From e35d0ebc1c0e3457bd46df6962b09c555e6f1a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:21:18 +0200 Subject: documentation overhaul --- docs/INSTALL | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/INSTALL (limited to 'docs/INSTALL') diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..270c343 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Arch Linux +---------- +[Arch Linux](http://www.archlinux.org) is our distro of choice, and the distro we use for testing. + +You can find a [PKGBUILD](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25972) on the AUR, which installs the latest +from the master branch. You can edit the PKGBUILD to change to any other +branch you want. + +From source +----------- + $ git clone git://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl.git + [ $ git checkout master/experimental ] # optional. see below + $ cd uzbl + $ make + $ sudo make install +If you want to remove uzbl again, you can issue: + + $ make uninstall + +Dependencies +------------ +* git (for downloading) +* pkgconfig (for Make/gcc) +* libwebkit 1.1.4 or higher +* libsoup 2.24 or higher (dep for webkit/gtk+) +* gtk 2 something something + +Optional/Recommended +-------------------- +The following tools are quite useful, and some of them are used in the +sample scripts: + +* dmenu (with vertical patch +* zenity +* bash + +File locations +-------------- +After installing - using either method - you will find: + +* /usr/bin : uzbl [and uzblctrl] +* /usr/share/uzbl/docs/ : documentation files included with uzbl. (readme, checklist, .. ) +* /usr/share/uzbl/examples: sample scripts, config files and a sample data (boomarks, .. ) + +You will probably want to change the scripts to behave more like you want, so copy the scripts to your home dir. If you save your config as +$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/uzbl/config (this expands to ~/.config/uzbl/config on most systems) it will be recognized automatically. You can also pass the path to +the config file with the --config parameter. + +You're free to store your personal stuff where you want, but we think the [XDG basedir spec](http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html) +is very useful for keeping a clean home directory, so we recommend: + +* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/uzbl/config* (~/.config/uzbl/config on most systems): config file +* $XDG\_DATA\_HOME/uzbl (~/.local/share/uzbl on most systems): bookmarks file, history file. and "scripts" directory with scripts + +Git Repo's & branches +-------------------- +* Main official repo: + http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl +- master -> uzbl stable branch +- experimental -> bleeding edge stuff that may break. after QA Dieter merges into his master + +* Most contributors & developers also have their clones on github (http://github.com/dusanx, http://github.com/Barrucadu/uzbl, ...). + They may be developing specific features, which get merged into Dieters experimental branch -- cgit v1.2.3