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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2013-05-21 10:20:10 +0300
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@@ -33366,6 +33366,15 @@ check the files in the @file{README_d} directory to see if you've
found a known problem. If the failure is not described there,
please send in a bug report (@pxref{Bugs}).
+Of course, once you've built @command{gawk}, it is likely that you will
+wish to install it. To do so, you need to run the command @samp{make
+check}, as a user with the appropriate permissions. How to do this
+varies by system, but on many systems you can use the @command{sudo}
+command to do so. The command then becomes @samp{sudo make install}. It
+is likely that you will be asked for your password, and you will have
+to have been set up previously as a user who is allowed to run the
+@command{sudo} command.
+
@node Additional Configuration Options
@appendixsubsec Additional Configuration Options
@cindex @command{gawk}, configuring, options