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@@ -189,16 +189,16 @@ section below before proceeding.
Step 1: Start by unpacking the Erlang/OTP distribution file with your GNU
compatible TAR program.
- $ gunzip -c otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ $ gunzip -c otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf -
alternatively:
- $ zcat otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ $ zcat otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf -
Step 2: Now cd into the base directory (`$ERL_TOP`).
- $ cd otp_src_%OTP-REL%
+ $ cd otp_src_%OTP-VSN%
### Configuring ###
@@ -500,21 +500,11 @@ The Erlang/OTP Documentation
### How to Build the Documentation ###
- $ cd $ERL_TOP
-
-If you have just built Erlang/OTP in the current source tree, you have
-already ran `configure` and do not need to do this again; otherwise, run
-`configure`.
-
- $ ./configure [Configure Args]
-
-When building the documentation you need a full Erlang/OTP-%OTP-REL% system in
-the `$PATH`.
-
- $ export PATH=<Erlang/OTP-%OTP-REL% bin dir>:$PATH # Assuming bash/sh
-
-Build the documentation.
+Before you can build the documentation you need to either [native build][]
+or [cross build][] the Erlang/OTP system. After this you can build the
+documentation as follows.
+ $ cd $ERL_TOP
$ make docs
The documentation can be installed either using the `install-docs` target,
@@ -553,13 +543,13 @@ For some graphical tools to find the on-line help you have to install
the HTML documentation on top of the installed OTP applications, i.e.
$ cd <ReleaseDir>
- $ gunzip -c otp_html_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ $ gunzip -c otp_html_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf -
For `erl -man <page>` to work the Unix manual pages have to be
installed in the same way, i.e.
$ cd <ReleaseDir>
- $ gunzip -c otp_man_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ $ gunzip -c otp_man_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf -
Where `<ReleaseDir>` is
@@ -803,9 +793,11 @@ Before modifying this document you need to have a look at the
[Building in Git]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_Building-in-Git
[Pre-built Source Release]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_Prebuilt-Source-Release
[make and $ERL_TOP]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_make-and-ERLTOP
- [html documentation]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz
- [man pages]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz
- [the released source tar ball]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz
+ [html documentation]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz
+ [man pages]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz
+ [the released source tar ball]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz
+ [native build]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP
+ [cross build]: INSTALL-CROSS.md
[$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/MARKDOWN.md]: MARKDOWN.md
[?TOC]: true