| author | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@blitiri.com.ar> 2009-03-26 23:27:05 UTC |
| committer | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@blitiri.com.ar> 2009-03-26 23:27:05 UTC |
| parent | 93201c5517f8d992a25bead855ff2b0a4196571e |
| INSTALL | +23 | -24 |
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 69b49bc..f9b2794 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,38 +1,37 @@ -To install the library and the checker (called jiofsck), run as root +Building and installing +----------------------- -# make install +To build and install the library and the checker (called jiofsck), run "make" +and then "make install" (usually as root). That installs everything using +/usr/local as the base directory (so the library gets installed in +/usr/local/lib, the manpage at /usr/local/man, and so on). +To use a different base directory, for example /home/myself, run +"make PREFIX=/home/myself install". -It will copy the library to /usr/local/lib, manpages to /usr/local/man, -binaries to /usr/local/bin, 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 - +After installing, you need to run "ldconfig" in order to update your dynamic +library cache. -This will create inside PREFIX the directories "bin", "lib", "include" and -"man" if necesary, and put the required files in there. +If the default "make" is not GNU make (like in BSD systems), use "gmake" +instead. -After installing, you need to run "ldconfig" in order to update your dynamic -library cache. +Special builds +-------------- -So, if you want to install to /usr (like most distro bundled software do), -this is a brief command line summary: + - To build with debugging information: "make DEBUG=1". + - To build with profiling support: "make PROFILE=1". + - To build with fault injection support, if you have libfiu: "make FI=1". -make PREFIX=/usr install -ldconfig +Python bindings +--------------- -There are other small options that might be useful (like compiling with -debugging information), you can check the Make.conf file for more information. +In order to build the Python bindings, you should have libjio already +installed. -If you use any BSD, or if the default "make" is not GNU make, use "gmake" -instead. +To build the bindings, run "make python2". To install them, run +"make python2_install". -After installing, you're ready to use the library; you can see how by looking -at the manpage with "man libjio".