commit d9944c03c40c10e5bbdbe4c9787b1a81f187c1ac
parent b9d6d547b8011bba43ebd65753d1b3869cee07f0
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:29:40 +0200
docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian
Also, be more complete, reword a few things, and stop mentioning Slang.
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Overview
How to compile and install nano
- Download the latest nano source tarball, then:
+ Download the latest nano source tarball, and then:
tar -xvf nano-x.y.tar.gz
cd nano-x.y
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ How to compile and install nano
make
make install
- It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the
- default installation directory of /usr/local.
+ You will need the header files of ncurses installed for ./configure
+ to succeed -- get them from libncurses-dev (Debian) or ncurses-devel
+ (Fedora) or a similarly named package. Use --prefix with ./configure
+ to override the default installation directory of /usr/local.
- If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after
- installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file to
- your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it
+ After installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file
+ to your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it
according to your taste.
Web Page
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@ Mailing Lists
+ info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce
new nano versions or other important info about the project.
+
+ help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without
wanting to hear about the technical details of its development.
+
+ nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano
and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic.
diff --git a/README.GIT b/README.GIT
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ packages:
- pkg-config (version >= 0.22)
- texinfo (version >= 4.0)
-If you want UTF-8 support, you will also need libncursesw5-dev installed
-(version >= 5.7), or libslang2-dev (version >= 2.0) if you use --with-slang.
+You will also need to have the header files for ncurses installed,
+from libncurses-dev on Debian, ncurses-devel on Fedora, or similar.
-These should all be available in your distro's package manager or software
-center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror.
+These should all be available in your distro's package manager or
+software center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror.
Download the source
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ fi
if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([
*** No curses lib was found. Please install the curses header files
- *** from libncursesw5-dev (Debian), ncurses-devel (Fedora), or similar.
+ *** from libncurses-dev (Debian), ncurses-devel (Fedora), or similar.
*** (Or install ncurses from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/.)])
else
AC_MSG_RESULT([ The curses library to be used is: $CURSES_LIB_NAME])
