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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 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 diff --git a/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn b/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn index 516e20f79..627143924 100644 --- a/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/symlink_git-annex_binaries_to___126____47__.local__47__bin_for_prebuilt_package.mdwn @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ Symlink this script to `~/.local/bin/git-annex`, `~/.local/bin/git-annex-shell` The script will detect the installation directory using `readlink`. Both absolute and relative links works. Then it starts the correct script depending on the basename of the link. It should be possible to link the `git-annex`, `git-annex-webapp` and `git-annex-shell` scripts instead if they used `readlink` to find out the location of the prebuilt package. + +> I've made the scripts look at readlink, so [[done]]. +> --[[Joey]] |