[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: update the prerequisites section
Brian Paul
brianp at vmware.com
Mon May 19 07:17:46 PDT 2014
SCons is required for Windows. Add links to flex/bison for Windows.
Reorder items and improve formatting.
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docs/install.html | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html
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<h2>1.1 General</h2>
<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> - Python is required.
+Version 2.6.4 or later should work.
+</li>
+<br>
+<li><a href="http://www.scons.org/">SCons</a> is required for building on
+Windows and optional for Linux (it's an alternative to autoconf/automake.)
+</li>
+<br>
<li>lex / yacc - for building the GLSL compiler.
+<br>
+<br>
On Linux systems, flex and bison are used.
Versions 2.5.35 and 2.4.1, respectively, (or later) should work.
<br>
<br>
On Windows with MinGW, install flex and bison with:
<pre>mingw-get install msys-flex msys-bison</pre>
-</li>
-<li>python - Python is needed for building the Gallium components.
-Version 2.6.4 or later should work.
+For MSVC on Windows, you can find flex/bison programs on the
+<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/windows-utils/">Mesa ftp site</a>.
</li>
</ul>
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