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which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
install" would not work.
which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
install" would not work.
+Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
+set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
+
+ $ make configure ;# as yourself
+ $ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
+ $ make all doc ;# as yourself
+ # make install install-doc ;# as root
+
+
Issues of note:
- git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
Issues of note:
- git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
graphical file managers.
has been actively developed since 1997, and people have moved over to
graphical file managers.
+ - You can use git after building but without installing if you
+ wanted to. Various git commands need to find other git
+ commands and scripts to do their work, so you would need to
+ arrange a few environment variables to tell them that their
+ friends will be found in your built source area instead of at
+ their standard installation area. Something like this works
+ for me:
+
+ GIT_EXEC_PATH=`pwd`
+ PATH=`pwd`:$PATH
+ GITPERLLIB=`pwd`/perl/blib/lib
+ export GIT_EXEC_PATH PATH GITPERLLIB
+
- Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external
programs and libraries:
- Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external
programs and libraries:
- "libcurl" and "curl" executable. git-http-fetch and
git-fetch use them. If you do not use http
- "libcurl" and "curl" executable. git-http-fetch and
git-fetch use them. If you do not use http
- transfer, you are probabaly OK if you do not have
+ transfer, you are probably OK if you do not have
them.
- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
them.
- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
git, and if you only use git to track other peoples work you'll
never notice the lack of it.
git, and if you only use git to track other peoples work you'll
never notice the lack of it.
- - "wish", the TCL/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
+ - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
history graphically
- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
history graphically
- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net