X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=835092ede10b29846541546b2682bcbe1b6593d3;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fmdd;hp=acc4bfa0ad49379e78321a89938007c14149a3ad;hpb=f411d708e7db110702db21a109c85f045070d713;p=pspp diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index acc4bfa0ad..835092ede1 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Installation Instructions for GNU pspp ************************************** These instructions are based on the generic GNU installation -instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP. +instructions, but they have been tailored for PSPP. These instructions +apply only to people wishing to build and install PSPP from source. Overview ======== @@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ the tarball you are installing. In 99% of cases, that is all you have to do - FINISHED! + + If any part of the above process fails, then it is likely that one or more of the necessary prerequisites is missing from your system. The following paragraphs contain highly detailed @@ -33,7 +36,11 @@ Before You Install Before you install PSPP, you will need to install certain prerequisite packages. You may also want to install other packages that enable -additional functionality in PSPP. +additional functionality in PSPP. Please note, if you are installing +any of the libararies mentioned below using pre-prepared binary +packages provided by popular GNU/Linux vendors, you may need to ensure +that you install the "development" versions (normally postfixed with +-dev or -devel). If you do not know whether you have these installed already, you may proceed to "Basic Installation", below. The PSPP configuration @@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ The following packages are required to install PSPP: MinGW (http://www.mingw.org/) are known to work. * The GNU Scientific Library (http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/), - version 1.8 or later, including libgslcblas included with GSL. + version 1.13 or later, including libgslcblas included with GSL. * Perl (http://www.perl.org/), version 5.005_03 or later. Perl is required during build but not after installation. @@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ The following packages are required to install PSPP: If you don't have a version already, you can install GNU libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/). - * libintl, from GNU gettext (http://ww.gnu.org/software/gettext). + * libintl, from GNU gettext (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext). GNU libc includes an integrated libintl, so there is no need to separately install libintl on a GNU/Linux system. @@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ features. If you cannot arrange to install them, you must run `configure' with --without-cairo (in which case you will get no graphing capability). - * Cairo (http://cairographics.org/), version 1.5 or later. + * Cairo (http://cairographics.org/), version 1.12 or later. * Pango (http://www.pango.org/), version 1.22 or later. @@ -80,11 +87,12 @@ 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. - * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 2.24.0 or later. However - it must be Gtk+ 2.something - The Gtk+-3.x series will NOT work! + * GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/), version 3.14.5 or later. * GtkSourceView (http://projects.gnome.org/gtksourceview/) - version 2.2 or later. + version 3.4.0 or later. + + * GNU Spread Sheet Widget (http://www.gnu.org/software/ssw) The following packages are optional: @@ -100,9 +108,6 @@ OpenDocument text (ODT) files: Other optional packages: - * libncurses (http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/). Without it, - PSPP will assume it is running in an 80x25 terminal. - * libreadline and libhistory (http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html). Without them, interactive command editing and history features in the @@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ details on some of the pertinent environment variables. by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here is an example: - ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix + ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O0 LIBS=-lposix To cross-compile PSPP, you will likely need to set the PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variable to point to an