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diff --git a/src/README.txt b/src/README.txt index 427faba..27ca337 100644 --- a/src/README.txt +++ b/src/README.txt @@ -35,13 +35,23 @@ script as follows: # python setup.py install -This will install the scons script in the default script directory -(/usr/bin or C:\Python*\Scripts, for example) and the build engine in an -appropriate SCons library directory (/usr/lib/scons or C:\Python*\SCons, -for example). +This will install the scons script in the default system script +directory (/usr/bin or C:\Python*\Scripts, for example) and the build +engine in an appropriate SCons library directory (/usr/lib/scons or +C:\Python*\SCons, for example). You should have system installation privileges (that is, "root" or -"Administrator") when running the setup.py script. +"Administrator") when running the setup.py script to install SCons in +the default system directories. + +If you don't have system installation privileges, you can use the +--prefix option to specify an alternate installation location, such as +your home directory: + + $ python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME + +This will install the scons script itself in $HOME/bin and the +associated library in $HOME/lib/scons DOCUMENTATION @@ -126,5 +136,4 @@ With more than a little help from the SCons Development team: Charles Crain Steve Leblanc Anthony Roach - Steven Shaw |