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authorJoseph Mingrone <jrm@ftfl.ca>2015-12-27 00:29:39 -0400
committerJoseph Mingrone <jrm@ftfl.ca>2015-12-27 00:29:39 -0400
commitb3629eeb7dbdda178343bc11f8b62981013e7245 (patch)
tree37f5b00c49adc9465f523d653367f9ecd03c3257 /README.org
parent97b86cd09a411d00a7947da76b4c3f77995ccf44 (diff)
Automate the build on FreeBSD
The GNU make binary on FreeBSD (and other BSDs) is named `gmake`. This change makes the build work for those systems. It's been tested on FreeBSD, but should work on other BSDs. A short note was also added in README.org to help FreeBSD users get things working.
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or likewise within Emacs using `setenv`.
After that, compilation should proceed as normal.
+**** Compiling on FreeBSD
+ Although not officially suppported, it has been reported that
+ pdf-tools work well on FreeBSD. Install the dependencies with
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh
+ $ pkg install autotools gmake poppler-glib
+#+END_SRC
+
+ If you choose not to install from MELPA, you must substitute
+ `gmake` for `make` in the build instructions below.
*** Compilation
Now it's time to compile the source.
#+begin_src sh