From 49725b6e6824c7b22c17fba7167ee4a0a8787bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: EskildHustvedt Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:22:44 +0000 Subject: Added instructions on using cabal to install git-annex on Fedora 18 --- doc/install/Fedora.mdwn | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/install') diff --git a/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn b/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn index d7d07715c..9a6006e97 100644 --- a/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ Should be as simple as: `yum install git-annex` ---- +To install the latest version of git-annex on Fedora 18 and later, you can use `cabal`: + +
+# Install dependencies
+sudo yum install libxml2-devel gnutls-devel libgsasl-devel ghc cabal-install happy alex libidn-devel
+# Update the cabal list
+cabal update
+# Install c2hs, required by dependencies of git-annex, but not automatically installed
+cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin c2hs
+# Install git-annex
+cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin git-annex
+
+ +---- + Older version? Here's an installation recipe for Fedora 14 through 15.
@@ -22,4 +37,3 @@ cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin
 
 Note: You can't just use `cabal install git-annex`, because Fedora does
 not yet ship ghc 7.4.
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