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     1 File.........: 2 - Installing crosstool-NG.txt
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     5 
     6 Installing crosstool-NG  /
     7 ________________________/
     8 
     9 
    10 There are two ways you can use crosstool-NG:
    11  - build and install it, then get rid of the sources like you'd do for most
    12    programs,
    13  - or only build it and run from the source directory.
    14 
    15 The former should be used if you got crosstool-NG from a packaged tarball, see
    16 "Install method", below, while the latter is most useful for developpers that
    17 use a clone of the repository, and want to submit patches, see "The Hacker's
    18 way", below.
    19 
    20 
    21 Install method |
    22 ---------------+
    23 
    24 If you go for the install, then you just follow the classical, but yet easy
    25 ./configure way:
    26   ./configure --prefix=/some/place
    27   make
    28   make install
    29   export PATH="${PATH}:/some/place/bin"
    30 
    31 You can then get rid of crosstool-NG source. Next create a directory to serve
    32 as a working place, cd in there and run:
    33   ct-ng help
    34 
    35 See below for complete usage.
    36 
    37 
    38 The Hacker's way |
    39 -----------------+
    40 
    41 If you go the hacker's way, then the usage is a bit different, although very
    42 simple:
    43   ./configure --local
    44   make
    45 
    46 Now, *do not* remove crosstool-NG sources. They are needed to run crosstool-NG!
    47 Stay in the directory holding the sources, and run:
    48   ./ct-ng help
    49 
    50 See below for complete usage.
    51 
    52 Now, provided you used a clone of the repository, you can send me your changes.
    53 See the section titled CONTRIBUTING, below, for how to submit changees.
    54 
    55 
    56 Preparing for packaging |
    57 ------------------------+
    58 
    59 If you plan on packaging crosstool-NG, you surely don't want to install it
    60 in your root file system. The install procedure of crosstool-NG honors the
    61 DESTDIR variable:
    62 
    63   ./configure --prefix=/usr
    64   make
    65   make DESTDIR=/packaging/place install
    66 
    67 
    68 Shell completion |
    69 -----------------+
    70 
    71 crosstool-NG comes with a shell script fragment that defines bash-compatible
    72 completion. That shell fragment is currently not installed automatically, but
    73 this is planned.
    74 
    75 To install the shell script fragment, you have two options:
    76  - install system-wide, most probably by copying ct-ng.comp into
    77    /etc/bash_completion.d/
    78  - install for a single user, by copying ct-ng.comp into ${HOME}/ and
    79    sourcing this file from your ${HOME}/.bashrc
    80 
    81 
    82 Contributed code |
    83 -----------------+
    84 
    85 Some people contibuted code that couldn't get merged for various reasons. This
    86 code is available as lzma-compressed patches, in the contrib/ sub-directory.
    87 These patches are to be applied to the source of crosstool-NG, prior to
    88 installing, using something like the following:
    89   lzcat contrib/foobar.patch.lzma |patch -p1
    90 
    91 There is no guarantee that a particuliar contribution applies to the current
    92 version of crosstool-ng, or that it will work at all. Use contributions at
    93 your own risk.