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diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72eece7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-prereq @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +This gives some notes on obtaining the tools required for development. +These tools can be used by the 'bootstrap' and 'configure' scripts, +as well as by 'make'. They include: + +- Autoconf <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/> +- Automake <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/> +- Gettext <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/> +- Git <https://git-scm.com/> +- Gzip <https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/> +- Help2man <https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/> +- M4 <https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/> +- Make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/> +- Perl <https://www.cpan.org/> +- Tar <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/> +- Texinfo <https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/> +- Wget <http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/> +- XZ Utils <https://tukaani.org/xz/> + +It is generally better to use official packages for your system. +If a package is not officially available you can build it from source +and install it into a directory that you can then use to build this +package. If some packages are available but are too old, install the +too-old versions first as they may be needed to build newer versions. + +Here is an example of how to build a program from source. This +example is for Autoconf; a similar approach should work for the other +developer prerequisites. This example assumes Autoconf 2.71; it +should be OK to use a later version of Autoconf, if available. + + prefix=$HOME/prefix # (or wherever else you choose) + export PATH=$prefix/bin:$PATH + wget https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.71.tar.gz + gzip -d <autoconf-2.71.tar.gz | tar xf - + cd autoconf-2.71 + ./configure --prefix=$prefix + make install + +Once the prerequisites are installed, you can build this package as +described in README-hacking. |