The code was written in Java and C. You need:

• You need the latest source code. Download from the download page.
• Java 1.2 or higher.
• Some code from my Java Miscellaneous library. (or see external libraries below).
• The gnu java regexp library. (or see external libraries below).
• The gnu java getopt library. (or see external libraries below).
• A Posix compliant C compiler (for the native JNI stuff.)
• The program "file" installed in your path. (If you wish to use magic file types). This is not required.
• The emacs library "gnuserv" installed in your path, if you wish to use e-diff. (Last time I checked, this is not a standard part of Emacs, but I think it's very useful). This is not required.
• If you wish to modify the code, you may need JavaCC (the java answer to yacc).

If you wish, you may include the three external libraries as part of the sifter package. Download them together from the sourceforge download page. You can then untar them in the sifter directory, like this:

tar -C sifter -xzf sifteraux.tgz

If you have already run configure, you will need to run it again, so that the Makefile will know that it should include these subdirectories.

How to Install

1. Change to the top sifter directory and run the script

          ./configure
          

   You may wish to use the following switches:
   • --with-classpath=<PATH> If you have compiled the packages misc, regexp, and getopt separately, then you use this switch with the path to the jar file where these packages are.
   • --prefix=<PATH> The location where the files will be installed.
   • --with-jit=NAME Which Just-In-Time compiler to use with java.
   • --with-gnuclient=NAME The name of the program gnuclient that can run programs on an existing emacs client.
   • --bindir=PATH Where the executable is installed.
   • --libdir=PATH Where the shared C library is installed.
   • --datadir=PATH Where the java jar file is installed.

2. make depend

3. make all

4. If you have a few minutes to spare, run

   make fulltest

5. And the final install step is:

   make install

6. Now read the information on how to configure sifter.