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authorGravatar https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat <https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat@web>2013-09-12 17:52:08 +0000
committerGravatar admin <admin@branchable.com>2013-09-12 17:52:08 +0000
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note how we can use make install to install documentation
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@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree:
cabal configure
cabal build
cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin
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+To install documentation and manpages, you will actually want to use the makefile:
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+ make install PREFIX=$HOME
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+(!) Note that this will install git-annex in `/usr` and not `$HOME`, a bug report has been opened about this: [[todo/makefile: respect $PREFIX]]. --[[anarcat]]