** Requirements
-We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository.
-This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
+We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository. This
+eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
For example, you have to use the latest stable versions of the maintainer
tools we depend upon, including:
-- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
+- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Flex <http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/>
- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
+- Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>
- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
+- Help2man <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
+- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if it supports
your architecture.
-Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping
-issues. The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code
-generated from the grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an
-out-of-date version of the C code, but the process is not foolproof.
-Also, you may run into similar problems yourself if you modify Bison.
+If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution, the easiest way to install the
+above packages depends on your system. The following shell command should
+work for Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu:
+
+ sudo apt-get install \
+ autoconf automake autopoint flex graphviz help2man texinfo valgrind
+
+Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping issues.
+The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the
+grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the
+C code, but the process is not foolproof. Also, you may run into similar
+problems yourself if you modify Bison.
-Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful.
-Later, after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should
-be sufficient. Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running
-'./bootstrap' again might be needed.
+Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful. Later,
+after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should be sufficient.
+Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running './bootstrap' again
+might be needed.
** First checkout
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-Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002-2005, 2007-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Bison.