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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2016-03-27 18:50:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2016-03-27 18:50:24 -0400 |
| commit | c19447cb4e33e4ed6e2d8579621ed4194c9a7493 (patch) | |
| tree | 72fa09159a8d8cd9462186cb2703b3fc6ff672f7 /INSTALL | |
| parent | f6f22c6cd3b0f52e338f969bd9b6e46aac1b0d9c (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-c19447cb4e33e4ed6e2d8579621ed4194c9a7493.tar.gz | |
Restore language about 2.6 portability, clean up Python imports.
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 24 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -87,24 +87,20 @@ A minimum build of GPSD can run pretty close to the metal; all it absolutely needs is the C runtime support. The test clients and various additional features have additional prerequisites: -|========================================================================== -|pthreads library | support for PPS timekeeping on serial GPSes -|DBUS | gpsd will issue DBUS notifications -|ncurses | a test client and the GPS monitor depend on this -|libtinfo5 | shared low-level terminfo library (see below) -|libusb-1.0.x or later | better USB device discovery -|Qt + qmake | libQgpsmm depends on this -|python2.x, x >=6 | required for various clients and utilities -|pygtk/gobject bindings | the test clients xgps and xgpsspeed, need this -|========================================================================== +|================================================================================ +|pthreads library | support for PPS timekeeping on serial GPSes +|DBUS | gpsd will issue DBUS notifications +|ncurses | a test client and the GPS monitor depend on this +|libtinfo5 | shared low-level terminfo library (see below) +|libusb-1.0.x or later | better USB device discovery +|Qt + qmake | libQgpsmm depends on this +|python2.x(x>=6) or 3.y(y>=3) | required for various clients and utilities +|python-GI bindings | the test clients xgps and xgpsspeed, need this +|================================================================================ Some ncurses packages contain the terminfo library; some break it out separately as libtinfo5 or libtinfo. -The Python code in GPSD is actually compatible back to Python 2.4 except that -you need either the json library module from 2.6 or the functionally -equivalent simplejson backport. - == Installing gpsd == === Install your distributions package(s) === |