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installing libspnav system-wide, which is the common case
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(default prefix is: `/usr/local`).
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Running `./configure --help` prints available build options.
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Run `./configure --help` for a list of available build options.
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By default libspnav will be compiled with X11 support (and will require Xlib),
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which is necessary for compatibility with the proprietary driver. If you don't
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need that, and would rather drop the Xlib dependency, you can pass
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`--disable-x11` to `configure`, to build without X11 support.
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To build the example programs, change into their directory and run `make`. The
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"cube" and "fly" examples use OpenGL and Xlib, so make sure to have `libGL` and
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libX11` installed, before attempting to build them.
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