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| author | Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> | 2017-07-05 15:37:51 -0500 |
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| committer | Zoffix Znet <zoffixznet@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-07-05 16:37:51 -0400 |
| commit | 7ed02c57e244942590f9b18ee29d6423db03ee61 (patch) | |
| tree | b9e3ca131ff158508bdc661f151fbbe106c60d83 /README | |
| parent | 0ee2ebdf7eec49f348bbd943f27854ac4ad41ea2 (diff) | |
add specific instructions for a system installation (#90)
* add specific instructions for a system installation
* tweak wording per Zoffix's comment
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ the source archive directory. Running make install will *not* install anything into /usr/local. If you want to change this behavior, specify the install prefix using the --prefix option. +Configuring with the --prefix option +------------------------------------ +If you want to install rakudo into a system-wide directory, you must either +have root privileges or own the desired installation directory. Assuming you +are root, use any of the desired configuration commands shown above and add +"--prefix=$INSTDIR" to the end where $INSTDIR is the installation directory +of choice. Building Rakudo Star -------------------- @@ -78,8 +85,9 @@ Once Rakudo Star is installed, you can run Perl 6 programs by doing: $ ./perl6 hello.pl -Programs can also be run by adding the "install/bin" directory to your PATH -environment variable. +Programs can also be run by adding the local "install/bin" directory or +system-wide "$INSTDIR" directory (if you used the --prefix option) to +your PATH environment variable. If the Rakudo compiler is invoked without an explicit script to run, it enters a small interactive mode that allows Perl 6 statements to be executed from the |