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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B
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cd \*9; ./INSTALL
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[
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.B -b
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.B -c
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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To obtain the Plan 9 tree, use CVS
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(see
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or download a tar file from
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.HR http://swtch.com/plan9port "" .
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.PP
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The tree can be unpacked anywhere, but the
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usual place is
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.BR /usr/local/plan9 .
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In the root of the tree, run
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.BR ./INSTALL .
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This script first uses
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.IR make (1)
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to build the Plan 9 build program
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This script builds the Plan 9 build program
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.IR mk (1)
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if necessary.
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It cleans all previously built object files and libraries out of the tree,
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if necessary,
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cleans all previously built object files and libraries out of the tree,
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rebuilds and installs everything, and then cleans up.
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.PP
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There are a few files in tree which have the root
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builds an HTML version of the manual and installs it in
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.BR \*9/man .
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.PP
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The installation can be thought of as two steps:
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build all the binaries, and then edit files as necessary
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to fix the references to the installation root.
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If necessary, these can be run separately.
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Given the
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.B -b
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flag,
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.I INSTALL
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can safely be repeated to rebuild the system from scratch.
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performs only the first step.
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Given the
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.B -c
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flag,
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.I INSTALL
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performs only the second step.
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The first step can be done with the tree in a temporary work directory,
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but the second step must be done once the tree is in its final location.
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These flags are only necessary when trying to conform to the
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expectations of certain package management systems.
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.PP
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At the end of the build,
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At the end of the installation,
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.I INSTALL
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prints suggested settings for the environment variables
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.B $PLAN9
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and
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.BR $PATH .
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After setting those, the script
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.B $PLAN9/dist/isum
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will print a short summary of the installation output,
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omitting the usual command chatter but preserving
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compiler warnings and errors.
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.PP
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Plan 9 from User Space uses different threading implementations on Linux 2.6 and
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later kernels than on 2.4 and earlier;
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.B WSYSTYPE=nowsys
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then the system is built without using X11.
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.PP
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.I INSTALL
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can safely be repeated to rebuild the system from scratch.
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.PP
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Once the system is built for the first time,
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it can be maintained and rebuilt using
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.IR mk (1).
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To rebuild individual commands or libraries,
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run
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.B mk
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.B install
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and
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.B mk
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.B clean
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in the appropriate source directory
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(see
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.IR src (1)).
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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.B \*9/lib/moveplan9.files
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.B \*9/install.log
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logged output from the last run of
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.I INSTALL
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.TP
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.B \*9/install.isum
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a summary of
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.B install.log
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR intro (1),
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.IR cvs (1)
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