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update install instructions
authorheister <heister@0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d>
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:26:51 +0000 (03:26 +0000)
committerheister <heister@0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d>
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:26:51 +0000 (03:26 +0000)
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deal.II/doc/readme.html

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        mkdir build
        cd build
-       cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/install/dir ../deal.II
+       cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir ../deal.II
        make install
       </pre>
       These steps compile, link and install the deal.II library. The
     <p>
       <b>Note:</b>
       <ul>
-       <li> <code>/path/install/dir</code> is the directory which deal.II
+       <li> <code>/path/to/install/dir</code> is the directory which deal.II
          should be installed into. This can be a directory in your home
          directory (e.g., <code>~/bin/deal.II</code>) or a directory
          such as <code>/usr/local</code> if you have root privileges. 
-         Another option is to use <code>`pwd`/../installed/</code> (note the
-         backticks).
+         Another option is to use something like <code>`pwd`/../installed/</code> (note the
+         backticks). Make sure the installation directory is not the same
+         as the location where you unpacked <tt>deal.II/</tt>.
 
        <li> If your machine has multiple processors, use <code>make
          -jN</code> in the last step, where <code>N</code> is the

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