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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/building-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/building-source.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 772cda9cc..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/installation/building-source.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="sec-building-source"> - -<title>Building Nix from Source</title> - -<para>After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the -following commands: - -<screen> -$ ./configure <replaceable>options...</replaceable> -$ make -$ make install</screen> - -Nix requires GNU Make so you may need to invoke -<command>gmake</command> instead.</para> - -<para>When building from the Git repository, these should be preceded -by the command: - -<screen> -$ ./bootstrap.sh</screen> - -</para> - -<para>The installation path can be specified by passing the -<option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to -<command>configure</command>. The default installation directory is -<filename>/usr/local</filename>. You can change this to any location -you like. You must have write permission to the -<replaceable>prefix</replaceable> path.</para> - -<para>Nix keeps its <emphasis>store</emphasis> (the place where -packages are stored) in <filename>/nix/store</filename> by default. -This can be changed using -<option>--with-store-dir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para> - -<warning><para>It is best <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the Nix -store from its default, since doing so makes it impossible to use -pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs channels — that is, all -packages will need to be built from source.</para></warning> - -<para>Nix keeps state (such as its database and log files) in -<filename>/nix/var</filename> by default. This can be changed using -<option>--localstatedir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para> - -</section> |