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@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ Prerequisites:
try setting the envvar TL_MAKE to what is needed.
- GNU clisp and GNU libffcall, must be present for xindy. See more
- details in utils/README. (Alternative: Build --without-xindy.)
+ details in utils/README. (Alternative: Build --disable-xindy.)
- libfontconfig (again both headers and library) must be present for
- XeTeX, except on MacOSX. (Alternative: Build --without-xetex.)
+ 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.)
-- Bison and Flex (or maybe equivalents) are needed for web2c.
+- 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
+ with bison-2.4.1 and flex-2.5.35.
The binaries will be left in ./inst/bin/<stdplatform>.
For TeX Live, ignore the other files and directories that end up in ./inst.
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ For unusual situations:
(i.e., configure fails saying the compiler doesn't work), try:
env LD_OPTIONS=-R/usr/local/lib ./Build
-- Running ./reautoconf here reruns autoconf as needed. Use --help for more.
+- Running ./reautoconf here reruns auto-tools as needed. Use --help for more.
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