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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add more instructions about how to install git.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:44:51 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:11, Thiago Farina<tfransosi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>
> ---
> =C2=A0INSTALL | =C2=A0 =C2=A09 +++++++++
> =C2=A01 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index ae7f750..67abfc7 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Git installati=
on
>
> +To install git follow these 4 steps inside your git directory:
> +$ autoconf =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0# Generates the configure file from c=
onfigure.ac
> +$ ./configure =C2=A0 # Configures everything needed to build git
> +$ make all =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0# Compiles git based in the Makefile
> +$ make install =C2=A0# Installs git in your own ~/bin directory
> +
> +If you don't have autoconf installed, you can do this by:
> +$ sudo apt-get install autoconf

=2E.. if you're on a Debian-derived system. The other half of the
world, which is RedHat-derived, uses RPM. And there are
other package management tools. Maybe that was a reason
why the instructions weren't included before.