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@@ -31,20 +31,37 @@ X). If you're using Windows, you can install [Cygwin].
make test
+ If you want to try `pandoc` before installing it (the next step),
+ run it with a `./` prefix, as follows:
+
+ ./pandoc README
+
+ If you want to try the shell scripts (`hsmarkdown`, `html2markdown`,
+ and `markdown2pdf`) before installing `pandoc`, you will need to set
+ your path to include the build directory, so that the scripts will
+ find the version of `pandoc` you have just built. So, for example:
+
+ PATH=$PATH:. ./html2markdown http://haskell.org
+
4. Install:
sudo make install
Note: This installs `pandoc`, together with its wrappers and
- documentation, into the `/usr/local` directory. If you don't
- have root privileges or would prefer to install `pandoc` and
- the associated wrappers into your `~/bin` directory, type
- this instead:
+ documentation, into the `/usr/local` directory. If you'd rather
+ install `pandoc` somewhere else--say, in `/opt/local`--you can
+ set the `PREFIX` environment variable:
+
+ PREFIX=/opt/local sudo make install
+
+ If you don't have root privileges or would prefer to install
+ `pandoc` and the associated wrappers into your `~/bin` directory,
+ type this instead:
PREFIX=~ make install-exec
5. Build and install the Haskell libraries and library
- documentation (optional):
+ documentation (optional--for Haskell programmers only):
make build-all
sudo make install-all