From 48c75f0f3f4c7b64b34c0c60d7e216a94424e65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Browning Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:38:02 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Explain current installation process in README.md (i.e. "make install"). Signed-off-by: Rob Browning --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 65d410c..30b94be 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ From source (The tests should pass. If they don't pass for you, stop here and send me an email.) + - You can install bup via "make install", and override the default + destination with DESTDIR and PREFIX. + + Files are normally installed to "$DESTDIR/$PREFIX" where DESTDIR is + empty by default, and PREFIX is set to /usr. So if you wanted to + install bup to /opt/bup, you might do something like this: + + make install DESTDIR=/opt/bup PREFIX='' + From binary packages -------------------- -- 2.39.2