From 585328d4747e05f5febc0a6ff256a356c0c86c82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Schwinn <alexxcons@xfce.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:54:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add some more build info for newcomers
---
README.md | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b40bd1b0..8877dde2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ See [NEWS](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/NEWS) for details o
From source:
+ % git clone https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar
+ % git checkout <branch|tag> #optional step. Per default master is checked out
% cd thunar
% ./autogen.sh
% make
- % make install
+ # make install
From release tarball:
@@ -40,13 +42,13 @@ From release tarball:
% cd thunar-<version>
% ./configure
% make
- % make install
+ # make install
Both autogen.sh and configure will list missing dependencies.
If your distribution provides development versions of the related packages,
install them. Otherwise you will need to build and install the missing dependencies from source.
-For some additional build & debug hints, as well check the [Thunar Wiki pages](https://wiki.xfce.org/thunar/dev).
+For additional build & debug hints, check the [Thunar wiki pages](https://wiki.xfce.org/thunar/dev) and the [detailed building wiki manual](https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/building).
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