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| author | Liao Pingfang <liao.pingfang@zte.com.cn> | 2020-05-18 19:59:22 +0800 |
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| committer | Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> | 2020-05-19 11:48:42 +0200 |
| commit | 6866a324abe2b27010f2085afd2353e9d10014fe (patch) | |
| tree | 7cbced35dfcb5bb20013cec8d4c6600a389d6c5d /README.rst | |
| parent | be611aa4de66abaeec4c78e4b8658ba7e2a42a93 (diff) | |
| download | libvirt-6866a324abe2b27010f2085afd2353e9d10014fe.tar.gz | |
README.rst: Replace the installation instructions with link to compiling.html.
Remove the installation instructions from README.rst, and
add the link to compiling.html.
Signed-off-by: Liao Pingfang <liao.pingfang@zte.com.cn>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index cdcc97b5b2..5d6ca5577a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -45,31 +45,9 @@ and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions. Installation ============ -Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built -and installed with the usual commands, however, we mandate to have the -build directory different than the source directory. For example, to build -in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use: - -:: - - $ mkdir build && cd build - $ ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var - $ make - $ sudo make install - -While to build & install as an unprivileged user - -:: - - $ mkdir build && cd build - $ ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr - $ make - $ make install - -The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will -be detected during execution of the ``configure`` script and a summary printed -which lists any missing (optional) dependencies. +Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website: +https://libvirt.org/compiling.html Contributing ============ |