From 930bf09cb4d6c992eab641bdca585a81d2bc9cda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakob Egger Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 18:35:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Instructions for building from Master (#249) --- docs/INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS b/docs/INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS index d6eae59a..515001e3 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS +++ b/docs/INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS @@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ Software Foundation, Inc. This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. +When Building directly from Master +================================== + +If you want to build directly from the git repository, you must first +generate the configure script and Makefile using autotools. There is +a convenience script that calls all tools in the correct order. Make +sure that autoconf, automake and libtool are installed on your system, +then execute the following script: + + ./buildconf + +After executing this script, you can build the project as usual: + + ./configure + make + Basic Installation ==================