Add to README long explanation on how to install latest DirectFB

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diff --git a/README b/README
index 776c171..57d06bd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -105,31 +105,77 @@ if you know your card's maker.
 ====================
 
 This depends on version 1.1 of directfb.  directfb is easily installed
-on a Fedora system using "yum install directfb", but the correct
-version may not be (it is not at the time of this writing).
+on a Fedora system using "yum install directfb", but at the time of this
+writing, this directfb is too old.
+
 To update to the latest version of directfb, follow these steps:
 
-sudo yum remove directfb # If previously installed by yum
+Remove directfb, if you have it installed:
+ sudo yum remove directfb # If previously installed by yum
+
+Make sure you have these installed:
+ autoconf
+ autoconf213
+
+You may want to install VNC development packages ahead-of-time, so it
+can use them.
+
+We will install in "/usr" instead of "/usr/local"; by default Fedora
+systems don't look at all the right /usr/local directories.
+
 
+# Download into a ~/directfb
+cd ~
 mkdir directfb
 cd directfb/
 git clone git://git.directfb.org/git/directfb/core/DirectFB.git
 git clone git://git.directfb.org/git/directfb/extras/DirectFB-extra.git
 
+# Compile and build DirectFB
 cd DirectFB
+aclocal -I ./m4
+autoheader
+libtoolize --automake
+automake --copy --add-missing
+# Lots of warnings
 autoconf
-./configure --prefix /usr
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr
 make
-cd ..
+
+su
+make install
+# control-D to leave su mode
+
+
+cd .. # Done.
+
+
+
+# Compile and install DirectFB-extras.
+# Note: You MUST install "DirectFB" before trying to build and install
+# the DirectFB-extras.
 
 cd DirectFB-extra
+
+# Note: NOT aclocal -I ./m4
+# because there's no "m4" subdirectory.  If you "mkdir -p m4" first,
+# then you could use the same command sequence as above.
+aclocal
+autoheader
+libtoolize --automake
+automake --copy --add-missing
+# Lots of warnings
 autoconf
-./configure --prefix /usr
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr
 make
-cd ..
 
 su
-(cd DirectFB ; make install)
-(cd DirectFB-extra ; make install)
+make install
+# control-D to leave su mode
+
+
+cd ..