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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-07-12 11:54:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-07-12 15:45:34 -0400 |
| commit | afb6cfb691657df13baca52af710b2683765a16d (patch) | |
| tree | 40a97a52eda6af412a1fea6f9d4f3c3600fb7e54 /doc/install/cabal.mdwn | |
| parent | 5a491ef610af162afebc7f3bc1d1c643457d9595 (diff) | |
improve cabal install instructions to not need lots of C libs
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/cabal.mdwn | 23 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn index 39df35194..0f381472d 100644 --- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn @@ -5,12 +5,23 @@ and then: cabal update PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH - cabal install c2hs - cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin + cabal install git-annex -f-assistant --bindir=$HOME/bin The above downloads the latest release and installs it into a ~/bin/ directory, which you can put in your PATH. +## building in the assistant and webapp + +The above builds git-annex without the git-annex assistant and webapp. To +build with those features enabled, you will need to install several C +libraries and their headers, including libgnutls, libgsasl, libxml2, and +zlib. Then run: + + cabal install c2hs --bindir=$HOME/bin + cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin + +## building from git checkout + But maybe you want something newer (or older). Then [[download]] the version you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree: @@ -21,11 +32,3 @@ you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree: cabal configure cabal build cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin - -By default, cabal will try to build git-annex with the git-annex assistant -and webapp. This requires several C libraries and their headers be already -installed on your system, including libgnutls, libgsasl, libxml2, and zlib. -To build git-annex without the assistant and webapp, you can pass flags to -cabal install. For example: - - cabal install git-annex --flags="-assistant -WebApp" --bindir=$HOME/bin |