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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-07-19 00:07:03 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-07-19 00:07:03 +0200 |
commit | 8b2d9e5d44691110aa34d768d3aae4a4d862011a (patch) | |
tree | 08cbb11b18cf8f57c94ef83bc5d1f225494d5010 /README | |
parent | 3253830d46cc55dd6b946468edd6a6f72944ef48 (diff) | |
download | guix-8b2d9e5d44691110aa34d768d3aae4a4d862011a.tar.gz |
doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README index dde402964b..33d5b68460 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -33,23 +33,16 @@ When `--disable-daemon' was passed, you instead need the following: - [[http://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]] -Optionally, packages from Nixpkgs may be transparently reused from Guix. -For this to work, you need to have a checkout of the Nixpkgs repository; -the `--with-nixpkgs' option allows you to let `configure' know where the -Nixpkgs checkout is. +* Installation - - [[http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/][Nixpkgs]] +See the manual for the installation instructions, either by running -When building Guix from a checkout, the following packages are also -required: + info -f doc/guix.info "(guix) Installation" - - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/][GNU Autoconf]] - - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/][GNU Automake]] - - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/][GNU Gettext]] +or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Installation][web copy of the manual]]. -Run the "bootstrap" script to download the Nix daemon and to generate the -build system infrastructure using autoconf. It reports an error if an -inappropriate version of the above packages is being used. +For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the ‘HACKING’ +file. * Installing Guix from Guix |