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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/building-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/building-source.md index d21a51a82..ed1efffd8 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/building-source.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/building-source.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # Building Nix from Source -After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the following -commands: +After cloning Nix's Git repository, issue the following commands: ```console +$ ./bootstrap.sh $ ./configure options... $ make $ make install @@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ $ make install Nix requires GNU Make so you may need to invoke `gmake` instead. -When building from the Git repository, these should be preceded by the -command: - -```console -$ ./bootstrap.sh -``` - The installation path can be specified by passing the `--prefix=prefix` to `configure`. The default installation directory is `/usr/local`. You can change this to any location you like. You must have write permission diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-source.md index e52d38a03..09b4e4887 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-source.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-source.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ # Installing Nix from Source -If no binary package is available, you can download and compile a source -distribution. +If no binary package is available or if you want to hack on Nix, you +can build Nix from its Git repository. diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md index 0a906e390..da05d243d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/obtaining-source.md @@ -1,14 +1,9 @@ -# Obtaining a Source Distribution +# Obtaining the Source -The source tarball of the most recent stable release can be downloaded -from the [Nix homepage](http://nixos.org/nix/download.html). You can -also grab the [most recent development -release](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/release/latest-finished#tabs-constituents). - -Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its -[Git repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix). For example, the -following command will check out the latest revision into a directory -called `nix`: +The most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its [Git +repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix). For example, the following +command will check out the latest revision into a directory called +`nix`: ```console $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md index 40cb79627..0323a4f55 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ - GNU Autoconf (<https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>) and the autoconf-archive macro collection - (<https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/>). These are only - needed to run the bootstrap script, and are not necessary if your - source distribution came with a pre-built `./configure` script. + (<https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/>). These are + needed to run the bootstrap script. - GNU Make. @@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ you need version 2.5.35, which is available on [SourceForge](http://lex.sourceforge.net/). Slightly older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the ubiquitous 2.5.4a - won't. Note that these are only required if you modify the parser or - when you are building from the Git repository. + won't. - The `libseccomp` is used to provide syscall filtering on Linux. This is an optional dependency and can be disabled passing a |