For the impatient:
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-Let's say you've unpacked the .tar.gz file, or cloned the git repository into
-a directory /path/to/dealii/sources. Then configure, compile, and install the
-deal.II library with:
+Let's say you've unpacked the .tar.gz file into a directory /path/to/dealii/sources.
+Then configure, compile, and install the deal.II library with:
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ make install (alternatively $ make -j<N> install)
$ make test
+To build from the repository, excute the following commands first.
+
+ $ git clone https://github.com/dealii/dealii
+ $ cd dealii
+
+Then continue as before.
+
A detailed *ReadME* can be found at ./doc/readme.html and
./doc/users/cmake.html or at http://www.dealii.org/.