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[dss.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index db3d1c56386bb4c117c333adbe84c4694664c9e9..09d8505b3a46d5381a8626fd462ee7a6fd149af5 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
+dss is known to compile on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD. However, it is
+run-tested only on Linux.
+
+Note that [lopsub](http://people.tuebingen.mpg.de/maan/lopsub)
+is required to compile dss.
+
 Type
 
                make
 
-in the dss source directory to build the dss executable and copy it
-to some directory that is included in your PATH, e.g. to `$HOME/bin`
-or to `/usr/local/bin`.
+in the dss source directory to build the dss executable and the man
+page. If lopsub is installed in a non-standard path, you may need to
+run `make` as follows:
 
-Note that [gnu
-gengetopt](https://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/gengetopt.html)
-is required to compile dss.
+               make CPPFLAGS=-I$HOME/lopsub/include LDFLAGS=-L$HOME/lopsub/lib
+
+Then type
 
-Optionally, type
+               sudo make install
 
-                make man
+to install in /usr/local, or
 
-to create the man page of dss. This invokes help2man so make sure
-that help2man is installed on your system. Note that the man page is
-just the nroff variant of the output of `dss --detailed-help`.
+               make install PREFIX=/somewhere/else
 
-dss is known to compile on Linux, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD and
-NetBSD. However, it is run-tested only on Linux.
+to install in /somewhere/else.
 
-Also make sure that [rsync](http://rsync.samba.org/) is installed on
+Also make sure that [rsync](https://rsync.samba.org/) is installed on
 your system. Version 2.6.1 or newer is required.
 
 Examples:
@@ -48,11 +51,11 @@ as follows:
 Then execute the commands
 
                mkdir /baz/qux
-               dss --run
+               dss run
 
 In order to print the list of all snapshots created so far, use
 
-               dss --ls
+               dss ls
 
 Yes, it's really that easy.
 
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ system boundaries and increases the number of snapshots.
                rsync-option "--exclude-from=/etc/dss.exclude"
                # don't cross filesystem boundaries
                rsync-option "--one-file-system"
-               # maintain 2^6 - 1 = 63 snaphots
+               # maintain 2^6 - 1 = 63 snapshots
                num-intervals "6"
 
 The /etc/dss.exclude file could look like this (see rsync(1) for