Changes between Version 40 and Version 41 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

04/06/09 22:13:59 (4 years ago)

Author:

kowey (IP: 81.103.227.15)

Comment:

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WikiStart

@@ -5 +5 @@
 GenI can be installed either with or without a GUI.  ''We strongly recommend doing the installation in two phases, first without the GUI and second with''.  The GUI can be a bit tricky to install, so this two-phase approach should at least get you up and running with a console version fairly quickly.
 
-== Installing without GUI ==
+== Step 1: Install the non-graphical interface ==
 
   1. Install GHC 6.8.3 binary from [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ GHC site] (should work with any GHC 6.8.x and GHC 6.10.x)
@@ -15 +15 @@
   1. make sure it works
    * {{{geni --unit-test}}}
-   * {{{geni -m examples/ej/macros -l examples/ej/lexicon -s examples/ej/suite}}}
    * {{{geni --help}}} for more details
 
-== Installing with GUI ==
+
+== Step 1b: Test with example data ==
+
+Note that this uses the hashed repository format, which requires a [http://darcs.net darcs] 2 client.
+
+ 1. {{{
+darcs get --lazy http://code.haskell.org/GenI
+}}}
+ 1. {{{geni -m examples/ej/macros -l examples/ej/lexicon -s examples/ej/suite}}}
+
+Note that if you ever need to install the darcs version of GenI, you should be able to do so by cd'ing into the GenI directory and invoking {{{cabal install}}}
+
+== Step 2: Install with GUI ==
+
+Warning, this part can be a little hairy because of the wxHaskell installation process.
 
   1. Please make sure you can install GenI without the GUI first.
@@ -39 +52 @@
     * Contact us on the MailingList if you need extra help.
 
-== Bleeding-edge GenI ==
-
-Note that this uses the hashed repository format, which requires a [http://darcs.net darcs] 2 client.
-
-{{{
-darcs get --lazy http://code.haskell.org/GenI
-}}}
-
-
-The instructions are the same as above, except that instead of invoking {{{cabal install GenI}}}, you invoke {{{cd GenI; cabal install}}} passing in the relevant flags.
-
 == Documentation ==