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INSTALL: explain info installation and dependencies. 

Signed-off-by: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
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David Kastrup 2007-08-07 12:02:12 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Normally you can just do "make" followed by "make install", and that
will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory. If you want will install the git programs in your own ~/bin/ directory. If you want
to do a global install, you can do to do a global install, you can do


$ make prefix=/usr all doc ;# as yourself $ make prefix=/usr all doc info ;# as yourself
# make prefix=/usr install install-doc ;# as root # make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-info ;# as root


(or prefix=/usr/local, of course). Just like any program suite (or prefix=/usr/local, of course). Just like any program suite
that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded, that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
@ -91,9 +91,13 @@ Issues of note:
- To build and install documentation suite, you need to have - To build and install documentation suite, you need to have
the asciidoc/xmlto toolchain. Because not many people are the asciidoc/xmlto toolchain. Because not many people are
inclined to install the tools, the default build target inclined to install the tools, the default build target
("make all") does _not_ build them. The documentation is ("make all") does _not_ build them.
written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc"
will let you format with AsciiDoc 8. Building and installing the info file additionally requires
makeinfo and docbook2X. Version 0.8.3 is known to work.

The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.


Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation are available in Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation are available in
"html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For "html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself. For