From ec0b5b656e6cad27a70d1e0dac8ca8ecfa203e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 23:35:36 +0000 Subject: INSTALL: improve documentation for deb/rpm-based distros This should make it easier to install mahoro. --- INSTALL | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 0f9c7af..8e8875a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,5 +1,27 @@ - INSTALL -========= +libmagic installation +===================== + +Mahoro is a wrapper around libmagic[1], so it needs the libmagic +development headers and libraries to run. If your operating system +provides libmagic development libraries and headers, you will not need +the "--with-magic*" command-line options below. + +For Debian-based systems: apt-get install libmagic-dev +For CentOS 6.x or similar RPM-based systems: yum install file-devel +For CentOS 5.x or similar RPM-based systems: yum install file + +[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libmagic + +INSTALL (from RubyGems) +======================= + +The installation is simple, install libmagic and type the following: + +# gem install mahoro -- --with-magic-include=/path/to/include \ + --with-magic-lib=/path/to/lib + +INSTALL (from tarball) +====================== The installation is simple, install libmagic and type the following. -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7