From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:32:34 +0000 (-0400) Subject: hype INSTALL_BASE more X-Git-Tag: 2.54~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?p=ikiwiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=187d59454b0272f7b8a73958b4a5aa00dc20b2bb hype INSTALL_BASE more --- diff --git a/README b/README index d4be0455a..fdb63227d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -12,5 +12,10 @@ http://bugs.debian.org/411786) There are also other variables supported by MakeMaker, including PREFIX, INSTALL_BASE, and DESTDIR. See ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3). +In particular, INSTALL_BASE is very useful if you want to install ikiwiki +to some other location, as it configures it to see the perl libraries +there. See `doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn` for an example of using this to +install ikiwiki and its dependencies in a home directory. + All other documentation is in the ikiwiki documentation wiki, which is also available online at