From 8b2d9e5d44691110aa34d768d3aae4a4d862011a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:07:03 +0200 Subject: 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. --- README | 19 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') 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 -- cgit 1.4.1