Add comment to README giving instructions on how to install to a directory other than /usr/local (#694)

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Brian W. Mulligan 2017-10-18 00:20:45 -05:00 committed by Christopher Dunn
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Thanks to David Seifert (@SoapGentoo), we (the maintainers) now use [meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) and [ninja](https://ninja-build.org/) to build for debugging, as well as for continuous integration (see [`travis.sh`](travis.sh) ). Other systems may work, but minor things like version strings might break. Thanks to David Seifert (@SoapGentoo), we (the maintainers) now use [meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) and [ninja](https://ninja-build.org/) to build for debugging, as well as for continuous integration (see [`travis.sh`](travis.sh) ). Other systems may work, but minor things like version strings might break.
First, install both meson (which requires Python3) and ninja. First, install both meson (which requires Python3) and ninja.
If you wish to install to a directory other than /usr/local, set an environment variable called DESTDIR with the desired path:
DESTDIR=/path/to/install/dir
Then, Then,