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commit 6ad5952695787f112c4de9728887228f3d312b36
Author: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
Date:   Sun Oct 7 20:48:44 2018 -0400

    Clarify build instructions. Patch by Greg Troxel. Closes #933

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d012c9..386d65d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,24 +14,29 @@ More on: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos#BuildandInstall
 
 ## Building, testing, installing
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+Building GEOS requires a C++11 compiler
+
 ### Unix
 
-Using Autotools:
+#### Using Autotools:
 
     ./autogen.sh  # in ${srcdir}, if obtained from SVN or GIT
-    ${srcdir}/configure # in build dir
+    (mkdir obj && cd obj && ../configure)
 
-Using CMake:
+#### Using CMake:
 
-    cmake ${srcdir} # in build dir
+    (mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..)
 
-Now, all versions:
+#### Either Autotools or CMake
 
     make
     make check
-    make install # as root
-    ldconfig # as root
+    make install # (as root, assuming PREFIX is not writable by the build user)
 
+    On a GNU/Linux system, if installed in a system prefix:
+      ldconfig # as root
 
 ### Microsoft Windows
 

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Summary of changes:
 README.md | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


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