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| author | Sebastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2012-12-14 20:19:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Sebastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2012-12-14 20:19:38 +0100 |
| commit | fd85d310cd178b8d526c8b7523bf9ea312f95b1b (patch) | |
| tree | a7696031541bd49b5f6fce3fc257753f6bf87d84 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 857fb35dcb1ac30ad3be409f054429b346be1627 (diff) | |
| download | weechat-fd85d310cd178b8d526c8b7523bf9ea312f95b1b.zip | |
core: add dependencies and remove instructions for autotools in INSTALL
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 52 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 24 deletions
@@ -1,18 +1,39 @@ WeeChat Installation instructions ================================= -You can build WeeChat with cmake (recommended way) or autotools. +WeeChat can be built with cmake (recommended) or autotools. + +[NOTE] +Only cmake is officially supported to build WeeChat. You should use autotools +only if you are not able to use cmake. + +Build with autotools requires more dependencies and is slower than with cmake. Dependencies ------------ -List of dependencies can be found in user's guide, see page with WeeChat docs: -http://www.weechat.org/doc +Following packages are *required*: + +* cmake +* ncurses +* curl +* zlib +* gcrypt + +Following packages are all optional: + +* for i18n: gettext +* for SSL: gnutls, ca-certificates +* for spell checking: aspell +* for scripting: python, perl, ruby, lua, tcl, guile +* for building doc: asciidoc, source-highlight +For a complete list of dependencies and versions recommended, please look at +'User's guide'. -With cmake ----------- + +Installation With cmake +----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ mkdir build @@ -22,22 +43,5 @@ make make install (as root for installation in system directories) ------------------------------------------------------------------ - -With autotools --------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -./autogen.sh (for cloned git repository only, not .tar.XX package) -./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/install -make -make install (as root for installation in system directories) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -If you want to report bugs/crashes to developers, please: - -- compile with debug info (type "Debug" for cmake build, default for autotools), -- enable core files (for bash shell, add "ulimit -c unlimited" to your ~/.bashrc). - - -See AUTHORS for support, feel free to contact us for any problem. +For more information or installation with autotools, please look at +'User's guide': http://www.weechat.org/doc |