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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-04-08T12·13+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-04-08T12·13+0000
commitf7ef88df1fd6087deae02a53b8f18b64050f75db (patch)
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* Added some installation instructions to the readme.
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+Overview
+========
+
+Nix is a package manager, deployment system, and component glue
+mechanism.
+
+
+Prerequisites
+=============
+
+* Berkeley DB 4.0.14
+* CWI ATerm 2.0
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+* When building from the Subversion repository, first do:
+
+    autoreconf -i
+
+* To build, do:
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
+  Note that this will install to /nix, which is the default prefix.
+  You can specify another prefix, but this is not recommended if you
+  want to use prebuilt packages from other sources.
+
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+TODO
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