This list gives an overview of the platforms wherelibwwwis known (or belived) to work. Thanks a lot to the big group of creativecontributors for the long list of hints, patches and additions to the makefiles and system dependent code! If you have any problems or questions thensend a mail to thewww-lib@w3.org mailinglist (read theinstructions for how tosubscribe). We also keep anarchive of themailing list so that more easily can get up to speed.
| Platform | OS | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Unix | Tried on Solaris, Linux and Digital Unix | Build the library usingGNU Autoconf'sconfigure script as described in theinstallation instructions.Note:Youmust use GNU make in order to do this |
| Windows | Tried on Windows 95/98/NT | Follow theinstallationinstructions and see thespecial notes for buildingon Windows |
| Macs | MacOS | It doesn't work out of the box but several people are using it on Macs. Ask onthe <www-lib@w3.org> mailing list |
Disclaimer: Libwww has been designed to be both portable andflexible based on ANSI C and POSIX. However, there are platforms that do notconform to these standards. Even though autoconf is often capable of gettingaround such problems it may not always be the case. In this situation we arehappy to accept patches but do not promise to maintain any platforms otherthan the ones we use for development.