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authorReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-01 05:15:44 +0000
committerReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-01 05:15:44 +0000
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Be a little more explicit about how to configure LLVM with the --prefix
option so that permissions errors don't occur if the default, /usr/local, is taken. git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@18401 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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@@ -94,10 +94,15 @@ invalid code. Instead, use the system assembler and linker.
<li><p>Configure and build the LLVM libraries and tools using:</p>
<pre>
% cd llvm
- % ./configure [options...]
+ % ./configure --prefix=/some/path/you/can/install/to [options...]
% gmake tools-only
</pre>
- <p>This will build all of the LLVM tools and libraries.</p></li>
+ <p>This will build all of the LLVM tools and libraries. The <tt>--prefix</tt>
+ option defaults to /usr/local (per configure standards) but unless you are a
+ system administrator, you probably won't be able to install LLVM there because
+ of permissions. Specify a path into which LLVM can be installed (e.g.
+ <tt>--prefix=/home/user/llvm</tt>).</p>
+</li>
<li><p>Add the directory containing the tools to your PATH.</p>
<pre>