From e4b4aadad4d2a0613eea87b8ad1bf5ba47709b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.nl>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:41:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #62

 Add install file.
---
 INSTALL.md  | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Makefile.am |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 INSTALL.md

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f103f9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Installation guide:
+===================
+
+Install from a release
+----------------------
+
+Check dependencies and configure build system:
+
+    ./configure
+
+Build Rofi:
+
+    make
+
+The actual install, execute as root (if needed):
+
+    make install
+
+
+
+Install a checkout from git
+---------------------------
+
+Generate build system:
+
+    autoreconf -i
+
+Create a build directory:
+
+    mkdir build
+
+Check dependencies and configure build system:
+
+   ../configure
+
+Build rofi:
+
+    make
+
+The actual install, execute as root (if needed):
+
+    make install
+
+
+Options for configure
+---------------------
+
+When you run the configure step there are several you can configure. (To see the full list type
+`./configure --help` ).
+
+The most useful one to set the installation prefix:
+
+    ./configure --prefix=<installation path>
+
+f.e.
+
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr/
+
+or to install locally:
+
+    ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/.local/
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0e8c89f5..9d416647 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ README.html: README.md
 EXTRA_DIST=\
     $(man1_MANS)\
     $(markdown_FILES)\
-    $(markdown_SC_FILES)
+    $(markdown_SC_FILES)\
+    INSTALL.md
 
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