From a89d084bee67c429ef870460e0d8a948c67ffe4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheCakeIsNaOH Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:12:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] (#2025) Document install process on other platforms. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 24c17f9583..a05a275e50 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -189,5 +189,12 @@ chmod +x zip.sh Running the build on Mono produces an artifact similar to Windows but may have more rough edges. You may get a failure or two in the build script that can be safely ignored. +### Installing on Other Platforms: + + 1. Get a copy of the source code and build. + 1. Copy (or link) the contents of `./code_drop/chocolatey/console` to your preferred install directory. On Linux, the preferred directory is `/opt/chocolatey` + 1. Export the `ChocolateyInstall` environment variable, pointing to the install directory the build output was copied too. + 1. Copy `./docker/choco_wrapper` to a directory on the `$PATH`, rename to `choco`, and if the install directory is something else than `/opt/chocolatey`, then edit it to point to the correct path. + ## Credits Chocolatey is brought to you by quite a few people and frameworks. See [CREDITS](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/blob/master/docs/legal/CREDITS.md) (just LEGAL/Credits.md in the zip folder).