From 24a37fc8405c811d22369e1a7cce08605c324941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ville=20Skytt=C3=A4?= Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 23:43:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Note autotools installation steps. --- README | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 725678ac..9a8ba24c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,17 +15,20 @@ fi (if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3.2 installed, see further if not) If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or -you simply don't want to do this, put the bash_completion file somewhere -on your system and source it from either /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, as -explained above. +you simply don't want to use one, you can install bash completion using the +standard commands for GNU autotools packages: -A more elaborate way that takes care of not loading on old, unsupported -bash versions as well as some other conditions is included in the bash -completion package as bash_completion.sh. If your system has the -/etc/profile.d directory and loads all files from it automatically, -you may place the file in it. If not, place the file somewhere on your -system and source it from /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, or copy its contents -to one of those files. +./configure +make +make check # optional +make install # as root + +These commands installs the completions and helpers, as well as a +profile.d script that loads bash_completion where appropriate. If +your system does not use the profile.d directory (usually below /etc) +mechanism, i.e. does not automatically source shell scripts in it, you +can source the $sysconfdir/profile.d/bash_completion.sh script in +/etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc. If you're using MacOS X, /etc/bashrc is apparently not sourced at all. In that case, you should put the bash_completion file in /sw/etc and add