author | Alberto Bertogli
<albertogli@telpin.com.ar> 2005-04-27 21:04:24 UTC |
committer | Alberto Bertogli
<albertogli@telpin.com.ar> 2005-04-27 21:04:24 UTC |
parent | 1ac5ba2b61a95f85f9c54c75304d0eab5eafdb35 |
INSTALL | +39 | -0 |
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f8d4df --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + +To install the library, run as root + +# make install + +It will copy the library to /usr/local/lib, manpages to /usr/local/man, and +headers to /usr/local/include. + +If you want to change the prefix directory (/usr/local by default), for +instance, to /home/myself/usr; just run: + +# make PREFIX=/home/myself/usr install + + +This will create inside PREFIX the directories "lib", "include" and "man" if +necesary, and put the required files in there. + +After installing, you need to run "ldconfig" in order to update your dynamic +library cache. + +So, if you want to install to /usr (like most distro bundled software do), +this is a brief command line summary: + +# make PREFIX=/usr install +# ldconfig + + +There are other small options that might be useful (like compiling with +debugging information), you can check the Makefile for more information. + +If you use any BSD, or if the default "make" is not GNU make, use "gmake" +instead. + +After installing, you're ready to use the library; you can see how by looking +at the manpage with "man libfilo" + +If you have any question, suggestion or comment, please send it to me, Alberto +Bertogli at albertogli@telpin.com.ar. +