X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/7d6bad195977b0204fc8406cac57cf5a4f1c769b..c2ecada32b06915f83037ddc420d72efdfdca384:/README-hacking diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 28870cb2..ab82a3a2 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -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 The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the