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Clearer build and install instructions in the README file for Github users.

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Fixes #634.
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<H3><a name="Preface_unix_installation">1.12.2 Unix installation</a></H3>
<p>
These installation instructions are for using the distributed tarball,
for example, <tt>swig-3.0.8.tar.gz</tt>.
If you wish to build and install from source on Github, extra steps are required.
Please see the <a href="http://swig.org/svn.html">Bleeding Edge</a> page on the SWIG website.
</p>
<p>
You must use <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/">GNU make</a> to build and install SWIG.

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Installation
============
Please read the Doc/Manual/Preface.html#Preface_installation for
full installation instructions for Windows, Unix and Mac OS X.
The INSTALL file has generic build and installation instructions for
Unix users.
full installation instructions for Windows, Unix and Mac OS X
using the release tarball/zip file. The INSTALL file has generic
build and installation instructions for Unix users.
Users wishing to build and install code from Github should
visit http://swig.org/svn.html to obtain the more detailed
instructions required for building code obtained from Github - extra
steps are required compared to building from the release tarball.
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