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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-06-02 14:50:54 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-06-02 18:55:53 +0200
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doc: Update README to refer to the manual.
* README (Requirements): Refer to the manual. (Installation): Update URL of the manual.
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@@ -18,27 +18,12 @@ Guix is based on the [[https://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]] package manager.
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19* Requirements 19* Requirements
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21GNU Guix currently depends on the following packages: 21If you are building Guix from source, please see the manual for build
22instructions and requirements, either by running:
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23 - [[https://gnu.org/software/guile/][GNU Guile 2.2.x]] 24 info -f doc/guix.info "Requirements"
24 - [[https://notabug.org/cwebber/guile-gcrypt][Guile-Gcrypt]] 0.1.0 or later
25 - [[https://www.gnu.org/software/make/][GNU Make]]
26 - [[https://www.gnutls.org][GnuTLS]] compiled with guile support enabled
27 - [[https://notabug.org/guile-sqlite3/guile-sqlite3][Guile-SQLite3]], version 0.1.0 or later
28 - [[https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git][Guile-Git]]
29 - [[http://www.zlib.net/][zlib]]
30 - [[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/][Guile-JSON]]
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32Unless `--disable-daemon' was passed, the following packages are needed: 26or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Requirements.html][web copy of the manual]].
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34 - [[https://gnupg.org/][GNU libgcrypt]]
35 - [[https://sqlite.org/][SQLite 3]]
36 - [[https://gcc.gnu.org][GCC's g++]]
37 - optionally [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]]
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39When `--disable-daemon' was passed, you instead need the following:
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41 - [[https://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]]
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43* Installation 28* Installation
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@@ -46,7 +31,7 @@ See the manual for the installation instructions, either by running
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47 info -f doc/guix.info "Installation" 32 info -f doc/guix.info "Installation"
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49or by checking the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Installation][web copy of the manual]]. 34or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Installation.html][web copy of the manual]].
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51For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the section 36For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the section
52"Building from Git" in the manual. 37"Building from Git" in the manual.