README-alpha

GnuTLS README-alpha -- Information for developers.              -*- outline -*-
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This file contains instructions for developers and advanced users that
want to build from version controlled sources.

We require several tools to build the software, including:

- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
- Libtool <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>
- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
- help2man <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
- Texlive & epsf <http://www.tug.org/texlive/> (for PDF manual)
- CVS <http://www.gnu.org/software/cvs/> (for gettext autopoint)
- GTK-DOC <http://www.gtk.org/gtk-doc/> (for API manual)
- Git <http://git.or.cz/>
- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
- Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> (optional)
- libgcrypt <http://www.gnupg.org/>
- Guile <http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/>
- Gaa <http://gaa.sf.net> (optional)
- libtasn1 <http://josefsson.org/libtasn1/> (optional)
- datefudge <packages.debian.org/datefudge> (optional)

The required software is typically distributed with your operating
system, and the instructions for installing them differ.  Here are
some hints:

gNewSense/Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install git-core autoconf automake libtool gettext cvs 
sudo apt-get install texinfo texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-extra-utils
sudo apt-get install help2man gtk-doc-tools valgrind
sudo apt-get install libgcrypt-dev guile-1.8-dev libtasn1-3-dev
sudo apt-get install datefudge

To download the version controlled sources:

$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnutls.git
$ cd gnutls

The next step is to run autoreconf, ./configure, etc:

$ make bootstrap

Then build the project normally:

$ make
$ make check

Happy hacking!

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