diff INSTALL @ 304:ad3c46016584

Added install directives for cmake; also allow default directory to seek for extensions and configuration files
author Sebastien Decugis <sdecugis@nict.go.jp>
date Fri, 14 May 2010 17:26:53 +0900
parents 71e508379671
children 5133b45e3305
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--- a/INSTALL	Fri May 14 10:42:49 2010 +0900
+++ b/INSTALL	Fri May 14 17:26:53 2010 +0900
@@ -2,18 +2,24 @@
 to generate the Makefiles for your platform. You can also select which extensions must be built.
 
 Building in a separate directory is recommended:
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ../
-make
+# mkdir build
+# cd build
+# cmake ../
+# make
+
+Note: instead of passing options on the command line, you can use a CMake front-end (for example ccmake or cmake-gui)
+or edit the CCmakeCache.txt file directly. If your cmake installation is recent, you can also do:
+# mkdir build
+# cd build
+# cmake ../
+# make edit_cache
+# make
+
 
 You can enable the unary tests by doing:
-cmake -DSKIP_TESTS:BOOL=OFF ../
-make
-make tests
-
-Note: instead of passing options on the command line, you can use a CMake front-end (for example ccmake or cmake-gui)
-or edit the CCmakeCache.txt file directly.
+# cmake -DSKIP_TESTS:BOOL=OFF ../
+# make
+# make tests
 
 Note that there are dependencies on external tools that may not be enforced by the configure script.
 See the specific INSTALL.distro files matching your situation.
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