From 9b85733bebb9443fdf8742d2a7fea912e5c98d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dockes Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:22:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- src/INSTALL | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/INSTALL b/src/INSTALL index b1d8f8fe..338ed54c 100644 --- a/src/INSTALL +++ b/src/INSTALL @@ -60,27 +60,32 @@ Installing Recoll Using binary packages The binary versions are just compressed tar files of a build tree, where - only the useful parts were kept (executables and sample configuration. + only the useful parts were kept (executables and sample configuration). The executable binary files are built with a static link to libxapian and libiconv, to make installation easier (no dependencies). However, this also means that you can't change the versions of xapian and iconv which are used. - After having untarred the file, you can proceed with installation as if - you had built the package from source. + After extracting the tar file, you can proceed with installation as if you + had built the package from source. Installation Execute installrecoll targetdir, in the root of the source tree. This will: - * Copy qtgui/recoll and index/recollindex to targetdir/bin (but you - could also execute them from their build directories). - * Check if ~/.recoll exists, and if it does not: + * Only if you have write access on targetdir/bin, copy qtgui/recoll and + index/recollindex to targetdir/bin (but you could also execute them + from their build directories). + * Only if you are not root check if ~/.recoll exists, and if it does + not: * Copy all files from sampleconf/* to ~/.recoll * Copy all files from filters/* to ~/.recoll. + Typically, you would execute the script once as root to install the + programs to /usr/local, and once as yourself to create the configuration. + Configuration Recoll uses text configuration files. You will have to edit them by hand @@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ Installing Recoll default, it will index your home directory. Then start recollindex, and wait for indexing to complete (this may take - some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search + some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search. Depending on what is installed on your system, you may also want to adjust the external viewers defined in ~/.recoll/mimeconf (ie: html is either