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@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ other Unix-like operating systems.
./configure && make && sudo make install
will work for most users.
- It will install the binaries in /usr/bin and the libraries in /usr/lib.
+ It will install the binaries in /usr/bin and the libraries in /usr/lib/bcnm.
+
+ Please note that static libraries in /usr/lib/bcnm *will not*
+be found by a default linker invocation: you need -L/usr/lib/bcnm.
+Other skarnet.org software automatically handles that case if the
+default configuration is used, but if you change the configuration,
+remember to use the appropriate --with-lib configure option.
+
You can strip the binaries and libraries of their extra symbols via
"make strip" before the "make install" phase. It will shave a few bytes