Add --without-libpq and --without-libncurses options

[pspp-builds.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 64675e035c1bed871470a47b5ec489b174d39c23..303f507055612ae2d238e917ea721e6992c78f86 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -44,14 +44,26 @@ 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.
 
-    * 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
       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.
 
     * libncurses (http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/).  Without it,
@@ -66,11 +78,8 @@ The following packages are optional.
       later.  Installing Texinfo will allow you to build PSPP
       documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
 
-    * zlib (http://www.zlib.net/).  Installing zlib and libxml2 will
-      allow your PSPP binary to read Gnumeric files.
-
-    * libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org/).  Installing zlib and libxml2 will
-      allow your PSPP binary to read Gnumeric files.
+    * libpq, from Postgresql (http://postgresql.org). This enables PSPP 
+      to read Postgresql databases.
 
 Basic Installation
 ==================
@@ -193,6 +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
 
+`--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
 ==================