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authorsevan <sevan>2017-03-06 21:26:01 +0000
committersevan <sevan>2017-03-06 21:26:01 +0000
commit5f8c8fd4004caf7a92b065ee30a3626593574eb5 (patch)
treefbe5100a5489de8dbb83c794030f5fc2bd85fd6b /bootstrap
parent440d4f86fa7876becd430dadedaa4a145670e32a (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-5f8c8fd4004caf7a92b065ee30a3626593574eb5.tar.gz
Add instructions on installing required dependencies on Debian & derivatives to
ensure a smooth process Taken from: https://imil.net/blog/2015/07/05/using-pkgsrc-on-debian-gnulinux/
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diff --git a/bootstrap/README.Linux b/bootstrap/README.Linux
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--- a/bootstrap/README.Linux
+++ b/bootstrap/README.Linux
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-$NetBSD: README.Linux,v 1.5 2015/02/28 18:50:46 prlw1 Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.Linux,v 1.6 2017/03/06 21:26:01 sevan Exp $
Please read the general README file as well.
==========================================================================
+For Debian and derivatives such as Ubuntu the following packages should be
+installed prior to attempting bootstrap
+
+apt-get install cvs libncurses5-dev gcc g++ zlib1g-dev zlib1g libssl-dev libudev-dev
+
+==========================================================================
+
Some versions of Linux (RHEL3 Update 2 for i386 for example) have a
/usr/lib/libacl.la libtool archive file that lists /lib/libattr.la as a
dependency. However, libattr.la does not exist in /lib/libattr.la. If