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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ incompatible way in the future. It's unlikely that any big changes
will be made, but we can make no promises. Expect a non-beta release
sometime in August 2008.
-C++ Installation
-================
+C++ Installation - Unix
+=======================
To build and install the C++ Protocol Buffer runtime and the Protocol
Buffer compiler (protoc) execute the following:
@@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ Proceed at your own risk.
"make install" may require superuser privileges.
-For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.
+For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.txt.
+
+** Hint on insall location **
+
+ By default, the package will be installed to /usr/local. However,
+ on many platforms, /usr/local/lib is not part of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+ You can add it, but it may be easier to just install to /usr
+ instead. To do this, invoke configure as follows:
+
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr
+
+ If you already built the package with a different prefix, make sure
+ to run "make clean" before building again.
** Note for Solaris users **
@@ -39,6 +51,14 @@ For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.
See src/solaris/libstdc++.la for more info on this bug.
+C++ Installation - Windows
+==========================
+
+If you are using Micosoft Visual C++, see vsprojects/readme.txt.
+
+If you are using Cygwin or MinGW, follow the Unix installation
+instructions, above.
+
Java and Python Installation
============================