From c85980dd0e6c0c46ca5615d86ecce6d6b3badde4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fiddlosopher Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 01:23:07 +0000 Subject: Added some instructions to INSTALL about setting the PATH for trying out pandoc and the shell scripts from the build directory. git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@412 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b --- INSTALL | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 2e48522a1..70c4b15c6 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3