X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=distrib%2FINSTALL;h=2e374be47e7b8bdee0352465a1a3d6d256fe9a67;hp=679c62124ef4353a384fa32c7832f4cc533549b1;hb=e5c3b478b3cd1707cf122833822f44b2ac09b8e9;hpb=7516738a036aac81e165d5e0a4973f1b1585a855 diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL index 679c621..2e374be 100644 --- a/distrib/INSTALL +++ b/distrib/INSTALL @@ -1,83 +1,41 @@ +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 be installed in a location of your choosing. -The short story (if you are installing GHC from a binary dist): +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 -- Decide where you want to install it. -- Do ./configure --prefix=where-i-want-to-install-it -- Do make install + ./configure --prefix= -That installs everything - the compiler, interactive system, -libraries, and documentation. At the end of 'make install' you will -be informed of what you need to add to your PATH, and also the -location of the documentation. +The default installation directory is /usr/local. -Linux users: GHCi-5.00 needs libreadline.so.3. Newer Linuxes (SuSE -7.1, possibly RH 7.X, possibly Mandrake 8.X) only come with -libreadline.so.4. If you need libreadline.so.3 and only have the .4 -version, you might be able to get things working by making a symbolic -link from libreadline.so.4 to libreadline.so.3. We tried this on a -SuSE 7.1 box and it seemed to work. +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. -If something doesn't work as it should, please contact us at -glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org. - -JRS, 10 April 2001. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - -The Long Story - -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. - -To start using the bundle, you can either: - -* 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. - -* get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead). - -NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing. - -To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run -the script with --help to see what options it supports). - -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: - - make in-place - -If you're installing, run +Now 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 at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org +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: -Enjoy. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug --------------------------------------------------------------------- +Enjoy, +-- The GHC Team.