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@ -96,19 +96,32 @@ the following packages (current as of Ubuntu Hardy):
<pre>
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf automake \
texinfo python-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev stow libgmp3-dev \
bjam libboost1.35-dev libboost-regex1.35-dev \
libboost-date-time1.35-dev libboost-filesystem1.35-dev
bjam gettext cvs libboost1.35-dev libboost-regex1.35-dev \
libboost-date-time1.35-dev libboost-filesystem1.35-dev \
libmpfr-dev
</pre>
h2. Preparing the Build
The next step is preparing your environment for building. While you can use
@autogen.sh@, I've prepared a script that does a lot more of the footwork for
you:
Or for Ubuntu Karmic:
<pre>
./acprep pull # Make sure everything is pulled that needs to be
./acprep
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf automake \
texinfo python-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev stow libgmp3-dev \
bjam gettext cvs libboost1.40-dev libboost-regex1.40-dev \
libboost-date-time1.40-dev libboost-filesystem1.40-dev \
libmpfr-dev
</pre>
h2. Building
The next step is preparing your environment for building. While you can use
@autogen.sh@, ./configure and make, I've prepared a script that does a lot more
of the footwork for you:
<pre>
./acprep update
# or, if you want to use the Boost libraries with suffix -mt, install in
# $HOME/local and build with 2 processes in parallel
./acprep update --boost=-mt -- --prefix=$HOME/local -j2
</pre>
Please read the contents of @config.log@ if the configure step fails. Also,
@ -116,10 +129,7 @@ see the @help@ command to @acprep@, which explains some of its many options.
It's pretty much the only command I run for configuring, building and testing
Ledger.
h2. Building
Once you have the dependencies installed and the source prepared for building,
run @make check@ to get things started and confirm the result.
You can run @make check@ to confirm the result, and @make install@ to install.
If you have extra CPU cycles to burn, try @./acprep proof@, which provides the
most thorough shakedown of a healthy source tree.