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| author | Sebastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2012-12-14 20:20:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Sebastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2012-12-14 20:20:09 +0100 |
| commit | b2169e9175bba1e5df7c6d4e9663429568c09977 (patch) | |
| tree | 10b0f7cb91b7820f0140b6b82e8e98490a171444 /doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt | |
| parent | fd85d310cd178b8d526c8b7523bf9ea312f95b1b (diff) | |
| download | weechat-b2169e9175bba1e5df7c6d4e9663429568c09977.zip | |
doc: add warning for autotools in user's guide
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt b/doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt index e05bba8ab..58358b849 100644 --- a/doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt +++ b/doc/en/weechat_user.en.txt @@ -142,9 +142,15 @@ $ make install Compile with autotools ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +[WARNING] +Only cmake is officially supported to build WeeChat. You should use autotools +only if you are not able to use cmake. + +Build with autotools requires more dependencies and is slower than with cmake. + * Installation in system directories (requires 'root' privileges): ---------------------------------------- +$ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure $ make % make install (as root) @@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ $ make * Installation in custom directory: ---------------------------------------- +$ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/directory $ make $ make install @@ -162,21 +169,15 @@ $ make install Git sources ~~~~~~~~~~~ -Warning: GIT sources are for advanced users: it may not compile or not be +Warning: git sources are for advanced users: it may not compile or not be stable. You're warned! -To get GIT sources, issue this command: +To get git sources, issue this command: ---------------------------------------- $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/weechat.git ---------------------------------------- -If you're using autotools (and not cmake), execute this script: - ----------------------------------------- -$ ./autogen.sh ----------------------------------------- - Then follow instructions for source package (see <<source_package,source package>>). |