X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=distrib%2FINSTALL;h=2e374be47e7b8bdee0352465a1a3d6d256fe9a67;hp=1e8ad14705da3b90c1a2c5478b03560ac4dc877d;hb=ffac2b22970b1671ff0f06b231e36314459307d4;hpb=0911c7fbb10467b3176eb25bee22abc4f7713740 diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL index 1e8ad14..2e374be 100644 --- a/distrib/INSTALL +++ b/distrib/INSTALL @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ 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. -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). +This distribution can be installed in a location of your choosing. 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 @@ -12,8 +10,7 @@ the package for installing in directory , use ./configure --prefix= -The default installation directory is /usr/local. To use GHC -in-place, the --prefix option can be omitted. +The default installation directory is /usr/local. 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 @@ -21,11 +18,7 @@ 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. -To use the software in-place, now run: - - make in-place - -or if you're installing, run +Now run: make install