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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index d35b3de5d651..14cd55b63218 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -1,211 +1,173 @@ -<chapter id='chap-installation'> - <title>Installation</title> +<chapter id='chap-installation'><title>Installation</title> - <sect1> - <title>Obtaining Nix</title> - <para> - The easiest way to obtain Nix is to download a <ulink - url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix'>source - distribution</ulink>. RPMs for SuSE and Red Hat are also - available. These distributions are generated automatically. - </para> +<sect1><title>Obtaining Nix</title> - <para> - Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its - <ulink url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/trunk'>Subversion - repository</ulink>. For example, the following command will check out - the latest revision into a directory called <filename>nix</filename>: - </para> +<para>The easiest way to obtain Nix is to download a <ulink +url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix'>source +distribution</ulink>. RPMs for Red Hat 9 are also available. These +distributions are generated automatically.</para> + +<para>Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained +from its <ulink +url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/trunk'>Subversion +repository</ulink>. For example, the following command will check out +the latest revision into a directory called <filename>nix</filename>:</para> - <screen> +<screen> $ svn checkout https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/trunk nix</screen> - <para> - Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the <ulink - url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/tags'>tags - directory</ulink> of the repository. If you don't have Subversion, you - can also download an automatically generated <ulink - url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/dist/trace/'>compressed - tar-file</ulink> of the head revision of the trunk. - </para> +<para>Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the <ulink +url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/nix/tags'>tags +directory</ulink> of the repository. If you don't have Subversion, +you can also download an automatically generated <ulink +url='https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/dist/trace/'>compressed +tar-file</ulink> of the head revision of the trunk.</para> - </sect1> +</sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Prerequisites</title> - <para> - The following prerequisites only apply when you build from - source. Binary releases (e.g., RPMs) have no prerequisites. - </para> +<sect1><title>Prerequisites</title> - <para> - A fairly recent version of GCC/G++ is required. Version 2.95 - and higher should work. - </para> +<para>The following prerequisites only apply when you build from +source. Binary releases (e.g., RPMs) have no prerequisites.</para> - <para> - To build this manual and the man-pages you need the - <command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command> - programs, which are part of the <literal>libxml2</literal> and - <literal>libxslt</literal> packages, respectively. You also - need the <ulink - url='http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/'>DocBook XSL - stylesheets</ulink> and optionally the <ulink - url='http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbook-xml-4.2.zip'> - DocBook XML 4.2 DTD</ulink>. Note that these are only required - if you modify the manual sources or when you are building from - the Subversion repository. - </para> +<para>A fairly recent version of GCC/G++ is required. Version 2.95 +and higher should work.</para> - <para> - To build the parser, very <emphasis>recent</emphasis> versions - of Bison and Flex are required. (This is because Nix needs GLR - support in Bison and reentrancy support in Flex.) For Bison, - you need version 1.875c or higher (1.875 does - <emphasis>not</emphasis> work), which can be obtained from the - <ulink url='ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison'>GNU FTP - server</ulink>. For Flex, you need version 2.5.31, which is - available on <ulink - url='http://lex.sourceforge.net/'>SourceForge</ulink>. Slightly - older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the - ubiquitous 2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if - you modify the parser or when you are building from the - Subversion repository. - </para> +<para>To build this manual and the man-pages you need the +<command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command> programs, +which are part of the <literal>libxml2</literal> and +<literal>libxslt</literal> packages, respectively. You also need the +<ulink url='http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/'>DocBook XSL +stylesheets</ulink> and optionally the <ulink +url='http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbook-xml-4.2.zip'> +DocBook XML 4.2 DTD</ulink>. Note that these are only required if you +modify the manual sources or when you are building from the Subversion +repository.</para> + +<para>To build the parser, very <emphasis>recent</emphasis> versions +of Bison and Flex are required. (This is because Nix needs GLR +support in Bison and reentrancy support in Flex.) For Bison, you need +version 1.875c or higher (1.875 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> work), +which can be obtained from the <ulink +url='ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison'>GNU FTP server</ulink>. For +Flex, you need version 2.5.31, which is available on <ulink +url='http://lex.sourceforge.net/'>SourceForge</ulink>. Slightly older +versions may also work, but ancient versions like the ubiquitous +2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if you modify the +parser or when you are building from the Subversion repository.</para> + +<para>Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library. These +are included in the Nix source distribution. If you build from the +Subversion repository, you must download them yourself and place them +in the <filename>externals/</filename> directory. See +<filename>externals/Makefile.am</filename> for the precise URLs of +these packages.</para> + +</sect1> - <para> - Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library. These - are included in the Nix source distribution. If you build from - the Subversion repository, you must download them yourself and - place them in the <filename>externals/</filename> directory. - See <filename>externals/Makefile.am</filename> for the precise - URLs of these packages. - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Building Nix from source</title> +<sect1><title>Building Nix from source</title> - <para> - After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the following - commands: +<para>After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the +following commands: </para> - <screen> +<screen> $ ./configure <replaceable>options...</replaceable> $ make $ make install</screen> - <para> - When building from the Subversion repository, these should be preceded by - the command: +<para>When building from the Subversion repository, these should be +preceded by the command: </para> - <screen> +<screen> $ autoreconf -i</screen> - <para> - The installation path can be specified by passing the - <option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to - <command>configure</command>. The default installation directory is - <filename>/nix</filename>. You can change this to any location you like. - You must have write permission to the <replaceable>prefix</replaceable> - path. +<para>The installation path can be specified by passing the +<option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to +<command>configure</command>. The default installation directory is +<filename>/nix</filename>. You can change this to any location you +like. You must have write permission to the +<replaceable>prefix</replaceable> path. </para> - <warning> - <para> - It is advisable <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the installation - prefix from its default, since doing so will in all likelihood make it - impossible to use derivations built on other systems. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - If you want to rebuilt the documentation, pass the full path to the - DocBook XML catalog file (<filename>docbook.cat</filename>) and to the - DocBook XSL stylesheets using the - <option>--with-docbook-catalog=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> - and <option>--with-docbook-xsl=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> - options. - </para> +<warning><para>It is advisable <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the +installation prefix from its default, since doing so will in all +likelihood make it impossible to use derivations built on other +systems.</para></warning> - </sect1> +<para>If you want to rebuilt the documentation, pass the full path to +the DocBook XML catalog file (<filename>docbook.cat</filename>) and to +the DocBook XSL stylesheets using the +<option>--with-docbook-catalog=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> +and +<option>--with-docbook-xsl=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> +options.</para> +</sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Installing from RPMs</title> - <para> - RPM packages of Nix can be downloaded from <ulink - url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix' />. These RPMs - should work for most fairly recent releases of SuSE and Red Hat - Linux. They have been known to work work on SuSE Linux 8.1 and - 9.0, and Red Hat 9.0. In fact, it should work on any RPM-based - Linux distribution based on <literal>glibc</literal> 2.3 or - later. - </para> +<sect1><title>Installing from RPMs</title> - <para> - Once downloaded, the RPMs can be installed or upgraded using - <command>rpm -U</command>. For example, - </para> +<para>RPM packages of Nix can be downloaded from <ulink +url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix' />. These RPMs should +work for most fairly recent releases of SuSE and Red Hat Linux. They +have been known to work work on SuSE Linux 8.1 and 9.0, and Red Hat +9.0. In fact, it should work on any RPM-based Linux distribution +based on <literal>glibc</literal> 2.3 or later.</para> - <screen> +<para>Once downloaded, the RPMs can be installed or upgraded using +<command>rpm -U</command>. For example,</para> + +<screen> rpm -U nix-0.5pre664-1.i386.rpm</screen> - <para> - The RPMs install into the directory <filename>/nix</filename>. - Nix can be uninstalled using <command>rpm -e nix</command>. - After this it will be necessary to manually remove the Nix store - and other auxiliary data: - </para> +<para>The RPMs install into the directory <filename>/nix</filename>. +Nix can be uninstalled using <command>rpm -e nix</command>. After +this it will be necessary to manually remove the Nix store and other +auxiliary data:</para> - <screen> +<screen> rm -rf /nix/store rm -rf /nix/var</screen> - </sect1> +</sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Permissions</title> - <para> - All Nix operations must be performed under the user ID that owns - the Nix store and database - (<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/store</filename> - and - <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db</filename>, - respectively). When installed from the RPM packages, these - directories are owned by <systemitem - class='username'>root</systemitem>. - </para> +<sect1><title>Permissions</title> + +<para>All Nix operations must be performed under the user ID that owns +the Nix store and database +(<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/store</filename> and +<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db</filename>, +respectively). When installed from the RPM packages, these +directories are owned by <systemitem +class='username'>root</systemitem>.</para> + +</sect1> - </sect1> - - <sect1> - <title>Using Nix</title> - - <para> - To use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In - particular, <envar>PATH</envar> should contain the directories - <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/bin</filename> and - <filename>~/.nix-profile/bin</filename>. The first directory - contains the Nix tools themselves, while - <filename>~/.nix-profile</filename> is a symbolic link to the - current <emphasis>user environment</emphasis> (an automatically - generated package consisting of symlinks to installed packages). - The simplest way to set the required environment variables is to - include the file - <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/profile.d/nix.sh</filename> - in your <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> (or similar), like this: - </para> - <screen> +<sect1><title>Using Nix</title> + +<para>To use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In +particular, <envar>PATH</envar> should contain the directories +<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/bin</filename> and +<filename>~/.nix-profile/bin</filename>. The first directory contains +the Nix tools themselves, while <filename>~/.nix-profile</filename> is +a symbolic link to the current <emphasis>user environment</emphasis> +(an automatically generated package consisting of symlinks to +installed packages). The simplest way to set the required environment +variables is to include the file +<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/profile.d/nix.sh</filename> +in your <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> (or similar), like this:</para> + +<screen> . <replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/profile.d/nix.sh</screen> - </sect1> +</sect1> + </chapter> |