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
- 2.0 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.
Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.
- When `configure' completes, it may print a list of packages that
- you must install before PSPP. If it does, you need to install
- those packages, then re-run this step. Some prerequisites may be
+ If `configure' completes successfully, it prints the message
+ "PSPP configured successfully." at the end of its run.
+ Otherwise, it may stop with a list of packages that you must
+ install before PSPP. If it does, you need to install those
+ packages, then re-run this step. Some prerequisites may be
omitted by passing a --without-<feature> flag to `configure' (see
"Optional Features", below). If you use one of these flags, then
the feature that it disables will not be available in your PSPP
installation.
`configure' may also print a list of packages that you should
- consider installing. If you install them, additional features
- will be available in your PSPP installation.
+ consider installing. If you install them, then re-run
+ `configure', additional features will be available in your PSPP
+ installation.
2. Type `make' to compile the package.