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diff --git a/www/faq.html b/www/faq.html index ffc90d86..3072b80e 100755 --- a/www/faq.html +++ b/www/faq.html @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ <ul> <!-- get binaries --> +<li><h2><a href="#install">How do I install toybox?</h2></li> <li><h2><a href="#cross">How do I cross compile toybox?</h2></li> <li><h2><a href="#system">Where does toybox fit into the Linux/Android ecosystem?<br /> @@ -237,6 +238,34 @@ instead of the toybox version (in theory they should work the same), and VERBOSE=1 to see diffs of the expected and actual output when a test fails (VERBOSE=fail to stop at the first such failure)</p> +<a name="install" /> +<h2>Q: How do I install toybox?</h2> + +<p>A: +Multicall binaries like toybox behave differently based on the filename +used to call them, so if you "mv toybox ls; ./ls" it acts like ls. Creating +symlinks or hardlinks and adding them to the $PATH lets you run the +commands normally by name.</p> + +<p>If you already have a <a href=https://landley.net/toybox/downloads/binaries/>toybox binary</a> +you can install a tree of command symlinks living in +<a href=http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/include/paths.h>the +standard path</a> +locations (<b>export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin</b>) by doing:</p> + +<blockquote><p><b>for i in $(/bin/toybox --long); do ln -s /bin/toybox $i; done</b></p></blockquote> + +<p>or you can install all the symlinks in the same directory as the toybox binary +(<b>export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"</b>) via:</p> + +<blockquote><p><b>for i in $(./toybox); do ln -s toybox $i; done</b></p></blockquote></p> + +<p>When building from source, use the "<b>make install</b>" and +"<b>make install_flat</b>" +targets with an appropriate <b>PREFIX=/path/to/new/directory</b> either +exported or on the make command line +(as mentioned in "<b>make help</b>" output).</p> + <a name="cross" /> <h2>Q: How do I cross compile toybox?</h2> |