>From 3d3fe63674400f1c2fa2234a01eaafc09895020f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:58:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] HACKING: Add more info about prerequisite packages. --- HACKING | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 203ed47..456299b 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -209,16 +209,19 @@ readline ~~~~~~~~ Poke uses GNU libreadline in order to provide a nice line editor in -the ``(poke)`` prompt. Any recent version will suffice. - -In Debian or derivatives, install the ``libreadline-dev`` package. +the ``(poke)`` prompt. Any recent version will suffice. The package +name usually is: + - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libreadline-dev, + - On Red Hat distributions: readline-devel. Boehm GC ~~~~~~~~ poke uses the Boehm conservative garbage collector for managing the memory of some of its subsystems. Therefore, you must have it -installed. +installed. The package name usually is: + - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libgc-dev, + - On Red Hat distributions: gc-devel. Note that if you have the Boehm GC installed in a prefix different from the one that contains pkg-config, you need to set PKL_CONFIG_PATH -- 2.7.4