-This is the basic INSTALL file provided by autotools. Some more information
-about installing SimGrid can be found in the FAQ, in the doc/ directory (or
-online at http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/doc/faq.html )
+************************************************
+* Installation information specific to SimGrid *
+************************************************
+The main source of information to compile SimGrid is the project FAQ.
+It is available online from http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/doc/faq.html or
+in the doc/ directory of this archive.
+Quick way to compile
+====================
+In short, the way to compile SimGrid depends on whether you are
+compiling a tar.gz archive or directly from the SVN. In the latter
+case, you have to do an extra step (noted 0 below).
+
+(0) regenerate the autotools files (only needed from SVN):
+$ ./bootstrap
+
+(1) configure SimGrid (both in SVN and archives)
+$ ./configure <all options>
+Main options are:
+ --prefix=<path>: specify where to install SimGrid
+ --with-pthreads: use pthreads instead of Unix contextes (less
+ efficient but maybe easier to debug)
+ --enable-maintainer-mode: get the makefiles regenerated automatically
+ --disable-compiler-optimizations: compile with -O0 instead of -O3
+See below for other configure options which are common to any project,
+not only SimGrid related.
+
+(2) Compile it
+$ make
+
+(3) Test it (optional)
+$ make check
+ or
+$ ./checkall
+
+(4) Install it
+$ make install
+
+
+Dependencies
+============
+SimGrid archives do not have any firm dependencies.
+
+If you want to compile from the svn, you have to have autotool,
+automake and libtool installed.
+
+If you want to compile the java bindings, you have to have a java
+compiler, and the jni.h header file (available from the JDK)
+
+If you want to compile the GTNetS backend, you have to have a patched
+version of GTNetS installed. The patch lives in the contrib section of
+the SVN.
+
+Again, you should check the FAQ for more information.
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Generic Installation information from autotools *
+* (provided for completion at the step where you have to launch configure) *
+****************************************************************************
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Sharing Defaults
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- If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
+< If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
`configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
