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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 052a8d935..0978924be 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -17,31 +17,8 @@ a developer and packager task. These instructions are kept on the Inkscape wiki. Running Without Installing ========================== -For developers and others who want to run inkscape without installing it: - -```bash -sudo apt-get install ninja-build ccache -``` - -```bash -ln -s share share/inkscape -mkdir -p build/conf -cd build -cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$PWD/../ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G Ninja .. -ninja -export INKSCAPE_PROFILE_DIR=$PWD/conf -PATH=$PWD/bin/:$PATH -./bin/inkscape -``` - -This won't work for other platforms such as Windows and Mac, see above. But -what it is doing is linking the share directory into a location where -the inkscape binary will be able to find it. Allowing you to change the -inkscape shared files without rebuilding or installing. - -Then setting a local configuration directory, keeping your configurations -separate from any installed version. - +For developers and others who want to run inkscape without installing it please +see the ***Building*** section in the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file. Required Dependencies ===================== |