* An ANSI C compiler and tool chain.
- * GNU make. Other make programs will not work.
-
* The GNU Scientific Library (libgsl), version 1.6 or later,
including libgslcblas included with GSL.
* Perl, version 5.005_03 or later. (Perl is required during build
but not after installation.)
+ * pkg-config (only if you need to regenerate configure after
+ modifying configure.ac).
+
+ * iconv, which should be installed as part of a Unix-like system.
+ If you don't have a version already, you can install GNU
+ libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/).
+
* Optional: libncurses. Without it, PSPP will assume it is
running in an 80x25 terminal.
graphing features will not work. If you do not have it
installed, you must run `configure' with --without-libplot.
- * Optional: GTK+ version 2.6.0 or later, plus libglade 2.0 or
- later. Without them, the GUI will not be built. If you do not
- have these installed, you must run `configure' with
- --without-gui.
+ * Optional: GTK+ version 2.6.0 or later (2.10.2 or later is
+ recommended), plus libglade 2.0 or later. Without them, the
+ GUI will not be built. If you do not have these installed, you
+ must run `configure' with --without-gui.
+
+ * Optional: Texinfo 4.7 or later, if you want to build the
+ documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
For information on differences from previous versions, please see file
NEWS. Full documentation on PSPP's language can be found in the doc/