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   2 howto compile and install this package
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   6 really short install instructions
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   9         $ make
  10         $ su -c "make install"
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  14 the more detailed version
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  17 Make sure you use GNU make.  The file name "GNUmakefile" isn't a joke,
  18 this package really requires GNU make.
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  20 As first step make will do some config checks on your system and write
  21 the results to Make.config.  If you want to have a look at Make.config
  22 before the actual build starts you can run this step separately using
  23 "make config".
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  25 The Makefiles use the usual GNU-ish Makefile conventions for variable
  26 names and default values, i.e. prefix=/usr/local, ...
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  28 The values for some frequently adapted variables are initialized from
  29 the enviroment.  Thus you can change the defaults simply by setting
  30 environment variables:
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  32         $ prefix="/usr"
  33         $ CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686"
  34         $ export prefix CFLAGS
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  36 Almost any variable can be overridden on the make command line.  It is
  37 often used this way to install into some buildroot for packaging ...
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  39         $ su -c "make DESTDIR=/tmp/buildroot install"
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  41 ... but it works for most other variables equally well.  There are
  42 some exceptions through, it usually does _not_ work for CFLAGS for
  43 example.
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  45 Try "make verbose=yes" if you want to see the complete command lines
  46 executed by make instead of the short messages (for trouble shooting,
  47 because you like this way, for whatever reason ...).  This also makes
  48 the config checks performed by "make config" more verbose.
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  50 If you don't trust my Makefiles you can run "make -n install" to see
  51 what "make install" would do on your system.  It will produce
  52 human-readable output (unlike automake ...).
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  54 Have fun,
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  56   Gerd
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  58 --
  59 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>