Applied patch #6515 : Allow dlls to be built on w32 platforms

[pspp-builds.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 822fe77d8d00cc999f62089df375950170b0170a..5d79c55e44109acb8e00ab5859ac2a03220e6fec 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-PSPP Installation Instructions
-******************************
+Installation Instructions for GNU pspp
+**************************************

 
 These instructions are based on the generic GNU installation
 instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP.
 
 These instructions are based on the generic GNU installation
 instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP.


@@ -44,13 +44,25 @@ The following packages are required to enable PSPPIRE, the graphical
 user interface for PSPP.  If you cannot install them or do not wish to
 use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui.
 
 user interface for PSPP.  If you cannot install them or do not wish to
 use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui.
 

-    * pkg-config (http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/). 
+    * pkg-config (http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/).  Versions
+      0.18 and 0.19 have a bug that will prevent library detection,
+      but other versions should be fine.

 
 

-    * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 2.8.0 or later, although we
-      recommend version 2.10.2 or later.
+    * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 2.12.0 or later.

 
     * libglade (http://www.jamesh.id.au/software/libglade/), version
 
     * libglade (http://www.jamesh.id.au/software/libglade/), version

-      2.0 or later.
+      2.6 or later.
+
+Installing the following packages will allow your PSPP binary to read
+Gnumeric files.
+
+    * pkg-config (http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/).  Versions
+      0.18 and 0.19 have a bug that will prevent library detection,
+      but other versions should be fine.
+
+    * zlib (http://www.zlib.net/).
+
+    * libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org/).  

 
 The following packages are optional.
 
 
 The following packages are optional.
 


@@ -66,6 +78,9 @@ The following packages are optional.
       later.  Installing Texinfo will allow you to build PSPP
       documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
 
       later.  Installing Texinfo will allow you to build PSPP
       documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
 

+    * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org). This enables PSPP 
+      to read Postgresql databases.
+

 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 


@@ -187,6 +202,12 @@ Optional Features
     Build the gui developer tools.  There is no reason to use this
     option unless you're involved with the development of PSPP
 
     Build the gui developer tools.  There is no reason to use this
     option unless you're involved with the development of PSPP
 

+`--without-lib{xx}'
+    Optional libraries should normally be detected and the relevant
+    functionality will be built they exist.  However, on some poorly
+    configured systems a library may exist, but be totally broken.
+    In these cases you can use --without-lib{xx} to force configure
+    to disregard it.

 
 Defining Variables
 ==================
 
 Defining Variables
 ==================