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@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ be used to build a subset of the backends as well as the core. For Linux and OSX, just running `make` in the source directory should do the trick. +The build process accepts the following parameters, either from the environment or +as arguments to the `make` invocation: + +| Target | Parameter | Default value | Description | +|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| +| build targets | `DEFAULT_CFG` | `monster.cfg` | Default configuration file | +| build targets | `PLUGINS` | Linux/OSX: `./backends/`, Windows: `backends\` | Backend plugin library path | +| `install` | `DESTDIR` | empty | Destination directory for packaging builds | +| `install` | `PREFIX` | `/usr` | Install prefix for binaries | + Some backends have been marked as optional as they require rather large additional software to be installed, for example the `ola` backend. To create a build including these, run `make full`. @@ -163,6 +173,19 @@ To build for Windows, you still need to compile on a Linux machine. Install the crosscompiler package listed above and run `make windows`. This will build `midimonster.exe` as well as a set of backends as DLL files. +For system-wide install or packaging builds, the following steps are recommended: + +``` +export PREFIX=/usr +export PLUGINS=$PREFIX/lib/midimonster +export DEFAULT_CFG=/etc/midimonster.cfg +make +make install +``` + +Depending on your configuration of `DESTDIR`, the `make install` step may require root privileges to +install the binaries to the appropriate destinations. + ## Development The architecture is split into the `midimonster` core, handling mapping |