From: Jason Self <j@jxself.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:50:46 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Update the installation instructions
X-Git-Tag: v6.42~1
X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=inform.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=20cbfff96015938809d0e3da6cd0d83b76d27f14

Update the installation instructions
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diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 12559d7..69cd66c 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ This is the Inform compiler. It has been modified slightly to work
 better when the Inform standard library is in a non-standard
 location and to make it compatible with the GNU FSDG.
 
-Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and then:
+Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and GNU Autoconf and then 
+run: autoreconf --install
 
-gcc src/*.c -o inform
+After that it's the usual dance of:
+./configure
+make
+make install
+
+Run ./configure --help to see a list of available options.
 
 Inform 6 is published under the original Inform licence (which is
 proprietary), or under the Artistic License 2.0, at the user's choice.