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@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ then applying those upgrades on reboot via the [systemd Offline Updates][] functionality. +## Installation + +A simple `make install` will install to `/usr/local` by default. + +You can run `make PREFIX=/new/prefix` to modify the scripts to base itself +somewhere other than `/usr/local`, e.g. `make PREFIX=/usr`. `make install` +will then install to that location. + +If you want to install to a separate location, e.g. if you're building a +package, you can use `DESTDIR` to accomplish this, e.g. +`make install DESTDIR=/path/to/packaging`. + +Under normal installs, after copying systemd service and timer units into place, +the installation process will call `systemctl daemon-reload` and enable various +units. If `DESTDIR` is set and different from `PREFIX`, then these steps are +omitted. + +Similarly, systemd is normally notified on `make uninstall`, but again if +`DESTDIR` is set and different from `PREFIX`, the steps are omitted again. + + ## TODO ### apt-listbugs |