example) in /pub/archive/graphics.

2. You also need ghostscript which can be found at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirror sites, or at ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin.
   It must be compiled with the pbmraw, ppmraw, pcx256, jpeg, and tiff24nc drivers.

3. Edit the Imakefile if you need to customize it.
   If you don't want GIF support, comment out `#define USEGIF' using the XCOMM comment directive (e.g. XCOMM #define USEGIF).

   To enable JPEG support, uncomment `#define USEJPEG' (this is the default) and modify the definition of USEINSTALLEDJPEG and JPEGLIBDIR if necessary. To use JPEG, you must have JPEG library (Version 5b or later). If you already if the JPEG library installed in your system area then make sure the USEINSTALLEDJPEG variable is uncommented (the default). If you don't have jpeg installed, get the source from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg or ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries

   If you don't want JPEG support, comment out `#define USEJPEG'. using the XCOMM comment directive (e.g. XCOMM #define USEGIF).

   To enable XPM support, uncomment `#define USEXPM' and modify the definition of XPMLIBDIR if necessary. To use XPM, you must have XPM3 package (Version 3.4c or later).

   If you don't want XPM support, comment out `#define USEXPM', using the XCOMM comment directive (e.g. XCOMM #define USEGIF). This is the default.

   If you want to use Xaw3d (Three-D Athena Widget) library, uncomment `XAWLIB = -lXaw3d'. When Xaw3d is used instead of Xaw, the buttons will appear 3 dimensional. The Xaw3d library should be compiled without -DARROW_SCROLLBAR.

   Small Icons - If you have a small screen (e.g. 800x600 or so) you may want to use the small mode panel buttons for xfig. If so, uncomment the `#define USESMALLICONS' line.

   
   Check the README file for more information about specific systems.

4. Type xmkmf to generate a Makefile for your system.

5. Type make to compile xfig.

6. After the compilation has finished, type make install to copy the files to the appropriate directories.

   If you don't use make install and copy files manually, note that:

   the xfig executable should go in your command search path,
   Fig.ad and Fig-color.ad should go in the app-defaults directory with the names Fig and Fig-color respectively,
   The CompKeyDB file , the Doc/html directory, and the xfig-howto.pdf and xfig.pdf files should be copied into the directory specified by the XFIGLIBDIR variable in the Imakefile

7. Type make install.man to copy the manual pages to the appropriate directory.

Installing TransFig/fig2dev

1. Get the source of TransFig (transfig.3.2.tar.gz), and untar the file. It should be available at the same site as xfig.

2. You shouldn't need to change the toplevel Imakefile or the Imakefile in fig2dev/dev.
   Edit fig2dev/Imakefile if you need to customize it:
   If you don't want to use NFSS2 font selection for LaTeX text, comment out `DDNFSS = -DNFSS' using the XCOMM directive. If you don't want to use epsfig macros as distributes with LaTeX2e, comment out `DDEPSF = -DEPSF' in the same way.
   Hint: Users of LaTeX2e will probably want to include both of these options; users of LaTeX 2.09 will probably want to include neither.

   To enable JPEG support, uncomment `#define USEJPEG' (this is the default) and modify the definition of USEINSTALLEDJPEG and JPEGLIBDIR if necessary. To use JPEG, you must have JPEG library (Version 5b or later). If you already if the JPEG library installed in your system area then make sure the USEINSTALLEDJPEG variable is uncommented (the default). If you don't have jpeg installed, get the source from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg or ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries

   If you don't want JPEG support, comment out `#define USEJPEG'. using the XCOMM comment directive (e.g. XCOMM #define USEGIF).

   To enable XPM support, uncomment `#define USEXPM' and change XPMLIBDIR if necessary. To use this facility, you must have XPM3 package (Version 3.4c or later).

   If you don't want XPM support, comment out `#define USEXPM'. This is the default.

   If your system DBM routines are in a separate library, uncomment `DBMLIB = -lgdbm'.

   For the Redhat distributions of Linux you may have to change it to `DBMLIB to -ldb'.
   For some Linuxes you may need to change it to `DBMLIB = -ldbm'.
   Slackware Linuxes use -lgdbm.

   If your system doesn't have strcasecmp() and/or strncasecmp(), uncomment

   
   `HAVE_NO_STRCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRCASECMP'
   and/or
   `HAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP'.

   If your system doesn't have strstr(), uncomment `#define NOSTRSTR'.

   If your system doesn't have strerror() (but support sys_errlist), uncomment `NEED_STRERROR = -DNEED_STRERROR'.

   On Solaris 2, you must add -lnsl to LOCAL_LIBRARIES. On HP-UX, you may need to reduce optimization level to +O2.

   See README and Imakefile for more details.

3. Type xmkmf to generate the Makefile.

4. Type make Makefiles to generate the Makefiles. Note the ``s'' in ``Makefiles''.

5. Type make to compile TransFig and fig2dev.

6. Type make install to copy the executable and files to the appropriate directories.

7. Type make install.man to copy the manual pages to the appropriate directory.

Related Software

Libraries

Xaw3d (Three-D Athena Widget) library
If Xaw3d is used instead of normal Xaw, widgets such as buttons will have 3-D appearance. It is available from ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/widgets.

XPM3 package
This package provides facilities to handle images in XPM format. It is available from ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/libraries.

JPEG library
This package provides facilities to handle images in JPEG format. The official distribution site is ftp.uu.net in /graphics/jpeg. It is also available from ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/libraries.

Applications

fig2dev (TransFig)
fig2dev provides the facility to convert figures created with xfig into various formats. You must have fig2dev because xfig invokes it when Exporting or Printing. fig2dev is part of the TransFig package.

GhostScript
xfig will invoke GhostScript (the gs command) when displaying an imported PostScript image. GhostScript is a product of the Free Software Foundation (Aladdin Enterprises owns the copyright), and it is available from prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirror sites, or ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin.

cdraw2fig
Converts `Cheap Draw' format to Fig format. Cheap Draw 2.0 was written by Bob Pratt and is available from the UNIXPC archives at osu-cis.

GIMP
A comprehensive image manipulation program, GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) is freely available from http://www.gimp.org/.

gnuplot
gnuplot is a plotting package which can output in Fig and other formats. The official distribution site is ftp.dartmouth.edu, but you can also get it from the comp.sources.misc archive newsgroup.

gzip (gunzip)
xfig will invoke gunzip when reading gzipped files. gzip (gunzip) is a product of the Free Software Foundation, and is available from prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirror sites.

hp2xx
hp2xx can convert HP-GL files into other formats such as PostScript, LaTeX or Fig. It is available from ftp://ftp.engr.usask.ca/pub/hp2xx/.

mifXfig
mifXfig will convert files between MIF format (of Framemaker(TM)) and Fig format. See http://www.ida.liu.se/~vaden/teaching/m2f/ for details.

netpbm
fig2dev will invoke the appropriate command from the netpbm package when exporting figures to bitmap formats. netpbm is available from ftp.x.org and its mirror sites or from ftp.cdrom.com.

pic2fig
Convertes PIC format (used with troff, ditroff, etc) to Fig format. It is available from ftp.cs.orst.edu or ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/utilities.

plot2fig
Converts UNIX plot format to Fig format. Available from any GNU site.

pstoedit
pstoedit can convert PostScript files into Fig format. It is available from ftp.x.org and its mirror sites in /contrib/applications/tgif/pstoedit.

xgraph
xgraph is a plotting package which runs in X11. The version on iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu in comp.hp can output Fig files.

xpaint
xpaint is a paint program which runs under X11. It is available from http://www.danbbs.dk/~torsten/xpaint and any SunSite machines such as ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/draw/.

xv
xv can be used to display images in various formats and allows some editing of those images (cropping, color editing scaling/rotating etc). By default, xfig will invoke xv when the Edit Image button is pressed in the edit PICTURE object panel. xv is shareware and is available via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv.

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