[project @ 2001-09-24 11:27:31 by simonmar]

Remove the GHC-specific instructions from this file, and bring it up
to date in various ways.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL
index 679c62124e..f6cfa5cf16 100644
--- a/distrib/INSTALL
+++ b/distrib/INSTALL
@@ -1,36 +1,6 @@
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The short story (if you are installing GHC from a binary dist):
-
-- Decide where you want to install it.
-- Do    ./configure --prefix=where-i-want-to-install-it
-- Do    make install
-
-That installs everything - the compiler, interactive system,
-libraries, and documentation.  At the end of 'make install' you will
-be informed of what you need to add to your PATH, and also the
-location of the documentation.
-
-Linux users: GHCi-5.00 needs libreadline.so.3.  Newer Linuxes (SuSE
-7.1, possibly RH 7.X, possibly Mandrake 8.X) only come with
-libreadline.so.4.  If you need libreadline.so.3 and only have the .4
-version, you might be able to get things working by making a symbolic
-link from libreadline.so.4 to libreadline.so.3.  We tried this on a
-SuSE 7.1 box and it seemed to work.
-
-If something doesn't work as it should, please contact us at
-glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
-
-JRS, 10 April 2001.
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The Long Story
-
 This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
-the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
-is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
+the fptools projects (eg. GHC). For more details on what on earth this
+package is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
 
 To start using the bundle, you can either:
 
@@ -40,44 +10,38 @@ To start using the bundle, you can either:
 
 * get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead).
 
-NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing.
-
-To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run
-the script with --help to see what options it supports).
+To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run the
+script with --help to see what options it supports).  eg. to set up
+the package for installing in directory <my-dir>, use
 
-This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of other
-interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the Makefile.in
-template to give you a real Makefile. 
+	./configure --prefix=<my-dir>
 
-[Win32 users: don't be alarmed if you should encounter the following
- message from the configure script:
-  
-      not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache
+The default installation directory is /usr/local.  For using the
+package in-place, the --prefix option can be omitted.
 
-This is a known problem of generated autoconf configure scripts running
-on cygwin, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure
-tests should you decide to re-run the script.)
-]
+This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of
+other interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the
+Makefile.in template to give you a real Makefile.  If you're of a
+paranoid persuasion, you might want to take a look at this Makefile to
+see if the information is correct.
 
-Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information
-therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run:
+To use the software in-place, now run:
 
 	make in-place
 
-If you're installing,  run
+or if you're installing,  run
 
 	make install 
 
 (`make show-install-setup' prints the details of where the different
 pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful).
 
-GHC's installation instructions have more information, check out
-http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
+If you're installing GHC, then its installation instructions have more
+information, check out http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
 
 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),
-gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org
-
-Enjoy.
+gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+Enjoy,
+-- The GHC Team.