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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.16 2016/07/19 21:31:55 schwarze Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.17 2016/07/19 22:40:33 schwarze Exp $ About mdocml, the portable mandoc distribution ---------------------------------------------- @@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ To install mandoc manually, the following steps are needed: command "echo BUILD_CGI=1 > configure.local". Then run "cp cgi.h.examples cgi.h" and edit cgi.h as desired. -2. Run "./configure". +2. Define MANPATH_DEFAULT in configure.local +if /usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man is not appropriate +for your operating system. + +3. Run "./configure". This script attempts autoconfiguration of mandoc for your system. Read both its standard output and the file "Makefile.local" it generates. If anything looks wrong or different from what you @@ -45,27 +49,20 @@ result seems right to you. On Solaris 10 and earlier, you may have to run "ksh ./configure" because the native /bin/sh lacks some POSIX features. -3. Run "make". +4. Run "make". Any POSIX-compatible make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, should work. If the build fails, look at "configure.local.example" and go back to step 2. -4. Run "make -n install" and check whether everything will be +5. Run "make -n install" and check whether everything will be installed to the intended places. Otherwise, put some *DIR or *NM* -variables into "configure.local" and go back to step 2. +variables into "configure.local" and go back to step 3. -5. Run "sudo make install". If you intend to build a binary +6. Run "sudo make install". If you intend to build a binary package using some kind of fake root mechanism, you may need a command like "make DESTDIR=... install". Read the *-install targets in the "Makefile" to understand how DESTDIR is used. -6. If you want to use the integrated man(1) and your system uses -manpath(1), make sure it is configured correctly, in particular, -it returns all directory trees where manual pages are installed. -Otherwise, if your system uses man.conf(5), make sure it contains -a "manpath" line for each directory tree, and the order of these -lines meets your wishes. - 7. Run the command "sudo makewhatis" to build mandoc.db(5) databases in all the directory trees configured in step 6. Whenever installing new manual pages, |