From 6fcfa2db549bba9380ae3955b03311e6a0b4a078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Nadlinger Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 00:03:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Removed brief build instructions. --- README | 21 ++++----------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ab0534f0..faeb1741 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,27 +26,14 @@ libraries, including experimental instructions for running LDC on Windows, is available on the project wiki, at http://wiki.dlang.org/Building_LDC_from_source. -For the impatient, a quick guide for building on *nix systems: +If you have a working C++ build environment, CMake, a current LLVM and +libconfig++ (http://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html) +available, there should be no big surprises, though. - 1) Make sure your system has the necessary prerequisites: - - a working C++ build environment, - - CMake, - - LLVM 3.0+ (3.2 preferred), - - libconfig++ (http://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html). - - 2) Check out the library submodules, if you have not already: +Do not forget to make sure all the submodules are up to date: $ cd ldc $ git submodule update --init - 3) Build and install LDC: - $ mkdir build && cd build # Out-of-source builds are recommended. - $ cmake .. - $ make - $ make install # Or run LDC directly from the bin/ directory. - -In case the above steps do not work, please first visit the extended -documentation under the aforementioned URL. - Some Linux distributions are also packaging a recent version of LDC, so building it manually might not be necessary.