From 1e264442a48f33a5933c49a2c0332e426dcdb4a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dequis Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:10:30 -0300 Subject: README: mention deps --- README | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 007b77d..39ed536 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,18 +17,21 @@ https://jgeboski.github.io/ ## Building from source +The folowing packages are required: autoconf, automake, libtool, glib2, +json-glib, bitlbee (names may vary across distros) + +Example for debian-based systems: + + apt install build-essential autoconf automake libtool libglib2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev bitlbee-dev + Make sure bitlbee and its headers have been installed. If bitlbee came from the distribution's repository, it will most likely need the -development package, usually bitlbee-dev. +development package, like bitlbee-dev in the example above. If bitlbee was built by hand (or alike via a script), ensure the make target `install-dev` is invoked. This target is not called by default, and will install the headers that are needed. -Do *not* use the source tree headers unless you know what you are -doing. This can lead to mismatched header versions, which often times -will lead to bad things. - $ git clone https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee-facebook.git $ cd bitlbee-facebook -- cgit v1.2.3