2012/10/5 Chad Versace <[email protected]>: > On 10/05/2012 02:14 PM, Andreas Boll wrote: >> Reported-by: Fabio Pedretti <[email protected]> >> --- >> docs/faq.html | 33 ++++++++++++--------------------- >> 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/docs/faq.html b/docs/faq.html >> index dd4e7de..fef2be0 100644 >> --- a/docs/faq.html >> +++ b/docs/faq.html >> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ >> >> <center> >> <h1>Mesa Frequently Asked Questions</h1> >> -Last updated: 20 September 2012 >> +Last updated: 5 October 2012 >> </center> >> >> <br> >> @@ -236,15 +236,8 @@ Basically you'll want the following: >> Mesa version number. >> </li></ul> >> <p> >> -After installing X.org and the DRI drivers, some of these files >> -may be symlinks into the /usr/X11R6/ tree. >> -</p> >> -<p> >> -The old-style Makefile system doesn't install the Mesa libraries; it's >> -up to you to copy them (and the headers) to the right place. >> -</p> >> -<p> >> -The GLUT header and library should go in the same directories. >> +Compiling with <code>configure --prefix="/usr"</code> and installing Mesa >> +with <code>make install</code> should be enough. > > Not exactly. Two autoconf options that vary widely among distros is --libdir > and > --with-dri-driverdir. Also, the install needs to be done as root if installing > /usr. I would instead say something like this: > > When configuring Mesa, there are three autoconf options that affect the > install > location that you should take care with: <code>--prefix</code>, > <code>--libdir</code>, and <code>--with-dri-driverdir</code>. To install Mesa > into the sytem location where it will be available for all programs to use, > set > <code>--prefix=/usr</code>. Set <code>--libdir</code> to where you Linux > distribution installs system libraries, usually either <code>/usr/lib</code> > or > <code>/usr/lib64</code>. Set <code>--with-dri-driverdir</code> to the > directory > where your Linux distribution installs DRI drivers. To find your system's DRI > driver directory, try executing <code>find /usr -type d -name dri</code>. For > example, if the <code>find</code> command listed <code>/usr/lib64/dri</code>, > the set <code>--with-dri-driverdir=/usr/lib64/dri</code>. > > After determining the correct values for the install location, configure Mesa > with <code>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=xxx > --with-dri-driverdir=xxx</code> and then install with <code>sudo make > install</code>.
Thanks Chad! I'll post a v2 of my patch in a second. Andreas. _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
