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diff --git a/doc/manual/02_Installation.md b/doc/manual/02_Installation.md deleted file mode 100644 index ffc8b938..00000000 --- a/doc/manual/02_Installation.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,119 +0,0 @@ -# Installation - -## Requirements - -In its bid for minimalism, Textadept also needs very little to run. In fact, the -only thing it needs is [GTK+ 2.0][] >= 2.16 on Linux systems. GTK is already -included in Windows and Mac OSX packages. Textadept also has its own version of -Lua. - -Note: for Win32 and Mac OSX, more than 3/4 of the download and unpackaged -application sizes are due to GTK, the cross-platform GUI toolkit Textadept uses. -Textadept itself is much smaller. - -[GTK+ 2.0]: http://gtk.org - -### Linux - -Most Linux systems already have GTK+ installed. If not, it is probably available -through your package manager. Otherwise, compile and install it from the -[GTK+ website][]. - -[GTK+ website]: http://www.gtk.org/download-linux.html - -### Mac OSX - -No requirements other than Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) or higher with an Intel CPU. - -### Windows - -No requirements. - -## Download - -Download Textadept from the [project page][]. Select the appropriate package for -your platform. - -You can also download an official set of [language-specific modules][], but this -is optional. The list of language modules in the package is contained [here][]. -Textadept includes C/C++ and Lua language modules by default. - -[project page]: http://foicica.com/textadept -[language-specific modules]: 7_Modules.html#Language.Specific -[here]: http://foicica.com/hg - -## Installation - -Textadept is designed to be as easy as possible to install by any user. You do -not need to have administrator privileges. - -### Linux - -Unpack the archive anywhere. Run Textadept by running -`/path/to/textadept_VERSION/textadept` from the terminal. You can also create a -symlink to the executable in your `PATH` (e.g. `/usr/bin`) or make a GNOME, KDE, -XFCE, etc. button or menu launcher. - -If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it where you -unpacked the Textadept archive. The modules will be contained in -`/path/to/textadept_VERSION/modules/`. - -#### Problems - -It is difficult to provide a single binary that runs on all Linux platforms -since the versions of software installed vary widely from distribution to -distribution. Because the Linux version of Textadept uses the version of GTK -installed on your system, an error like: `error while loading shared libraries: -<lib>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory` may occur when -trying to run the program. - -The most common occurance of this error is for the `libpng12` library on 64-bit -(x86\_64) Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions like Ubuntu because -`libpng12` has not been replaced in favor of the newer `libpng14`. If you are -experiencing this error, simply rename `textadept.lpng12` to `textadept`. The -former has been compiled to use `libpng12`. - -If the above situation did not apply to you, do not be alarmed. The solution is -actually quite painless even though it requires recompiling Textadept. See the -[compiling][] page for more information. - -[compiling]: 12_Compiling.html - -### Mac OSX - -Unpack the archive and move `textadept.app` to your user or system -`Applications` directory like any other Mac OSX application. Run Textadept by -double-clicking `textadept.app`. - -If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it, right-click -`textadept.app`, select `Show Package Contents`, navigate to -`Contents/Resources/modules`, and copy the unpacked modules there. - -#### Environment Variables - -By default, GUI apps like Textadept do not utilize environment variables such as -`PATH` from your shell profile. Therefore, any [modules][] that use programs -contained in `PATH` (e.g. the progams in `/usr/local/bin/`) for run and compile -commands will not be found. The solution is to follow these [instructions][] to -export whichever environment variables you need. At the very least, set `PATH` -to be `$PATH`. You will have to logout and log back in for the changes to take -effect. - -[modules]: 7_Modules.html -[instructions]: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#qa/qa1067/_index.html - -### Windows - -Unpack the archive anywhere. Run Textadept by double-clicking `textadept.exe`. -You can also create shortcuts to the executable in your Start Menu, Quick Launch -toolbar, Desktop, etc. - -If you downloaded the set of language-specific modules, unpack it where you -unpacked the Textadept archive. The modules will be contained in -`textadept_VERSION\modules\`. - - - - - - |