From 8a8e8019f4c5c060df8815a075ef0874831ea842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie=20Courr=C3=A8ges-Anglas?= Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:49:31 +0200 Subject: README tweaks from Jeff Abrahamson. * mention the use of sudo instead of a privileged shell * advertize the use of ./autogen.sh for users that pull from git * bonus: mention automake and the fact that recent autotools releases are needed --- README | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 5189352..5ff5f6b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,13 +22,20 @@ that cripples EMACS and other quality pieces of software. Building -------- -ratpoison uses autoconf. To build it: +ratpoison uses autoconf and automake. To build it: $ ./configure && make -if you want to install it, simply type 'make install' as a privileged user: +if you want to install it system-wide, simply type 'make install' as +a privileged user: -# make install +$ sudo make install + +If you retrieved ratpoison from the source repository, you will have to +install somewhat recent versions of autoconf and automake before +running: + +$ ./autogen.sh Customization ------------- -- cgit v1.2.3