Installation

Windows

On Windows, using the official Windows installation program is recommended. If you want to build your own installer, see Step three: Linux + Windows.

Install on OSX

On OSX, using the official OSX installation DMG is recommended. See OSX Notes

If you want to build your own installer, see Step four: OSX.

Linux/*nix

On *nix-based systems (but not OSX), run the following to install:

$ make
# make install

The “make” step is optional and only compiles the modules and translations.

There is also an install_no_locale target if you wish to install without translations.

Environment Variables

Environment variables that affect “make install”:

LIBINSTALLDIR
The lib directory to be appended to PREFIX. Default: /lib
PREFIX

The installation prefix. Default: /usr/local Note: If this default is changed, you may need to set the XDG_DATA_DIRS

environment variable to include the changed path. See [1].
XDGCONFDIR

The directory to install system-wide config files in, following xdg spec. Default: /etc/xdg Note: If this default is changed, you may need to set the XDG_CONFIG_DIRS

environment variable to include the changed path. See [1].
DESTDIR
Destination directory to put the file structure under. Mainly of use for
packagers.

Default: not set (/)

DEFAULTARGS
Default arguments that the ‘exaile’ launcher script (installed to $PREFIX/bin/exaile) will pass to exaile on startup

Additional Resources: [1] - XDG Base Directory Specification