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author | Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> | 2009-01-28 13:07:52 (GMT) |
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committer | Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com> | 2009-01-28 13:07:52 (GMT) |
commit | 0de21ca41c1db5a17b36d0fc33e8916896745aa9 (patch) | |
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User's Guide updates. (Robert P. J. Day)
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diff --git a/doc/user/build-install.xml b/doc/user/build-install.xml index 547154c..e473e37 100644 --- a/doc/user/build-install.xml +++ b/doc/user/build-install.xml @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ If you need to install Python and have a choice, we recommend using the most recent Python 2.5 version available. Python 2.5 has significant improvements - the help speed up the performance of &SCons;'. + the help speed up the performance of &SCons;. </para> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ &SCons; comes pre-packaged for installation on a number of systems, including Linux and Windows systems. You do not need to read this entire section, - you should only need to read the section + you should need to read only the section appropriate to the type of system you're running on. </para> @@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ &SCons; comes in RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) format, pre-built and ready to install on Red Hat Linux, - Fedora Core, + Fedora, or any other Linux distribution that uses RPM. Your distribution may already have an &SCons; RPM built specifically for it; - many do, including SuSe, Mandrake and Fedora. + many do, including SUSE, Mandrake and Fedora. You can check for the availability of an &SCons; RPM on your distribution's download servers, or by consulting an RPM search site like @@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ <para> + If your distribution supports installation via + <application>yum</application>, + you should be able to install &SCons; by running: + + </para> + + <screen> + # <userinput>yum install scons</userinput> + </screen> + + <para> + If your Linux distribution does not already have a specific &SCons; RPM file, you can download and install from the @@ -197,7 +209,7 @@ </para> <screen> - # <userinput>rpm -Uvh scons-0.96-1.noarch.rpm</userinput> + # <userinput>rpm -Uvh scons-__VERSION__-1.noarch.rpm</userinput> </screen> <para> @@ -260,9 +272,9 @@ &SCons; provides a Windows installer that makes installation extremely easy. - Download the <filename>scons-0.95.win32.exe</filename> + Download the <filename>scons-__VERSION__.win32.exe</filename> file from the &SCons; download page at - <ulink url="http://www.scons.org/download.html">http://www.scons.org/download.html</ulink>. + <ulink url="http://www.scons.org/download.php">http://www.scons.org/download.php</ulink>. Then all you need to do is execute the file (usually by clicking on its icon in Windows Explorer). These will take you through a small |