Install

Spark-Scheme is under active development. The code repository is at GitHub. Use the following command to checkout the source code:

git clone git://github.com/vijaymathew/spark-scheme.git

Once you have downloaded the code, follow the build instructions given below, whichever is appropriate for your system. (I build and test Spark-Scheme in these environments)

If you are using GCC 4.4 series, please read this note.

Spark-Scheme have the following dependencies:

libX11, Xext, Expat, unixODBC, libCurl, libGL and libGLU.

Once you have the dependencies in place, use the following commands to build and install Spark on GNU/Linux:

cd /where-you-checked-out-spark-source-code/
./configure --enable-threads --enable-localjpeg --enable-localpng --enable-localzlib
make
sudo make install

The most convenient way to use Spark on Windows is to download the pre-built binary and update the "collects" and "scheme" folders from the latest code base. Please use 7-zip to decompress the package. There is a README file in the package that contains detailed installation directions.

It is assumed that you checked out Spark sources into C:\spark-scheme.

• Install Cygwin.
  

• Make sure that the GNU make utilities, X11 development files and libCurl are available in the Cygwin environment.
  

• If you need ODBC support, install the appropriate libraries. You may download unixODBC and compile it yourself.
  

• Run the Cygwin shell, cd to /cygdrive/c/spark-scheme and run the following commands:
  

chmod +x prepare-w32
./prepare-w32
./configure --enable-cygwin --enable-threads --enable-localjpeg --enable-localpng --enable-localzlib --enable-gl
make
make install