You need the following packages to build the Git version of GNU
tar. We do not make any efforts to accommodate older versions of
these packages, so please make sure that you have the latest stable
-version.
+version.
- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
- M4 <http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>
- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo>
-- Gnulib <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib>
+- Gnulib <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib>
- Git <http://git.or.cz>
* Bootstrapping
Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to clone
tar from Git. The next step is to get other files needed to build,
-which are extracted from other source packages:
+which are extracted from other source packages:
1. Change to the source tree directory
2. Run
- ./bootstrap
+ ./bootstrap
Once done, proceed as described in the file README (section
INSTALLATION).
Replace `$HOME/gnulib' with the actual directory where the Gnulib
sources reside.
-
+
For more information about `bootstrap', run `bootstrap --help'.
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