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@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ sxiv requires the following software to be installed: * Xft * freetype2 * fontconfig - * giflib (optional, disabled with `HAVE_GIFLIB=0`) - * libexif (optional, disabled with `HAVE_LIBEXIF=0`) + * giflib (optional, automatically enabled if installed) + * libexif (optional, automatically enabled if installed) Please make sure to install the corresponding development packages in case that you want to build sxiv on a distribution with separate runtime and development @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ Please note, that the latter one requires root privileges. By default, sxiv is installed using the prefix "/usr/local", so the full path of the executable will be "/usr/local/bin/sxiv". +Running make will automatically detect if libexif and libgif are available and +enable them if so. CLI arguments will override any automatic detection. +For example: + + $ make HAVE_LIBGIF=0 + +will always disable libgif. +Alternatively, they can be disabled via editing `config.mk`. + You can install sxiv into a directory of your choice by changing the second command to: |