From 3a9ada1138701898259cde68cfea5f95a5c2367d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LiAuTraver <63725840+LiAuTraver@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:30:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update build guide for cling (#15972)

---
 README.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7015dbf199..f5edb7f1c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The main repository is at [https://github.com/root-project/cling](https://github
 Overview
 --------
 Cling is an interactive C++ interpreter, built on top of Clang and LLVM compiler
-infrastructure. Cling realizes the [read-eval-print loop
+infrastructure. Cling implements the [read-eval-print loop
 (REPL)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%E2%80%93eval%E2%80%93print_loop)
 concept, in order to leverage rapid application development. Implemented as a
 small extension to LLVM and Clang, the interpreter reuses their strengths such
@@ -33,35 +33,38 @@ See our [release notes](docs/ReleaseNotes.md) to find what's new.
 
 
 ### Binaries
-Our nightly binary snapshots can be found
-[here](https://root.cern.ch/download/cling/).
+Our nightly binary snapshots are currently unavailable.
 
 
 ### Building from Source
 
-```sh
+```bash
 git clone https://github.com/root-project/llvm-project.git
 cd llvm-project
 git checkout cling-latest
-cd ../
-git clone <cling>
+cd ..
+git clone https://github.com/root-project/cling.git
 mkdir cling-build && cd cling-build
-cmake -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS=cling -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_CLING_SOURCE_DIR=../cling/ -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="host;nvptx" ../llvm-project/llvm
+cmake -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS=cling -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_CLING_SOURCE_DIR=../cling/ -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="host;NVPTX" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../llvm-project/llvm
+cmake --build . --target cling
 ```
 
+See also the instructions [on the webpage](https://root.cern/cling/cling_build_instructions/).
+
 Usage
 -----
-```c++
-./cling '#include <stdio.h>' 'printf("Hello World!\n")'
+Assuming we're in the build folder:
+```bash
+./bin/cling '#include <stdio.h>' 'printf("Hello World!\n")'
 ```
 
 To get started run:
 ```bash
-./cling --help
+./bin/cling --help
 ```
-or type
-```
-./cling
+or
+```bash
+./bin/cling
 [cling]$ .help
 ```