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@@ -62,13 +62,22 @@ tools we depend upon, including:
- Gettext
- Graphviz
- Gzip
+- Help2man
- Perl
- Rsync
- Tar
+- Texinfo
Valgrind is also highly recommended, if it supports
your architecture.
+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grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the