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README: expand the 'install' section

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* Talk about tllist + fcft
* Mention that the PKGBUILD requires tllist+fcft to be installed as
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* Provide a short how-to-configure-and build with meson description
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@ -225,12 +225,37 @@ In addition to the dev variant of the packages above, you need:
## Installing
foot makes use of a couple of libraries I have developed:
[tllist](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist) and
[fcft](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft). As such, they will most likely
not have been installed already. You can either install them as system
libraries, or you can build them as _subprojects_ in foot.
When building foot, they will first be searched for as system
libraries. If **found**, foot will link dynamically against them.
If **not** found, they will be searched for as subprojects. In a foot
git clone, they will be available as git _submodules_ and you can
simply check them out with `git submodule update --init`. In this
case, foot will link statically against them.
If you have downloaded a zip/tar file, you need to manually copy the
correct version of the library source code into the `subprojects`
folder. If you are unsure how to do this, it might be easier to
install them as system libraries.
### Arch Linux
Use [makepkg](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg) to build
the bundled [PKGBUILD](PKGBUILD) (run `makepkg` in the source root
directory).
It **requires** [tllist](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist) and
[fcft](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft) to be installed as system
libraries. If you do not want this, please edit the PKGBUILD file, or
install manually (see [Other](#other) below).
Note that it will do a profiling-guided build, and that this requires
a running wayland session since it needs to run an intermediate build
of foot.
@ -243,4 +268,36 @@ Foot uses _meson_. If you are unfamiliar with it, the official
starting point.
I also recommend taking a look at the bundled Arch
[PKGBUILD](PKGBUILD) file, to see how it builds foot.
[PKGBUILD](PKGBUILD) file, to see how it builds foot. Especially so if
you intend to install a release build of foot, in which case you might
be interested in the compiler flags used there.
First, create a build directory, and switch to it:
mkdir -p bld/debug && cd bld/debug
Second, configure the build (if you intend to install it globally, you
might also want `--prefix=/usr`):
meson --buildtype=debug ../..
Three, build it:
ninja
You can now run it directly from the build directory:
./foot
But note that it will default to `TERM=foot`, and that this terminfo
has not been installed yet. However, most things should work with the
`xterm-256color` terminfo:
./foot --term xterm-256color
But, I **recommend** you install the `foot` and `foot-direct` terminfo
files. You can either copy them manually (typically to
`/usr/share/terminfo/f` - but this is dependens on the distro), or
just install everything:
ninja install