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Fix installation, including a misspelling of "command" 

This fixes #17, "Typo in installation instructions".

Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
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David A. Wheeler 2018-09-30 21:15:03 -04:00
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@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The options (described below) are (1) pip, (2) package for Unix-like system, (3)
## 1. PIP
For many, the simple approach is to first install Python
(2.7 or something in the 3.* series). Then use "pip" to install flawfinder
(2.7 or something reasonable in the 3.X series).
Then use `pip` to install flawfinder
(this will normally download the package):
`pip install flawfinder`
@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ One way to accomplish this is:
QUICK START:
The quick way to install flawfinder from the tarball is to
unpack the tarball and type in something like this on the commmand line:
unpack the tarball and type in something like this on the command line:
`sudo make prefix=/usr install`
@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ Not enough? Here are more detailed step-by-step instructions and options.
You can also use the older flawfinder makefile variables to control
installation; you can set:
INSTALL_DIR = prefix, default $(prefix)
INSTALL_DIR_BIN = program location, default $(bindir)
INSTALL_DIR_MAN = manual location, default $(man1dir)
Note that the default of INSTALL_DIR_MAN has changed; at one time
it was $(prefix)/man/man1, but now it is $(prefix)/share/man/man1
`INSTALL_DIR` = prefix, default $(prefix);
`INSTALL_DIR_BIN` = program location, default `$(bindir)`;
`INSTALL_DIR_MAN` = manual location, default `$(man1dir)`.
Note that the default of `INSTALL_DIR_MAN` has changed; at one time
it was `$(prefix)/man/man1`, but now it is `$(prefix)/share/man/man1`
* If you're using Cygwin on Windows, you can install it using "make install"
but you need to tell the makefile to use the .py extension