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@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +Installation of libretools is pretty straight-forward. The only +tricky thing is the weird dependence on the devtools-par source code. + +The build system will by default look at `$(topdir)/../devtools-par` +for the devtools-par source code. This can be changed by adjusting +the `devtoolsdir` configuration variable, see "Configuration" below. + +Once you have the devtools source taken care of, you can have the +default everything-included install by running: + + $ make + # make install + +Dependencies +------------ + +Unlike a lot of software, run-time dependencies are not required at +build-time. + +Libretools is mostly shell scripts. It very specifically targets +Parabola GNU/Linux-libre; there are a lot of dependencies, most of +which are undocumented. Switching away from a GNU user-land is bound +to cause issues. + +## Build dependencies + +The "unusual" build-time dependencies are: + + - GNU Make -- other `make`s will not work. + - GNU sed -- must support `-r` for ERE; BSD sed uses `-E` for this purpose. + - Emacs -- `emacs --batch` is used to use Emacs Lisp to process some text. + - ronn -- A markdown-to-manpage converter + +At this time, the build system does not support not building the +documentation; ronn is required. + +Additionally, other usual "core utilities" are required: + + cat, chmod, cp, echo, false, find, install, ln, msguniq, rm, tr, + xgettext + +Also, `/bin/sh` must support `{brace,expansion}`. If it doesn't, find +a shell that does, and configure `make` to use it. Though, because +libretools is mostly shell scripts, if you deviate too much from a GNU +command-line environment, I suspect that you will run into more +issues. If I were targeting anything other than Parabola, this would +be a bigger issue. + +## Test suite dependencies + +If you wish to run the test suite, you will need the "roundup" shell +unit testing program. On Parabola GNU/Linux-libre it is called +"sh-roundup". If your operating system doesn't have it, it is +available at <http://bmizerany.github.io/roundup/>. + +## Run-time dependencies + +Being mostly shell scripts, many external program are used. Anything +that is included when installing the `base` package group on Parabola +GNU/Linux, I consider an implicit dependency. If something isn't used +now, that doesn't mean it won't be in the future. + +On top of that, the following dependencies are also needed: + +librelib subpackage: + - wget +gitget subpackage: + - librelib (provided) + - git +xbs subpackage: + - gitget (provided) + - librelib (provided) + - subversion (only for the 'abs' module) +main libretools subpackage: + - librelib (provided) + - xbs (provided) + - arch-install-scripts + - ssh client (OpenSSH, only needed for `librerelease`) + - rsync + - systemd-nspawn (for the chroot tools) + - tokyocabinet +libretools-mips64el subpackage: + - libretools (provided) + - git + +Configuration +------------- + +This is not a GNU package, there is no `./configure` script. + +There are two ways to set configuration variables: + 1. Edit config.mk + 2. Pass `VARIABLE=VALUE` to `make` + +The configuration variables mostly match GNU packages, but default +values differ; libretools installs to `prefix=/usr` by default instead +of GNU's `prefix=/usr/local`. + +Building and installing subpackages +----------------------------------- + +There are several subpackages you can build and install. This is done +by running: + + $ make build-${package} + # make install-${package} + +respectively. In addition to `build` and `install`, the activities +you can do are: + + - `copy` -- copy necessary files from the devtools-par source code + - `build` -- build all programs and files + - `install` -- install everything + - `clean` -- remove generated files + - `pot` -- generate gettext portable object template files + +The subpackages you can run these on are: + + - doc -- The non-manpage documentation + - libretools -- The main libretools package + - libretools-mips64el -- Programs useful for porting to mips64el + - librelib -- generic libraries included + - gitget -- A git downloader |