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-This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
-the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
-is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
+This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of GHC. For
+more details on what on earth this package is up to, please consult
+the README and ANNOUNCE.
 
-To start using the bundle, you can either:
+This distribution can either be installed in a location of your
+choosing, or it can be used directly in-place (but it needs to be set
+up first, read on).
 
-* use it in-place, i.e., don't go ahead with a
-  full install, but just set it up to use the unpacked
-  distribution in-situ.
+To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run the
+script with --help to see what options it supports).  eg. to set up
+the package for installing in directory <my-dir>, use
 
-* get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead).
+       ./configure --prefix=<my-dir>
 
-NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing.
+The default installation directory is /usr/local.  To use GHC
+in-place, the --prefix option can be omitted.
 
-To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run
-the script with --help to see what options it supports).
+The configure script will figure out what platform you're running on,
+and a couple of other interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then
+fill in the Makefile.in template to give you a real Makefile.  If
+you're of a paranoid persuasion, you might want to take a look at this
+Makefile to see if the information is correct.
 
-This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of other
-interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the Makefile.in
-template to give you a real Makefile. 
-
-[Win32 users: don't be alarmed if you should encounter the following
- message from the configure script:
-  
-      not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache
-
-This is a known problem of generated autoconf configure scripts running
-on cygwin, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure
-tests should you decide to re-run the script.)
-]
-
-Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information
-therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run:
+To use the software in-place, now run:
 
        make in-place
 
-If you're installing,  run
+or if you're installing,  run
 
        make install 
 
 (`make show-install-setup' prints the details of where the different
 pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful).
 
-GHC's installation instructions have more information, check out
-http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
+For more information, full GHC documentation is available from the
+main GHC site:
+
+  http://www.haskell.org/ghc
+
+Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation
+procedure/setup (as well as other GHC related troubles you're
+experiencing, of course), gratefully received.  Bug reporting
+instructions are here:
 
-Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
-(as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),
-gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org
+  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
 
-Enjoy.
+Enjoy,
+-- The GHC Team.