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Revision 720, 0.8 kB (checked in by mgalloy, 19 months ago)

Adding INSTALL file with basic installation instructions.

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1For ``.sav`` file installation, simply place the ``idldoc.sav`` file in the
2``!path`` in one of the various manners (see IDL's online help for details on
3how to do this).
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5For building your own IDLdoc from the ``src`` distribution or from the
6Subversion repository, there are more requirements.
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8  1. Put the ``src`` directory and its subdirectories into the ``!path``.
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10  2. Put the ``src\cmdline_tools`` and ``src\dist_tools`` directories into the
11     ``!dlm_path``.
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13  3. On UNIX systems, build the binaries in the ``src\cmdline_tools`` and
14     ``src\dist_tools`` from the top-level directory by just doing::
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16        $ make all
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18     On Windows, the individual commands must be entered. From the
19     ``src\cmdline_tools``::
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21        IDL> mg_build_cmdline_tools
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23     From the ``src\dist_tools`` directory::
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25        IDL> mg_build_dist_tools
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