diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 6f08b4b5..2d5628e6 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,18 +1,51 @@ Installation ============ -Ideally you will be running a recent Debian release and will -be able to add: +Debian Users +------------ + +Ideally you will be running a recent Debian release and will be able to add: deb http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/debian unstable awm -to your /etc/apt/sources.list. Once you have done that you -can use apt-get or synaptic or some other equivalent package -manager to fetch and install rscds and all the dependencies. +to your /etc/apt/sources.list. Once you have done that you can use apt-get +or synaptic or some other equivalent package manager to fetch and install +rscds and all the dependencies. Skip to the "Database Setup" part if you have done that already. +Other Linux Users +----------------- + +You will need to download the latest versions of the rscds and awl packages +from the sourceforge download page for rscds. + +You will need to untar these. Preferably you will untar them from within +the "/usr/share" directory and everything will be in it's expected location +(well, except the docs, but it will at least be tidy and everything will be +in one place). + +I would like to hear from non-Debian users regarding things I might have +missed, or things you have learned about the system, so please post a +message on the forums, or e-mail me or something. + + +Non-Linux Users +--------------- + +I would really like to hear from you. As far as I can see there is no +reason why this can't all work on FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, VMS, Mac OS +or whatever else, as long as the pre-requisites are able to be installed. + +For Unix and unix-like operating systems the "Other Linux Users" +instructions are likely to be reasonably close to what you need. For other +systems everything will need some adjustment, and in particular some of +the path name and shell expectations coded into the database creation +scripts are likely to need love. + +I'm available to answer questions, anyway :-) + Pre-requisites ============== @@ -157,3 +190,9 @@ If all is working then you should be ready to configure a client to use this, and the docs for that are elsewhere. See: + +http://rscds.sourceforge.net/ + +Which is the place where documentation will generally be kept up to +date the most. +