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author | Stephen Dolan <mu@netsoc.tcd.ie> | 2013-06-18 00:28:50 +0100 |
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committer | Stephen Dolan <mu@netsoc.tcd.ie> | 2013-06-18 00:29:05 +0100 |
commit | 2a18f97d12d48dcf92fbbfb15aea0fd02f763283 (patch) | |
tree | bff188388eee3ac3c2c0b3a43dc552486ece9add | |
parent | 8c4d29ee3894ebb91c587d25ecc53d58d5a582e1 (diff) |
Saner build instructions in README.md
Closes #144
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ If you want to hack on jq, feel free, but be warned that its internals are not well-documented at the moment. Bring a hard hat and a shovel. Also, read the wiki: http://github.com/stedolan/jq/wiki -To build jq, run +If you're building directly from the latest git, you'll need flex and +bison installed. To build, run: + autoreconf ./configure make - sudo make install (optionally) -If you've just checked out the latest version from git (rather than -using a released source tarball) then you'll need to run this first: +After make finishes, you'll be able to use `./jq`. You can also +install it using: - autoreconf + sudo make install + +If you're not using the latest git version but instead building a +released tarball (available on the website), then you won't need to +run `autoreconf` (and shouldn't), and you won't need flex or bison. |