Recent GTK version to 2.24

[pspp] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ 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.
 

+Overview
+========
+
+PSPP uses the standard GNU configuration system.  Therefore, if all is well,
+the following simple procedure should work, even on non-GNU systems:
+
+ tar -xzf pspp-*.tar.gz
+ cd pspp-*
+ ./configure
+ make 
+ sudo make install
+
+Obviously, you should replace 'pspp-*' in the above, with the name of
+the tarball you are installing.  If any part of this process fails, then 
+it's likely that one or more of the necessary prerequisites is missing
+from your system.   Read on to find out how to correct this.
+

 Before You Install
 ==================
 
 Before You Install
 ==================
 


@@ -53,11 +70,11 @@ use the GUI, you must run `configure' with --without-gui.
       0.18 and 0.19 have a bug that will prevent library detection,
       but other versions should be fine.
 
       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 2.12.0 or later.
+    * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 2.24.0 or later.
+
+    * GtkSourceView (http://projects.gnome.org/gtksourceview/) 
+      version 2.2 or later.

 
 

-To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an
-appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment.

 
 Installing the following packages will allow your PSPP binary to read
 Gnumeric files.
 
 Installing the following packages will allow your PSPP binary to read
 Gnumeric files.


@@ -85,8 +102,14 @@ 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.
+    * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org).  This enables PSPP 
+      to read Postgresql databases.  The tests for the Postgresql
+      interface, but not the Postgresql interface itself, requires the
+      Postgresql server to be installed.
+
+    * The Text::Diff module for Perl (http://cpan.org).  This enables
+      PSPP to test the Perl module more thoroughly.  It is not needed
+      to build or use the Perl module.

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


@@ -181,7 +204,11 @@ is an example:
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 

-   See "Defining Variables", below, for more details.
+To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the
+PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an
+appropriate pkg-config for the cross-compilation environment.
+
+See "Defining Variables", below, for more details.

 
 Installation Names
 ==================
 
 Installation Names
 ==================


@@ -245,13 +272,6 @@ Optional Features
    Disable building the Perl module, in case it does not build properly
    or you do not need it.
 
    Disable building the Perl module, in case it does not build properly
    or you do not need it.
 

-`--enable-anachronistic-dependencies'
-   If you use this option, some of the checks for dependent libraries
-   will be relaxed, permitting configure to succeed when older versions
-   of libraries are detected.   Use of this option is not recommended.
-   If you use it, some features may be missing and the build may fail
-   with obscure error messages.
-

 `--enable-relocatable'
    This option is useful for building a package which can be installed
    into an arbitrary directory and freely copied to any other directory.
 `--enable-relocatable'
    This option is useful for building a package which can be installed
    into an arbitrary directory and freely copied to any other directory.