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diff --git a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt index 30970d2275..6ee01b4a74 100644 --- a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt +++ b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt @@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ Buildroot is designed to run on Linux systems. -Buildroot needs some software to be already installed on the host -system; here are the lists of the mandatory and optional packages -(package names may vary between distributions). - -Take care to _install both runtime and development data_, especially -for the libraries that may be packaged in 2 distinct packages. - +While Buildroot itself will build most host packages it needs for the +compilation, certain standard Linux utilities are expected to be +already installed on the host system. Below you will find an overview of +the mandatory and optional packages (note that package names may vary +between distributions). [[requirement-mandatory]] @@ -45,14 +43,25 @@ for the libraries that may be packaged in 2 distinct packages. === Optional packages -* Source fetching tools: +* Configuration interface dependencies: + -In the official tree, most of the package sources are retrieved -using +wget+; a few are only available through their +git+, +mercurial+, -+svn+ or +cvs+ repository. +For these libraries, you need to install both runtime and development +data, which in many distributions are packaged separately. The +development packages typically have a _-dev_ or _-devel_ suffix. + -All other source fetching methods are implemented and may be used in a -development context (further details: refer to xref:download-infra[]). +** +ncurses5+ to use the 'menuconfig' interface +** +qt4+ to use the 'xconfig' interface +** +glib2+, +gtk2+ and +glade2+ to use the 'gconfig' interface + +* Source fetching tools: ++ +In the official tree, most of the package sources are retrieved using ++wget+ from _ftp_, _http_ or _https_ locations. A few packages are only +available through a version control system. Moreover, Buildroot is +capable of downloading sources via other tools, like +rsync+ or +scp+ +(refer to xref:download-infra[] for more details). If you enable +packages using any of these methods, you will need to install the +corresponding tool on the host system: + ** +bazaar+ ** +cvs+ @@ -62,11 +71,6 @@ development context (further details: refer to xref:download-infra[]). ** +scp+ ** +subversion+ -* Configuration interface dependencies (requires development libraries): -** +ncurses5+ to use the 'menuconfig' interface -** +qt4+ to use the 'xconfig' interface -** +glib2+, +gtk2+ and +glade2+ to use the 'gconfig' interface - * Java-related packages, if the Java Classpath needs to be built for the target system: ** The +javac+ compiler |
