From: Ben Pfaff Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:01:56 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add list of prerequisites. X-Git-Tag: v0.6.0~1022 X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pspp-builds.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=346ffaf77bfd02326d3a44e56fd4210bb9e07c09 Add list of prerequisites. --- diff --git a/README b/README index fcb7dff4..a32c914e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,33 @@ PSPP development is ongoing. It already supports a large subset of SPSS's transformation language. Its statistical procedure support is currently limited, but growing. +Instructions for installation are in INSTALL. Before you install +PSPP, you will need to install certain prerequisites: + + * 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.) + + * Optional: libncurses. Without it, PSPP will assume it is + running in an 80x25 terminal. + + * Optional: libreadline and libhistory. Without them, interactive + command editing and history features will be disabled. + + * Optional: libplot (from GNU plotutils). Without it, + 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 have + these installed, you must run `configure' with --without-gui. + For information on differences from previous versions, please see file NEWS. Full documentation on PSPP's language can be found in the doc/ directory.