on installing

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

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diff --git a/info/libgamma.texinfo b/info/libgamma.texinfo
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--- a/info/libgamma.texinfo
+++ b/info/libgamma.texinfo
@@ -231,6 +231,134 @@ to remove all compiled files, and
 all compiled files and the files
 generated by @command{./configure}.
 
+To install @command{libgamma} once
+it is compiled run @command{make install}
+and then @command{make uninstall} once
+you want to uninstall the library.
+When running @command{make install}
+include the option @option{DESTDIR="$@{pkgdir@}"},
+where @file{$@{pkgdir@}} is the directory
+you want the files to be installed to
+instead of @file{/}, this could for example
+be @file{/mnt} where you have mounted another
+installed operating system or a temporary
+location used by the package manager.
+This is also a set of options to specify
+how the system's file system hierarchy is
+structured.
+
+@table @option
+@item PREFIX
+The package path prefix, if you want to install
+to another root, set @option{DESTDIR} to that root.
+Defaults to @file{/usr}.
+
+@item LIB
+The library path excluding prefix.
+Defaults to @file{/lib}.
+
+@item INCLUDE
+The library header path excluding prefix.
+Defaults to @file{/include}.
+
+@item DATA
+The resource path excluding prefix.
+Defaults to @file{/share}.
+
+@item LIBDIR
+The library path including prefix.
+Defaults to @file{$(PREFIX)$(LIB)}.
+
+@item INCLUDEDIR
+The library header including prefix
+Defaults to @file{$(PREFIX)$(INCLUDE)}.
+
+@item DATADIR
+The resource path including prefix.
+Defaults to @file{$(PREFIX)$(DATA)}.
+
+@item DOCDIR
+The generic documentation path including prefix.
+Defaults to @file{$(DATADIR)/doc}.
+
+@item INFODIR
+The info manual documentation path including prefix.
+Defaults to @file{$(DATADIR)/info}.
+
+@item LICENSEDIR
+The license base path including prefix.
+Defaults to @file{$(DATADIR)/licenses}
+@end table
+
+There is also an option to specify the package name
+of the library: @option{PKGNAME}. This only affects
+the name and location of files installed into
+@option{DOCDIR}, @option{INFODIR} and @option{LICENSEDIR}.
+It does not affect the name of the library.
+
+For more control on what should be installed,
+subsitute @option{install} from @command{make install}
+for one or more of the following rules:
+
+@table @option
+@item install
+Macro for @option{install-base} and @option{install-info}.
+Installs everything but only the manual in the info format.
+@command{install-info} will not be execute the install the
+manual to the @file{dir} file for @command{info}.
+
+@item install-all
+Macro for @option{install-base} and @option{install-doc}.
+Installs everything including all available formats of the manual.
+@command{install-info} will not be execute the install the
+manual to the @file{dir} file for @command{info}.
+
+@item install-base
+Macro for @option{install-lib}, @option{install-include} and
+@option{install-copyright}.
+Installs the library, the headers files for the library
+so that you can compile other software that uses the library,
+and the copyright file and the license file.
+
+@item install-lib
+Installs the library, but not its header files.
+
+@item install-include
+Installs the library's header files but not the
+library itself.
+
+@item install-copyright
+Macro for @option{install-copying}, and @option{install-license}.
+Installs the copyright file and the license file.
+
+@item install-copying
+Installs the copyright file but not the license file.
+
+@item install-license
+Installs the license file but not the copyright file.
+
+@item install-doc
+Macro for @option{install-info}, @option{install-pdf},
+@option{install-ps} and @option{install-dvi}.
+Installs the manual in all available formats.
+@command{install-info} will not be execute the install the
+manual to the @file{dir} file for @command{info}.
+
+@item install-info
+Installs the info manual.
+@command{install-info} will not be execute the install the
+manual to the @file{dir} file for @command{info}.
+
+@item install-pdf
+Installs the PDF manual.
+
+@item install-ps
+Installs the PostScript manual.
+
+@item install-dvi
+Installs the DVI manual.
+@end table
+
 
 
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