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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-07-19 00:07:03 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-07-19 00:07:03 +0200
commit8b2d9e5d44691110aa34d768d3aae4a4d862011a (patch)
tree08cbb11b18cf8f57c94ef83bc5d1f225494d5010 /README
parent3253830d46cc55dd6b946468edd6a6f72944ef48 (diff)
doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
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34 - [[http://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]] 34 - [[http://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]]
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36Optionally, packages from Nixpkgs may be transparently reused from Guix. 36* Installation
37For this to work, you need to have a checkout of the Nixpkgs repository;
38the `--with-nixpkgs' option allows you to let `configure' know where the
39Nixpkgs checkout is.
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41 - [[http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/][Nixpkgs]] 38See the manual for the installation instructions, either by running
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43When building Guix from a checkout, the following packages are also 40 info -f doc/guix.info "(guix) Installation"
44required:
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46 - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/][GNU Autoconf]] 42or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Installation][web copy of the manual]].
47 - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/][GNU Automake]]
48 - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/][GNU Gettext]]
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50Run the "bootstrap" script to download the Nix daemon and to generate the 44For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the ‘HACKING’
51build system infrastructure using autoconf. It reports an error if an 45file.
52inappropriate version of the above packages is being used.
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54* Installing Guix from Guix 47* Installing Guix from Guix
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