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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index d18d58c7..c34eafd8 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ contents. You can also run Configure interactively and use its output as an example. +THE PREREQUISITE LIBRARIES +-------------------------- + +Netpbm uses lots of external libraries, but you don't necessarily have +to install them all. See http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/prereq.html . +You do, however, have to tell Configure accurately whether you have the +library installed and if so, where. + INSTALLATION - WINDOWS ---------------------- @@ -105,9 +113,9 @@ just do It will build Pnmtojpeg and any of its dependencies, but nothing else. You have to install it manually. -When you build just one program, you should request static libraries -in the configure step, because for just one program, the shared -libraries would be pure masochism. +When you build just one program, you should request a static Netpbm +library in the configure step, because for just one program, the +shared library would be pure masochism. CUSTOM BUILDING @@ -128,7 +136,7 @@ your platform. If your system is even too exotic to accomodate with settings in Makefile.config, you may need to modify things in the main make files -or pm_config.h. +or pm_config.h.in. If you figure out how to install on other platforms, contact the Netpbm maintainer to have the 'configure' program or these |