From ab38c077a707dfb538f869aee68aa65eab20f79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Niels=20M=C3=B6ller?= Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:15:53 +0100 Subject: Clarify build instructions. --- README | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 21880845..5347ddb5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -24,16 +24,20 @@ What is Nettle? A quote from the introduction in the Nettle Manual: language, and LSH, which both use an object-oriented abstraction on top of the library. -Nettle is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under -the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free -Software Foundation. See the file COPYING.LIB for details. +Nettle is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published +by the Free Software Foundation. See the file COPYING.LIB for details. -Build nettle with the usual ./configure && make && make check && make -install. Read the manual. Mail me if you have any questions or -suggestions. +If you have downloaded a Nettle release, build it with the usual +./configure && make && make check && make install (see the INSTALL +file for further instructions). -You can also build Nettle from git, see -http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/ for current instructions. +You can also get Nettle from git, see +http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/ for current instructions. In +particular, you need to run the ./.bootstrap script after checkout and +before running ./configure. + +Read the manual. Mail me if you have any questions or suggestions. You may want to subscribe to the nettle-bugs mailing list. See . -- cgit v1.2.1