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You will need scons version 1.2.0 or later to build the code. The
autotools build from 2.96 and earlier versions has been dropped.
+While Python is required to build GPSD from source (the build uses
+some code generators in Python), it is not required to run the service
+daemon. In particular, you can cross-compile onto an embedded system
+without having to take Python with you.
+
Having the following optional components on your system will enable
various additional capabilities and extensions:
|==============================================================================
-|chrpath | simplifies running the tools from the build directory
|C++ compiler | allows building libgpsmm C++ wrapper for client library
|Qt 4.53+ | allows building libQgpsmm C++ wrapper for client library
+|chrpath | simplifies running the tools from the build directory
|==============================================================================
If you have libusb-1.0.0 or later, the GPSD build will autodetect