From 5e1ca97bb04fdd32a0a5388084522ad2ab5d9fbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:52:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] note how we can use make install to install documentation --- doc/install/cabal.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn index 6c5c0d4c69..36e7a53faf 100644 --- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn @@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree: cabal configure cabal build cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin + +To install documentation and manpages, you will actually want to use the makefile: + + make install PREFIX=$HOME + +(!) Note that this will install git-annex in `/usr` and not `$HOME`, a bug report has been opened about this: [[todo/makefile: respect $PREFIX]]. --[[anarcat]]