1 All you need to know when hacking (modifying) GNU gettext or when building
2 it off the git repository.
8 You will need reasonably recent versions of the build tools:
10 * A C compiler; on Cygwin or mingw also a C++ compiler. Such as GNU GCC.
16 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
20 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
24 http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
28 http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
32 http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
34 * GNU groff 1.17 or newer
36 http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
40 http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
44 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
45 http://www.xemacs.org/
51 * TeX (for making the doc in .dvi, .ps or .pdf format)
55 * Either an internet connection or a recent copy of GNU gnulib.
57 http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
59 * GNU tar (for creating distributable tarballs)
61 http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
63 And, of course, the packages listed in the DEPENDENCIES file.
66 Building off the git repository
67 ===============================
69 Access to the git repository is described at
70 http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=gettext
72 After fetching the sources from the repository, peek at the comments in
73 autogen.sh, then run "./autogen.sh"; then you can proceed with "./configure"