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authorTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2011-11-12 20:58:52 -0500
committerTim Kientzle <kientzle@gmail.com>2011-11-12 20:58:52 -0500
commit7a8dcef3f12af99f3f906090692b1cd1091e8e20 (patch)
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Clarify INSTALL.
SVN-Revision: 3775
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ configure script and other build files:
To create a distribution, please use the 'distcheck' target:
/bin/sh build/autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck
-On non-Unix-like systems, use the "cmake" utility (available from
+On Unix-like and non-Unix-like systems, use the "cmake" utility (available from
http://cmake.org/) to generate suitable build files for your platform.
Cmake requires the name of the directory containing CmakeLists.txt and
the "generator" to use for your build environment. For example, to
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ build with Xcode on Mac OS, you can use the following command:
cmake -G "Xcode" ~/libarchive-download-dir/
The result will be appropriate makefiles, solution files, or project
files that can be used with the corresponding development tool.
-See the libarchive Wiki or the cmake site for further documentation. \ No newline at end of file
+The default on Unix-like systems is to generate Makefiles, so you
+can also use cmake instead of the configure script:
+ cmake ~/libarchive-download-dir/
+ make
+ make install
+See the libarchive Wiki or the cmake site for further documentation.