Re: Build dependencies

Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote:
>> your concern about the checks for these tools was due to the configure
>> (or make, make install) failing if not present?
> 
> I want to know what are the exact dependencies for building the
> tarball. Apart from valgrind (required for make check), what other
> tools are needed for doing:
> ./configure && make && make check && make install
> from the tarball? What about help2man?

Hi, the only dep to build the package is the C/C++ compiler (and the 
standard libraries).

valgrind is not required by make check (it is only required if you want 
to run make check-valgrind, which is not implied by make check); 
help2man is not required either.

As I said, if some of the above crucial deps are missing (C or C++ 
compiler) the configure will exit with error; otherwise, if other 
programs are missing, you can still run make, make check and make install.

cheers
	Lorenzo

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