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1The following packages should be installed before GNU libtextstyle is installed
2(runtime dependencies that are also build dependencies):
3
4* GNU ncurses (preferred)
5  or libtermcap (discouraged) or a curses library (legacy).
6  + Highly recommended.
7    Needed for styling of terminal output.
8  + Homepage:
9    https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
10  + Download:
11    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
12  + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
13    --with-ncurses-prefix=DIR or --with-libtermcap-prefix to 'configure'.
14
15* GNU libiconv
16  + Not needed on systems with
17      - glibc 2.2 or newer, or
18      - MacOS X 10.3 or newer, or
19      - NetBSD 3.0 or newer.
20    But recommended on all other systems.
21    Needed for the iconv_ostream class.
22  + Homepage:
23    https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
24  + Download:
25    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
26  + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
27    --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
28
29
30The following packages should be installed when GNU libtextstyle is installed
31(runtime dependencies, but not build dependencies):
32
33None.
34
35
36The following should be installed when GNU libtextstyle is built, but are not
37needed later, once it is installed (build dependencies, but not runtime
38dependencies):
39
40* A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
41  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 2.95 or newer.
42  + GCC Homepage:
43    https://gcc.gnu.org/
44  + Download:
45    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
46
47* A 'make' utility.
48  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'make' (for in-tree builds only),
49    or GNU Make 3.79.1 or newer.
50  + GNU Make Homepage:
51    https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
52  + Download:
53    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
54
55* A shell
56  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash.
57  + Homepage:
58    https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
59  + Download:
60    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
61
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
66    true uname
67  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils.
68  + Homepage:
69    https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
70  + Download:
71    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
72
73* The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
74  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils.
75  + Homepage:
76    https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
77  + Download:
78    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
79
80* Grep.
81  + Mandatory. Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep.
82  + Homepage:
83    https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
84  + Download:
85    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
86