INSTALL is out of date

[placeybordeaux]

INSTALL is very misleading and does not contain proper directions for compiling. README-devel contains the correct directions for compiling. INSTALL should either mirror README-devel or refer to it.

[Pranav-Bhaskar]

No, the INSTALL file is not at all misleading. If you read carefully the basic install instructions are mentioned on line number 15. The rest of the instructions in the INSTALL file are for advanced installation.

INSTALL is very misleading and does not contain proper directions for compiling. README-devel contains the correct directions for compiling. INSTALL should either mirror README-devel or refer to it.

[Pranav-Bhaskar]

This issue may now be closed.

[jscongdon]

I'm with the OP...
I wouldn't have known that gengetopt was needed and that ./bootstrap was needed for ./configure && make && make install to work - without the README-devel
Note - there is no make uninstall
I ended up using checkinstall to create an uninstall package

[ctubbsii]

Thank you for your interest in improving the instructions. The date on the last commit in this repository was in October 2017 by @4n6Tools . Given the inactivity since, this project might not be actively maintained any longer.

I have already taken efforts to see if I can find a current maintainer to accept pull requests and apply changes, such as those suggested here. If one cannot be found, this project will likely be archived as read-only. In the interim, it remains possible to fork this open source project and improve upon the code and documentation.

[jflopezfernandez]

I set out to fix this issue this afternoon, and like seven hours later it's the one thing I didn't do. I did submit a pull request on issue #14, though, and updating the installation functionality (technically reimplementing it, as it currently does not exist in the pull request version) will be much easier now that the build system has been cleaned up.

Specifically, I removed the bootstrap.sh script and made the gengetopt generation an explicit dependency via the Makefile generated by automake, so the user will be explicitly told during the configuration if they are missing any requirements. Hope this at least helps a little in the meantime, I'll get to the installation update this weekend, most likely.