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@@ -38,10 +38,26 @@ WHAT DO YOU NEED ?
- Objective Caml version 3.07 or later
(available at http://caml.inria.fr/)
- - GNU Make version 3.80 or later
- (available at http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, but also a
+ - GNU Make version 3.81 or later
+ (
+ available at http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, but also a
standard or optional add-on part to most Unices and Unix
- clones, sometimes under the name "gmake".)
+ clones, sometimes under the name "gmake".
+
+ If a new enough version is not included in your system, nor
+ easily available as an add-on, this should get you a working
+ make:
+
+ #Download it (wget is an example, use your favourite FTP or HTTP client)
+ wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/make-3.81.tar.bz2
+ bzip9 -cd make-3.81.tar.bz2 | tar x
+ #If you don't have bzip2, you can download the gzipped version instead.
+ cd make-3.81
+ ./configure --prefix=$(HOME)
+ make install
+
+ Then, make sure that $(HOME)/bin is first in your $PATH.
+ )
- a C compiler