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| author |   mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2010-12-27 17:45:19 -0500 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2010-12-27 17:45:19 -0500 |
| commit | 239343c9aec7104d2635e5c810987d2cab8ce912 (patch) | |
| tree | b6696d0239144dcf177fe62a30ec7703ee750019 /doc/manual/12_Compiling.md | |
| parent | 034d3e7335cb8991333fe9a2edb99509689ebcfa (diff) | |
| download | textadept-239343c9aec7104d2635e5c810987d2cab8ce912.tar.gz textadept-239343c9aec7104d2635e5c810987d2cab8ce912.zip | |
Improved documentation for Linux installation problems.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/12_Compiling.md b/doc/manual/12_Compiling.md index 2f6e19ea..a5ad4ed0 100644 --- a/doc/manual/12_Compiling.md +++ b/doc/manual/12_Compiling.md @@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ ## Requirements -Unfortunately, the requirements for building Textadept are not as minimal as -running it. +Unfortunately, the requirements for building Textadept are not quite as minimal +as running it. #### Linux and BSD Linux systems need the GTK+ development libraries. Your package manager should -allow you to install them. For Debian-based distributions, the package is -typically called `libgtk2.0-dev`. Otherwise, compile and install it from the -[GTK+ website](http://www.gtk.org/download-linux.html). Additionally you will -need the [GNU C compiler](http://gcc.gnu.org) (`gcc`) and +allow you to install them. For Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, the +package is typically called `libgtk2.0-dev`. Otherwise, compile and install GTK +from the [GTK+ website](http://www.gtk.org/download-linux.html). Additionally +you will need the [GNU C compiler](http://gcc.gnu.org) (`gcc`) and [GNU Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) (`make`). Both should be available -for your Linux distribution through its package manager. +for your Linux distribution through its package manager. For example, Ubuntu +includes these tools in the `build-essential` package. #### Windows @@ -35,12 +36,11 @@ building `meta-gtk-osx-bootstrap` and `meta-gtk-osx-core`, you need to build `meta-gtk-osx-themes`. Note that the entire compiling process can easily take 30 minutes or more and ultimately consume nearly 1GB of disk space. -## Download - -Download the `textadept_x.x.src.zip`, regardless of what platform you are on. - ## Compiling +Make sure you downloaded the `textadept_x.x.src.zip` (regardless of what +platform you are on) and not a platform-specific binary package. + #### Linux and BSD For Linux systems, simply run `make` in the `src/` directory. The `textadept` |