Options for Compiling the BIND DNS Server From Source

When compiling the Bind DNS server for your Linux server there are a multitude of different options available that increase the amount of control you have over the features included with BIND or allow you to specify the path of ancillary programs. You can of course specify the install path of your BIND installation and its components, if no prefix is specified BIND will be installed in /usr/local.

Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...

To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as VAR=VALUE. See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.

Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.

Configuration:

-h, --help	display this help and exit
--help=short	display options specific to this package
--help=recursive	display the short help of all the included packages
-V, --version	display version information and exit
-q, --quiet, --silent	do not print `checking...' messages
--cache-file=FILE	cache test results in FILE [disabled]
-C, --config-cache	alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'
-n, --no-create	do not create output files
--srcdir=DIR	find the sources in DIR [configure dir or `..']

Installation directories:

--prefix=PREFIX	install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX	install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX]

By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.

For better control, use the options below.

Fine tuning of the installation directories:

--bindir=DIR	user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR	system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR	program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
--sysconfdir=DIR	read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR	modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIR	modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR	object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR	C header files [PREFIX/include]
--oldincludedir=DIR	C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
--datarootdir=DIR	read-only arch.-independent data root [PREFIX/share]
--datadir=DIR	read-only architecture-independent data [DATAROOTDIR]
--infodir=DIR	info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
--localedir=DIR	locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
--mandir=DIR	man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
--docdir=DIR	documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/PACKAGE]
--htmldir=DIR	html documentation [DOCDIR]
--dvidir=DIR	dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
--pdfdir=DIR	pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
--psdir=DIR	ps documentation [DOCDIR]

System types:

--build=BUILD	configure for building on BUILD [guessed]
--host=HOST	cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD]

Optional Features:

--disable-option-checking	ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
--disable-FEATURE	do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
--enable-FEATURE[=ARG]	include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
--enable-shared[=PKGS]	build shared libraries [default=yes]
--enable-static[=PKGS]	build static libraries [default=yes]
--enable-fast-install[=PKGS]	optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
--disable-libtool-lock	avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
--enable-libbind	deprecated
--enable-kqueue	use BSD kqueue when available [default=yes]
--enable-epoll	use Linux epoll when available [default=auto]
--enable-devpoll	use /dev/poll when available [default=yes]
--enable-openssl-version-check	Check OpenSSL Version [default=yes]
--enable-threads	enable multithreading
--enable-largefile	64-bit file support
--enable-ipv6	use IPv6 default=autodetect
--enable-getifaddrs	Enable the use of getifaddrs() [yes|no].
--disable-isc-spnego	use SPNEGO from GSSAPI library
--disable-chroot	disable chroot
--disable-linux-caps	disable linux capabilities
--enable-atomic	enable machine specific atomic operations [default=autodetect]
--enable-fixed-rrset	enable fixed rrset ordering [default=no]

Optional Packages:

--with-PACKAGE[=ARG]	use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
--without-PACKAGE	do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
--with-gnu-ld	assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
--with-pic	try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use both]
--with-tags[=TAGS]	include additional configurations [automatic]
--with-openssl=PATH	Build with OpenSSL yes|no|path. (Required for DNSSEC)
--with-pkcs11	Build with PKCS11 support
--with-gssapi=PATH	Specify path for system-supplied GSSAPI
--with-randomdev=PATH	Specify path for random device
--with-ptl2	on NetBSD, use the ptl2 thread library (experimental)
--with-libxml2=PATH	Build with libxml2 library yes|no|path
--with-purify=PATH	use Rational purify
--with-libtool	use GNU libtool (following indented options supported)
--with-kame=PATH	use Kame IPv6 default path /usr/local/v6
--with-docbook-xsl=PATH	Specify path for Docbook-XSL stylesheets
--with-idn=MPREFIX	enable IDN support using idnkit default PREFIX
--with-libiconv=IPREFIX	GNU libiconv are in IPREFIX default PREFIX
--with-iconv=LIBSPEC	specify iconv library default -liconv
--with-idnlib=ARG	specify libidnkit
--with-dlz-postgres=PATH	Build with Postgres DLZ driver yes|no|path. (Required to use Postgres with DLZ)
--with-dlz-mysql=PATH	Build with MySQL DLZ driver yes|no|path. (Required to use MySQL with DLZ)
--with-dlz-bdb=PATH	Build with Berkeley DB DLZ driver yes|no|path. (Required to use Berkeley DB with DLZ)
--with-dlz-filesystem=PATH	Build with filesystem DLZ driver yes|no. (Required to use file system driver with DLZ)
--with-dlz-ldap=PATH	Build with LDAP DLZ driver yes|no|path. (Required to use LDAP with DLZ)
--with-dlz-odbc=PATH	Build with ODBC DLZ driver yes|no|path. (Required to use ODBC with DLZ)
--with-dlz-stub=PATH	Build with stub DLZ driver yes|no. (Required to use stub driver with DLZ)

Some influential environment variables:

CC	C compiler command
CFLAGS	C compiler flags
LDFLAGS	linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a nonstandard directory <lib dir>
LIBS	libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>
CPPFLAGS	C/C++/Objective C preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
CPP	C preprocessor
CXX	C++ compiler command
CXXFLAGS	C++ compiler flags
CXXCPP	C++ preprocessor
F77	Fortran 77 compiler command
FFLAGS	Fortran 77 compiler flags