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diff --git a/man/man1/install.1 b/man/man1/install.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..816988e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/install.1 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.TH INSTALL 1 +.SH NAME +install \- notes about Plan 9 from User Space installation +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B +cd \*9; ./INSTALL +.SH DESCRIPTION +To obtain the Plan 9 tree, use CVS +(see +.IR cvs (1)) +or download a tar file from +.HR http://swtch.com/plan9port "" . +.PP +In the root of the tree, run +.BR ./INSTALL . +This script first uses +.IR make (1) +to build the Plan 9 build program +.IR mk (1) +if necessary. +It cleans all previously built object files and libraries out of the tree, +rebuilds and installs everything, and then cleans up. +.PP +There are a few files in tree which have the root +hard-coded in them. +After the build, +.I INSTALL +edits these files to replace the string +.B /usr/local/plan9 +with the name of the root of the current tree. +.PP +Finally, +.I INSTALL +builds an HTML version of the manual and installs it in +.BR \*9/man . +.PP +.I INSTALL +can safely be repeated to rebuild the system from scratch. +.SH FILES +.TP +.B \*9/lib/moveplan9.files +the list of files that need to have +.B /usr/local/plan9 +edited out of them +.TP +.B \*9/lib/moveplan9.sh +the script that edits the files +.TP +.B \*9/src/mkmk.sh +the shell script used to build +.IR mk (1) +.TP +.B \*9/dist/manweb +the shell script that builds the HTML manual +.TP +.B \*9/man/index.html +the top-level page in the HTML version of the manual +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR intro (1), +.IR cvs (1) |