From cc8171775cc17097dcd6575037449fa4bf247f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rolf Badorek Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:58:22 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve installation instructions Added two additional clarifications/tips to README.md file: 1) If SDL API is not installed to system default path, then 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' needs to be adjusted. 2) In some cases dynamic linker cache needs to refreshed manually after SDL API has been re-installed. Signed-off-by: Rolf Badorek Change-Id: Ib1b657e6e714c2c81b18a4ede7dfb01f539b29ca --- README.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 96d751e..cca05cd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ By default the shared library is installed to `/usr/local/lib` and headers into to `/usr/local/include`. If this is not desired, then provide different path when running `configure`, for example: - ./configure --prefix=$HOME + ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local + +In above example SDL pkg-config .pc file is installed to `$HOME/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig` +directory. This directory should be included to `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` while building +the application which is using the SDL API library. Note that `configure` command allows plethora of additional options. For more info: @@ -72,6 +76,11 @@ After configuration has been done, run: make install +In some cases dynamic linker cache needs to be manually refreshed after SDL API +has been re-installed: + + ldconfig + ### Redis modules When Redis is used, SDL requires that the following Redis extension commands -- 2.16.6