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@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + +howto compile and install this package +====================================== + + +really short install instructions +--------------------------------- + + $ make + $ su -c "make install" + + + +the more detailed version +------------------------- + +Make sure you use GNU make. The file name "GNUmakefile" isn't a joke, +this package really requires GNU make. + +As first step make will do some config checks on your system and write +the results to Make.config. If you want to have a look at Make.config +before the actual build starts you can run this step separately using +"make config". + +The Makefiles use the usual GNU-ish Makefile conventions for variable +names and default values, i.e. prefix=/usr/local, ... + +The values for some frequently adapted variables are initialized from +the enviroment. Thus you can change the defaults simply by setting +environment variables: + + $ prefix="/usr" + $ CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686" + $ export prefix CFLAGS + +Almost any variable can be overridden on the make command line. It is +often used this way to install into some buildroot for packaging ... + + $ su -c "make DESTDIR=/tmp/buildroot install" + +... but it works for most other variables equally well. There are +some exceptions through, it usually does _not_ work for CFLAGS for +example. + +Try "make verbose=yes" if you want to see the complete command lines +executed by make instead of the short messages (for trouble shooting, +because you like this way, for whatever reason ...). This also makes +the config checks performed by "make config" more verbose. + +If you don't trust my Makefiles you can run "make -n install" to see +what "make install" would do on your system. It will produce +human-readable output (unlike automake ...). + +Have fun, + + Gerd + +-- +Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> |