Merge pull request #3719 from ipfs/feat/makefile/install-unsupported

Add install_unsupported

README.md

@@ -91,38 +91,25 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
 
 #### Download and Compile IPFS
 
-go-ipfs differs from the vanilla `go get` flow: it uses
-[gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx)/[gx-go](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go)
-for dependency management.
-
-First download `go-ipfs` without installing:
-
 ```
 $ go get -u -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
 
 $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
-```
-
-Then install `go-ipfs` and its dependencies, including `gx` and `gx-go`:
-
-```
 $ make install
 ```
 
 #### Building on less common systems
 
 If your operating system isn't officially supported, but you still want to try
 building ipfs anyways (it should work fine in most cases), you can do the
-following:
+following instead of `make install`:
 
-- Install gx: `go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx`
-- Install gx-go: `go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go`
-- Fetch ipfs source: `go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs 2> /dev/null`
-- Enter source directory: `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs`
-- Install deps: `gx install`
-- Install ipfs: `go install ./cmd/ipfs`
+```
+$ make install_unsupported
+```
 
-Note: This process may break if [gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx) or any of its dependencies break as `go get`
+Note: This process may break if [gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx)
+(used for dependency management) or any of its dependencies break as `go get`
 will always select the latest code for every dependency, often resulting in
 mismatched APIs.
 

Rules.mk

@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ install: $$(DEPS_GO)
 	go install $(go-flags-with-tags) ./cmd/ipfs
 .PHONY: install
 
+install_unsupported:
+	@echo "note: this command has yet to be tested to build in the system you are using"
+	@echo "installing gx"
+	go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
+	go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
+	@echo downloading dependencies
+	gx install --global
+	@echo "installing go-ipfs"
+	go install ./cmd/ipfs
+.PHONY: install_unsupported
+
 uninstall:
 	go clean -i ./cmd/ipfs
 .PHONY: uninstall