1 The following packages are needed by maintainers for using
2 'gnulib-tool'. In general, Gnulib prefers the latest stable
3 version of each package, but in some cases it also supports
4 older versions; this caters to commonly-used software
5 distributions that may lag behind the latest stable package.
6 Support for older versions is not guaranteed, though, and
7 the version numbers in the following list may be incremented
10 * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
11 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'cc' gives good portability
12 exposure, but you can also use GCC 2.95 or newer.
16 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
17 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
20 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'make' gives good portability
21 exposure for in-tree builds, but VPATH builds require GNU Make 3.79.1 or
24 http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
26 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
27 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
29 * GNU M4 1.4.5 or newer.
30 + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but 1.4.9 or newer is recommended.
32 http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
34 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
35 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
37 * Autoconf 2.59 or newer.
40 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
42 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
43 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
45 * Automake 1.9.6 or newer.
48 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
50 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
51 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
54 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'sh' gives good portability
55 exposure, but you can also use Bash.
57 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
59 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
60 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
62 * Core POSIX utilities, including:
63 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
64 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
65 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
67 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
68 exposure, but you can also use GNU coreutils.
70 http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
72 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
73 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
75 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
76 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
77 exposure, but you can also use GNU diffutils.
79 http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
81 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
82 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
84 * The patch utility 'patch'.
85 + Mandatory if you use gnulib-local diffs. Using the platform's native
86 utilities gives good portability exposure, but you can also use GNU
89 http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/
91 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
92 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
95 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability
96 exposure, but you can also use GNU grep.
98 http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
100 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
101 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
104 + Always use the newest available gettext release, see
105 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html>.
107 Needed if you use modules that use internationalization (many do).
109 http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
111 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
112 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
114 * Bison 2.0 or newer.
116 Needed if you use the 'parse-datetime' module.
118 http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
120 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
121 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
123 * GNU gperf 3.0.1 or newer.
125 Needed if you use the 'iconv_open' module.
127 http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
129 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
130 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
132 * Texinfo 4.6 or newer.
134 Needed if you use modules that include documentation.
136 http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
138 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
139 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
143 Needed on platforms where the vendor's 'sed' program is too buggy.
145 http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
147 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
148 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
150 * GNU libtool 1.5.22 or newer.
152 Needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool with option --libtool.
153 libtool 2.2.x or newer is needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool
154 with options --create-testdir/--test and --libtool.
156 http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
158 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
159 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/