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<chapter id="installation">
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This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various
system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your
operating system, and finally will create several files in the
- build tree to record what it found. (You can also run
+ build tree to record what it found. You can also run
<filename>configure</filename> in a directory outside the source
- tree if you want to keep the build directory separate.)
+ tree, if you want to keep the build directory separate. This
+ procedure is also called a
+ <indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm>
+ build. Here's how:
+<screen>
+<userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput>
+<userinput>cd build_dir</userinput>
+<userinput>/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]</userinput>
+<userinput>gmake</userinput>
+</screen>
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