X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=distrib%2FINSTALL;h=1e8ad14705da3b90c1a2c5478b03560ac4dc877d;hp=d4f722c07baf7d0ff0a28118a5f95b5b039ecbff;hb=a3e027a34f5e956da3875ab629aa2427e520f879;hpb=68206aea8cdf477bca7a76c3564fb41cfd765f8b diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL index d4f722c..1e8ad14 100644 --- a/distrib/INSTALL +++ b/distrib/INSTALL @@ -1,51 +1,48 @@ -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 , use -* get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead). + ./configure --prefix= -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.