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@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ Prerequisites:
- GNU make. If your GNU make is invoked by some name other than `make',
try setting the envvar TL_MAKE to what is needed.
-- GNU clisp and GNU libffcall, must be present for xindy. See more
+- GNU clisp and GNU libffcall, for xindy. See more
details in utils/README. (Alternative: Build --disable-xindy.)
-- libfontconfig (again both headers and library) must be present for
- XeTeX and xdvipdfmx, except on MacOSX. (Alternative:
+- X11 headers and libraries (often a ``development'' package, not
+ installed by default), for pdfopen and xdvi.
+ (Alternative: Build --without-x.)
+
+- libfontconfig (again both headers and library), for XeTeX and xdvipdfmx,
+ except on MacOSX. (Alternative:
Build --disable-xetex --disable-xdvipdfmx.)
-- X11 headers and libraries must be present for pdfopen and xdvi.
- (Alternative: Build --without-x.)
+- ncurses or some other terminal library (again both headers and
+ library) for dialog. (Alternative: Build --disable-dialog.)
- If you modify any .y or .l source files, then Bison and Flex (or maybe
equivalents) are needed. The distributed .c and .h files are generated