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mention that make install PREFIX=/usr/local is broken 

[Imported from Trac: page InstallDetails, version 9]
zooko 2009-06-10 18:26:36 +00:00
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InstallDetails.md

@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ and `/usr/bin/tahoe` .
The "`make install`" target is a wrapper around "`setup.py install`" The "`make install`" target is a wrapper around "`setup.py install`"
that uses `--single-version-externally-managed` to bypass the extra that uses `--single-version-externally-managed` to bypass the extra
checking that setuptools does. This allows "`make install`" and checking that setuptools does. This allows "`make install`" to work the same way as traditional unix
"`make install PREFIX=/usr/local`" to work the same way as traditional unix
software (via GNU autoconf, etc). software (via GNU autoconf, etc).
("`make install PREFIX=/usr/local`" does not currently work -- see #703.)
TODO: There should be some way to use "`setup.py easy_install`" to install TODO: There should be some way to use "`setup.py easy_install`" to install
Tahoe **and** its dependencies into the system somewhere, but I haven't Tahoe **and** its dependencies into the system somewhere, but I haven't
been able to figure out how. been able to figure out how.
@ -164,5 +165,4 @@ Macintosh OS-X executable and the corresponding installer (.dmg) file.
Tahoe is primarily developed on Debian/Ubuntu machines. You can either build Tahoe is primarily developed on Debian/Ubuntu machines. You can either build
from source (as described by this page), or download pre-compiled debian from source (as described by this page), or download pre-compiled debian
packages for several distributions. See the DownloadDebianPackages page for packages for several distributions. See the DownloadDebianPackages page for
details. details.