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author | 2012-04-13 11:15:27 -0400 | |
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committer | 2012-04-13 11:15:48 -0400 | |
commit | 64c00933479a20e57f11f0cf20b88a6a68b16d2b (patch) | |
tree | 10ab6229a62dae78fcb3d055b42f57c1f54f7e6c /doc/install.mdwn | |
parent | cc70792772f3254fec97bdaaeda8a11bac43907a (diff) |
move manual cabal install into its own page, and simplify it
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diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn index 33426d637..a02d9d2c7 100644 --- a/doc/install.mdwn +++ b/doc/install.mdwn @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal. For example: cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin +The above downloads the latest release. Alternatively, you can [[download]] +it yourself and [[manually_build_with_cabal|install/cabal]]. + ## Installation by hand To build and use git-annex, you will need: @@ -50,14 +53,3 @@ To build and use git-annex, you will need: * [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info) (optional; used to build the docs) Then just [[download]] git-annex and run: `make; make install` - -## Installation by hand using cabal / Setup.hs - -You can fetch the dependencies using `cabal install`. Then, you can build git-annex by running: - - runhaskell Setup.hs configure --user - runhaskell Setup.hs build - runhaskell Setup.hs install - -The `--user` option configures the build so that it uses the packages you already have in `~/.cabal`. Binaries -will be installed in `~/.cabal/bin`, you'll need it in your PATH. |