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[pspp] / INSTALL

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@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ Installation Instructions for GNU pspp
 These instructions are based on the generic GNU installation
 instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP.
 
+Overview
+========
+
+PSPP uses the standard GNU configuration system.  Therefore, if all is well,
+the following simple procedure should work, even on non-GNU systems:
+
+ tar -xzf pspp-*.tar.gz
+ cd pspp-*
+ ./configure
+ make 
+ sudo make install
+
+Obviously, you should replace 'pspp-*' in the above, with the name of
+the tarball you are installing.  If any part of this process fails, then 
+it's likely that one or more of the necessary prerequisites is missing
+from your system.   Read on to find out how to correct this.
+
 Before You Install
 ==================
 
@@ -59,10 +76,6 @@ use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui.
       version 2.2 or later.
 
 
-To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an
-appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment.
-
 Installing the following packages will allow your PSPP binary to read
 Gnumeric files.
 
@@ -89,8 +102,14 @@ The following packages are optional.
       later.  Installing Texinfo will allow you to build PSPP
       documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
 
-    * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org). This enables PSPP 
-      to read Postgresql databases.
+    * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org).  This enables PSPP 
+      to read Postgresql databases.  The tests for the Postgresql
+      interface, but not the Postgresql interface itself, requires the
+      Postgresql server to be installed.
+
+    * The Text::Diff module for Perl (http://cpan.org).  This enables
+      PSPP to test the Perl module more thoroughly.  It is not needed
+      to build or use the Perl module.
 
 Basic Installation
 ==================
@@ -163,6 +182,10 @@ release.
      root permissions.  If you cannot get root permissions, see
      "Installation Names", below.
 
+     Please note:  The `make install' target does NOT install the perl
+     module (see below).  To install the perl module, you must change to
+     the `perl-module' directory and manually run `make install' there.
+
   5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
      source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
      files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
@@ -181,7 +204,11 @@ is an example:
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 
-   See "Defining Variables", below, for more details.
+To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the
+PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an
+appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment.
+
+See "Defining Variables", below, for more details.
 
 Installation Names
 ==================