doc: add instructions to pass args to cmake (#1317)

Adds a small note to the README for passing arguments to cmake during
the build by using the `CMAKE_ARGS` environment variable
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Mikko Valkonen 2016-12-28 13:39:03 +02:00 committed by Daniel Hahler
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@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ After building is finished, you can either install via `make install`:
or by auto-generating a .deb or .rpm package, for easy removal later on: or by auto-generating a .deb or .rpm package, for easy removal later on:
make package make package
sudo dpkg -i awesome-x.y.z.deb sudo dpkg -i awesome-x.y.z.deb
# or # or
sudo rpm -Uvh awesome-x.y.z.rpm sudo rpm -Uvh awesome-x.y.z.rpm
NOTE: awesome uses [`cmake`](https://cmake.org) to build. In case you want to
pass arguments to cmake, please use the `CMAKE_ARGS` environment variable. For
instance:
CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/awesome" make
### Build dependencies ### Build dependencies
Awesome has the following dependencies (besides a more-or-less standard POSIX Awesome has the following dependencies (besides a more-or-less standard POSIX