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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-12-15 15:57:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-12-15 15:57:41 -0400 |
| commit | 84f7dab35401c896e426b49ca5e95b5a9b4952ab (patch) | |
| tree | 8ad0ca96b65964df0ee6a7ef81ed0d312b213089 /doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn | |
| parent | 1dc1d698041dd588f063370d056b79b1a4fffb8d (diff) | |
Programs from Linux and OSX standalone builds can now be symlinked into a directory in PATH as an alternative installation method, and will use readlink to find where the build was unpacked.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn index e8df8adc0..0b626ad96 100644 --- a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ To use, just unpack the tarball, `cd git-annex.linux` and run `./runshell` as everything else included in the bundle. Alternatively, you can unpack the tarball, and add the directory to your -`PATH`. This lets you use `git annex`, without overriding your system's +`PATH`, or symlink the programs in the directory to a directory in your +PATH. This lets you use `git annex`, without overriding your system's own versions of git, etc. Warning: This is a last resort. Most Linux users should instead |