#2904: Clarifying local installation in the INSTALL file.

svn: r12484
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Doug Blank 2009-04-22 02:40:18 +00:00
parent aa7ff9cf68
commit 30159ea826

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INSTALL
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This file contains some useful details on the installation from source code
for GRAMPS. It does not cover installation of a pre-built binary package.
For that use your package manager, the rest is already done by the packager.
uninstall old version
Uninstall old version
---------------------
If you do a source install in the same place of an existing install,
you need to remove the old version first. You can delete the old
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ files, meaning that files of a previous version that are no longer
present in the new version can still be loaded, making the new install
unstable.
configure vs autogen scripts
Configure vs autogen scripts
----------------------------
If you are building from released tarball, you should be able to just
run "./configure && make". However, if you're building from the SVN,
@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ packages to be installed:
differently on other distros) and maybe something else. If autogen.sh
fails, it should inform you what's missing.
Custom directory installation
-------------------------------------
If you would like to install GRAMPS without being root, or in an
alternative location on windows, supply the --prefix argument to autogen
or configure.
For example:
./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/my_gramps_path
or
./autogen.sh --prefix=/cygdrive/c/Projects/gramps
Regular vs local installation
-----------------------------
@ -57,7 +67,6 @@ permissions for you:
Whether you're doing local install or regular install, YOU MUST INSTALL
MIME TYPES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Installing under non-default prefix
-----------------------------------
As hinted above, mime types for gramps MUST be properly installed.
@ -80,7 +89,6 @@ likely do everything correctly, so no extra care needs to be
taken. You should take extra care only if you are installing under
something like --prefix=/usr/local/my_gramps, /var/gramps123/blah, etc.
Packager's issues
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The above mime types must be installed. However, the