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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-15 22:38:56 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2006-12-15 22:38:56 +0000
commitc9dabce04657d401880daaaa9f2c8c4000c76f18 (patch)
treeb154b98427f7f4e8c8cafca1250ff414c9f7bfe2 /INSTALL
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downloadgpsd-c9dabce04657d401880daaaa9f2c8c4000c76f18.tar.gz
Make the build degrade gracefully if ncurses is not available.
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Here are the steps for installing gpsd and verifying its performance:
+0. Prerequisites you will need to build the entire suite include C++,
+pthreads, and Python (used for the test tools, but not for
+the daemon itself). Support for DBUS is optional. The ncurses
+library is also optional; if you have it, the build will generate
+two additional test clients.
+
1. Start by making sure you can get data from your GPS, otherwise the later
steps will be very frustrating. In this command