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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