diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 951084001..f75a2e24b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ You can pass additional options to CMake to customize the build. Important options are - `-G Ninja` to use the Ninja backend instead of the default Make backend. Other build backends are available with a similar syntax. -- `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` is used to provide the install location for the library. +- `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` is used to provide the install location for the library. If not provided the defaults will depend on your operating system, [see here](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.html). - `-DCMAKE_MAXIMUM_RANK` the maximum array rank procedures should be generated for. The default value is chosen as 4. The maximum is 15 for Fortran 2003 compliant compilers, otherwise 7 for compilers not supporting Fortran 2003 completely yet. @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Alternatively, you can build using provided Makefiles: make -f Makefile.manual ``` -You can limit the maximum rank by setting ``-DMAXRANK=`` in the ``FYPPFLAGS`` environment variable: +You can limit the maximum rank by setting ``-DMAXRANK=`` in the ``FYPPFLAGS`` environment variable (which can reduce the compilation time): ```sh make -f Makefile.manual FYPPFLAGS=-DMAXRANK=4 @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ target_link_libraries( ``` To make the installed stdlib project discoverable add the stdlib directory to the ``CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH``. -The usual install localtion of the package files is ``$PREFIX/lib/cmake/fortran_stdlib``. +The usual install location of the package files is ``$PREFIX/lib/cmake/fortran_stdlib``. For non-CMake build systems (like make) you can use the exported pkg-config file by setting ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH`` to include the directory containing the exported pc-file. The usual install location of the pc-file is ``$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig``.