Filegt2g

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1 @@
-a.out
+hexitor.o

Makefile

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+DESTDIR?=/usr/bin
+LDIR?=/usr
+
 default: build
 
 build:
-	gcc -Wall main.c -lncurses -ltinfo
+	gcc -Wall -I$(LDIR)/include -I$(LDIR)/include/ncurses main.c -o hexitor.o -L$(LDIR)/lib -lncurses -ltinfo 
 
 install:
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
-	cp a.out ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hexitor
+	@echo "Installing in ${DESTDIR}"
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}
+	cp hexitor.o ${DESTDIR}/hexitor
 
 uninstall:
-	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hexitor
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/hexitor
 
 clean:
-	rm -f a.out
+	rm -f hexitor.o

README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,35 @@ To uninstall:
 sudo make uninstall
 ```
 
+# Installation without root
+
+If you don't have root access and there is not libncurses installed,
+first install ncurses
+
+```bash
+wget https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/ncurses-6.2.tar.gz
+tar -xzf ncurses-6.2.tar.gz
+cd ncurses-6.2
+./configure --prefix=$HOME/ncurses
+make
+make install
+cd ..
+rm -rf ncurses-6.2*
+```
+
+Then compile and install hexitor
+
+```bash
+make LDIR=$HOME/ncurses
+make DESTDIR=$HOME/bin install
+```
+
+to uninstall
+
+```bash
+make DESTDIR=$HOME/bin uninstall
+```
+
 # Usage
 
 ### Opening a file