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documentation: added some notes about the importance of preserving our /opt/freecalypso private directory hierarchy
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:55:19 +0000
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4 Our FreeCalypso host tools are designed to be installed in the /opt/freecalypso 4 Our FreeCalypso host tools are designed to be installed in the /opt/freecalypso
5 directory hierarchy on your system. The author of this software is very 5 directory hierarchy on your system. The author of this software is very
6 old-fashioned and refuses to use autotools (sorry, we aren't GNU), hence 6 old-fashioned and refuses to use autotools (sorry, we aren't GNU), hence
7 various hard-coded paths under /opt/freecalypso are sprinkled in bazillion 7 various hard-coded paths under /opt/freecalypso are sprinkled in bazillion
8 places - thus changing this fixed install location is deemed to be impractical. 8 places - thus changing this fixed install location is deemed to be impractical.
9 See PACKAGING and doc/opt-freecalypso-tree for more notes on this subject.
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10 In order to compile and install our host tools, follow these steps: 11 In order to compile and install our host tools, follow these steps:
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12 1: Run 'make' as a regular user (not root) to compile the software. 13 1: Run 'make' as a regular user (not root) to compile the software.
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