wilcoxon: Drop now-unnecessary timer support.

[pspp-builds.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ea43342eef7223bce3b2fcb76d5ba817166bf2fd..dc673c441c387fd4f79384eea9b22785aeae7101 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ release.
      available.  The most common of these are listed under "Optional
      Features", below.
 
+     It is best to build and install PSPP in directories whose names do
+     not contain unusual characters such as spaces or single-quotes, due
+     to limitations of the tools involved in the build process.
+
      If you installed some of the libraries that PSPP uses in a
      non-standard location (on many systems, anywhere other than
      /usr), you may need to provide some special flags to `configure'
@@ -148,8 +152,9 @@ release.
 
   4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files
      and documentation.  Ordinarily you will need root permissions to
-     do this; if you cannot get root permissions, see "Installation
-     Names", below.
+     do this.  The "su" and "sudo" commands are common ways to obtain
+     root permissions.  If you cannot get root permissions, see
+     "Installation Names", below.
 
   5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
      source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the